tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post7061857253386639561..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Poetry Friday - Ode to American EnglishTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-19337127541503417002009-03-22T11:18:00.000-04:002009-03-22T11:18:00.000-04:00Tricia,I LOVE this poem!!! Thanks for introducing ...Tricia,<BR/><BR/>I LOVE this poem!!! Thanks for introducing me to the work of Barbara Hamby. I'll have to buy that book.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-49259659146023003772009-03-20T19:24:00.000-04:002009-03-20T19:24:00.000-04:00Hoo boy! She has got it down. I'd love to hear thi...Hoo boy! She has got it down. I'd love to hear this read out loud, especially by the poet.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-82398838174768871982009-03-20T16:23:00.000-04:002009-03-20T16:23:00.000-04:00Thanks for the great poem! I love Good Poems for H...Thanks for the great poem! I love Good Poems for Hard Times. Have you read Good Poems edited by Keillor? It's just as good if not better. Have a great weekend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-43834130798747713762009-03-20T13:27:00.000-04:002009-03-20T13:27:00.000-04:00I love, love, love this poem! Thank you Tricia fo...I love, love, love this poem! Thank you Tricia for introducing me to this poet!Jenny Schwartzberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346217514073560797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-65953400620077204772009-03-20T10:57:00.000-04:002009-03-20T10:57:00.000-04:00Fabulous! Thank you. I've never seen that. I'd lik...Fabulous! Thank you. I've never seen that. I'd like to hear the author, AS WELL AS Keillor, read that one!Jules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-1219786085819481762009-03-20T10:13:00.000-04:002009-03-20T10:13:00.000-04:00O "the bomb of it all" indeed!!This is a joy and i...O "the bomb of it all" indeed!!<BR/><BR/>This is a joy and irreverant pleasure. Thank you, Tricia...Liz Garton Scanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17941516645386392684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-26793098745584745432009-03-20T08:12:00.000-04:002009-03-20T08:12:00.000-04:00How weird! I picked up the very same book this wee...How weird! I picked up the very same book this week at the library. What a great poem -- all its energy and curb jumping. Would be great poetry slam material.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-62297620216160050472009-03-20T08:03:00.000-04:002009-03-20T08:03:00.000-04:00Tanita - I thought especially of you when I read t...Tanita - I thought especially of you when I read this and knew I had to share it.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-60105470290656267162009-03-20T08:01:00.000-04:002009-03-20T08:01:00.000-04:00I miss American English like wow and gee whiz some...I miss American English like wow and gee whiz some days. This both amused and touched me -- there are things that I miss which are so difficult to articulate and some things I am pleased to do without -- but I love how she puts things: <BR/><BR/>"...to the ubiquitous Valley Girl’s <I>like-like</I> stuttering,<BR/>shopaholic rant. I miss its quotidian beauty, its querulous<BR/>back-biting tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-254821224502306862009-03-20T06:52:00.000-04:002009-03-20T06:52:00.000-04:00I have that book, but how ever did I miss this poe...I have that book, but how ever did I miss this poem! Very fun! I smiled and chuckled until I got to this part, and then I about spit my morning tea out my nose:<BR/><BR/>"in which Jesus, raising Lazarus from the dead, says, <BR/>“Dude, wake up,” and the L-man bolts up like a B-movie <BR/>mummy. “Whoa, I was toasted.” "Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-38184626175939973772009-03-20T05:52:00.000-04:002009-03-20T05:52:00.000-04:00Fantastic choice, Tricia - such energy! Did you kn...Fantastic choice, Tricia - such energy! Did you know that Barbara Hamby teaches a course called Poetic Techniques over in Florence, Italy, in June? Oh, wouldn't that be Heaven, signing up for that one, writing poetry in between scoops of gelato?Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-28749911409569790492009-03-20T02:14:00.000-04:002009-03-20T02:14:00.000-04:00I really enjoyed this, started to hear the poet's ...I really enjoyed this, started to hear the poet's voice in my head by the end. He completely converted me.Jacqueline Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173286368386721724noreply@blogger.com