tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post6423230547707219999..comments2024-02-03T14:41:13.330-05:00Comments on Writing Without Paper: Where Time Has Gone, You Dwell (Poem)Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-66569909292382360252011-07-16T23:26:47.202-04:002011-07-16T23:26:47.202-04:00so tender... I know just what you are experiencing...so tender... I know just what you are experiencing. And even if I didn't, you have written of it so beautifully, poignantly. How blessed you both are to have each other and walk this sacred ground together. Thanking God for muscle memory, music, similar voices and laughter. Some days, it's all we have... and we rejoice to give thanks in it.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00991524097486901864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-1140737091543771442011-07-15T11:33:34.821-04:002011-07-15T11:33:34.821-04:00Ahh!!! the ending was so perfect... I enjoyed read...Ahh!!! the ending was so perfect... I enjoyed reading this one.. liked it so much...<br /><br />Shashi<br />ॐ नमः शिवाय<br />Om Namah Shivaya<br />http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/07/whispers-cuckoos-song-and-smell-of-love.htmlShashidhar Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752054354309206121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-86783457335384695542011-07-14T17:29:26.097-04:002011-07-14T17:29:26.097-04:00Though I'm sure there are moments of tears, wh...Though I'm sure there are moments of tears, what I feel here is love, acceptance and humor...beautifully done.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055245047864169568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-2929956414236994342011-07-13T23:06:01.532-04:002011-07-13T23:06:01.532-04:00Maureen, so true and tender. I love this bit:
&qu...Maureen, so true and tender. I love this bit:<br /><br />"as it always does when you're lost<br /><br />in thought. We wait together"<br /><br />The enjambment of that 'lost' sums up the entire poem for me.Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-29202722530474013992011-07-13T21:01:08.800-04:002011-07-13T21:01:08.800-04:00This is so lovely Maureen. Thoughts of my aging pa...This is so lovely Maureen. Thoughts of my aging parents swirled around the words.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937532276250199445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-22603343539708089052011-07-13T18:27:28.495-04:002011-07-13T18:27:28.495-04:00Beautiful and moving.Beautiful and moving.ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-10319003270891590762011-07-13T17:01:33.406-04:002011-07-13T17:01:33.406-04:00Told with heart and care...
Well done
ChrisTold with heart and care...<br /><br />Well done<br />ChrisAncient117331http://www.writerscafe.org/Ancient117331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-12609179824911713212011-07-13T14:46:01.818-04:002011-07-13T14:46:01.818-04:00Maureen, how did you know? What a wonderful story ...Maureen, how did you know? What a wonderful story of what my husband and I have actually done (minus the fountain pen, plus a computer)? This is wondrous. Brings a tear of joy. Many thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-1332504583146629832011-07-13T14:32:00.346-04:002011-07-13T14:32:00.346-04:00This also makes me think about the moment when a n...This also makes me think about the moment when a new poem first stirs that's timeless, in a way. It's a bit like amnesia, disorienting, and it seems weird that one has ever written a poem, then it begins to gel quickly and one gets one's voice back.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-73783783812515166602011-07-13T05:43:51.134-04:002011-07-13T05:43:51.134-04:00Oh Maureen, there is so much bittersweet pleasure ...Oh Maureen, there is so much bittersweet pleasure in this poem. How beautifully you've coupled these moments together with your loved one. My mom had Alzheimer's, and your simple lines about patience, and what will be recalled next day, even the music filling the room, are reminiscent for me. You've shown in one task—writing—the ache of aging and loss, of relationship, of doing something together, so simple, but not when you can't reach the words in your mind any more. I'm awfully moved. Thank you.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-22830535028608081142011-07-12T22:33:05.415-04:002011-07-12T22:33:05.415-04:00Artfully done...Artfully done...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-22418574865906110772011-07-12T21:28:52.113-04:002011-07-12T21:28:52.113-04:00This poem made me smile. Thank you, Maureen.This poem made me smile. Thank you, Maureen.Semaphorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945917520773585129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-25369702963323305552011-07-12T21:11:13.577-04:002011-07-12T21:11:13.577-04:00I love the familiarity, the patience, the intimacy...I love the familiarity, the patience, the intimacy of this poem. I don't find it sad but special and protected.Elizabeth Younghttp://gardengatewares.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-59567106966803829442011-07-12T18:54:22.500-04:002011-07-12T18:54:22.500-04:00the parting of the ways
and the ways of partingthe parting of the ways<br />and the ways of partingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-14475396226770455502011-07-12T18:18:56.716-04:002011-07-12T18:18:56.716-04:00ha jenne i miss them too...this is wonderfully spu...ha jenne i miss them too...this is wonderfully spun maureen and thank you for the support you have always given one stop...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-1892929945263750052011-07-12T15:35:46.692-04:002011-07-12T15:35:46.692-04:00A beautiful poem-- tender and direct, all of a pie...A beautiful poem-- tender and direct, all of a piece. I remember those fountain pens...sometimes I miss them! xxxjJenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-37599456658724366272011-07-12T14:17:41.988-04:002011-07-12T14:17:41.988-04:00This is simply perfect in its telling ... and reve...This is simply perfect in its telling ... and revealing.S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-59339195471114766902011-07-12T11:31:30.121-04:002011-07-12T11:31:30.121-04:00Absolutely beautiful!Absolutely beautiful!Annie Boresonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665524872940995351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-40782256960675963862011-07-12T09:54:33.409-04:002011-07-12T09:54:33.409-04:00Yup, I know just what you mean about old poems not...Yup, I know just what you mean about old poems not seeming like ours. It's really disorienting, isn't it? Sometimes I think, "Didn't I write this poem already?" when I'm working on a new one---weird deja vu!Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-61420438316638315672011-07-12T09:49:52.544-04:002011-07-12T09:49:52.544-04:00Wow, intense and perfectly writtenWow, intense and perfectly writtenPoetic Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948565796366573447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-72401639467763323372011-07-12T09:17:18.363-04:002011-07-12T09:17:18.363-04:00oh M, what a lovely telling...oh M, what a lovely telling...Kelly Sauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138861838948184728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-52019638750272062622011-07-12T08:57:43.136-04:002011-07-12T08:57:43.136-04:00This is heartbreakingly beautiful.This is heartbreakingly beautiful.Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.com