tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post7485369703902913482..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Poetry Seven and Mary Pownall's HarpyTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-69295710030498301282016-06-06T14:36:46.687-04:002016-06-06T14:36:46.687-04:00Both poems offer so much, but the first is especia...Both poems offer so much, but the first is especially poignant as cancer touches so many lives. Sending healing thoughts to your friend... =)Bridget Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185985167366724404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-65037996873998757052016-06-06T12:52:22.603-04:002016-06-06T12:52:22.603-04:00I'm sorry to hear your friend's news. As S...I'm sorry to hear your friend's news. As Sara said, you came at the harpy slant in that first poem, but it's a masterful poem. And the luc bat is great - it's got an almost hip-hop feel to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-38186372350369900612016-06-04T12:15:21.212-04:002016-06-04T12:15:21.212-04:00I love the imagery in the "No Stone" poe...I love the imagery in the "No Stone" poem. You apt description is amazing!Books4Learninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704190934549872367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-76993657041375296762016-06-04T07:24:19.463-04:002016-06-04T07:24:19.463-04:00Oh, wow. Thank you for that first one. So raw and ...Oh, wow. Thank you for that first one. So raw and so true. (I'm sorry to hear it's true for your friend...)<br /><br />And the second -- what a masterful choice of form!!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-61335826074937659892016-06-03T14:23:44.611-04:002016-06-03T14:23:44.611-04:00Writing poetry to make yourself feel better is suc...Writing poetry to make yourself feel better is such an elemental reason I love poetry. It heals one little tiny word at a time. So sorry for the horrible news that inspired your first poem. And that Luc Bat--now I must go learn about that and try one. I love the tripping tumblingness of it. The clawing beat. The marble spun--lovely!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-50395966484935492092016-06-03T10:42:56.928-04:002016-06-03T10:42:56.928-04:00(You could have used our Flickr pic, even though i...(You could have used our Flickr pic, even though it's not in the Commons, silly! You have MY permission, since I took the picture! Ah, well.)<br /><br />The Luc Bat is definitely like a round. What an interesting - and hard! - form. I still like the first one best, though; despite the fact that there's not a lot new to be said about cancer, I think that our collective gnashing should be tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-30757575573409261072016-06-03T10:10:24.721-04:002016-06-03T10:10:24.721-04:00OVER ACHIEVER!!!! And that second one -- begging, ...OVER ACHIEVER!!!! And that second one -- begging, just begging to be read aloud!! You outdid yourself, Tricia. These are magnificent.....Liz Garton Scanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17941516645386392684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-49569959104659781772016-06-03T06:31:54.222-04:002016-06-03T06:31:54.222-04:00Oh, my...now you've made me fall in love with ...Oh, my...now you've made me fall in love with a form I've never heard of! It truly sings with a "clawing beat" as you say so powerfully. Also, I'm not so sure you didn't write about the piece in the first one...you just came at it slant. :)<br />Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.com