tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.comments2024-02-03T14:41:13.330-05:00Writing Without PaperMaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comBlogger9996125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-73273762083169255332024-01-24T16:33:30.479-05:002024-01-24T16:33:30.479-05:00I just found your blog because I was looking for m...I just found your blog because I was looking for my "Warbling with TV in the Background," which I see you had praised on May 10, 2010. Sorry it took so long, but thanks. It has been a real pleasure on this rainy day in SC to browse your amazingly long-standing, thoughtful blogs about poetry. Long-Marcher Blogger, you must be a good teacher. Cheers!--Bob Hill, rhill41@gmail.comBob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259261113840224785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-2037293814853631382023-12-06T21:12:43.782-05:002023-12-06T21:12:43.782-05:00This poem and Commentary are so powerful and neces...This poem and Commentary are so powerful and necessary. We need more of this to turn hate into peace. We need understanding. There are crystal couplets shining with Truth.Robert McDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836197612391828346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-57732986012403767242023-12-06T21:03:54.285-05:002023-12-06T21:03:54.285-05:00This is marvelous, sobering, eye-opening. Would th...This is marvelous, sobering, eye-opening. Would that it was on the front page of the New York Times. the two-for-one statistic is appalling. Even rescued hostages are furious with their government. The poem says it best. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert McDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836197612391828346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-32584693946646969692023-10-23T23:56:47.021-04:002023-10-23T23:56:47.021-04:00You have found words for loss and despair that man...You have found words for loss and despair that many of us are still searching for. Thanks for writing this.Rajanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813045156670922345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-74572185267132072112023-09-10T18:16:42.254-04:002023-09-10T18:16:42.254-04:00Maureen,
My name is James and I am the faculty sp...Maureen, <br />My name is James and I am the faculty sponsor for our high school radio station here in rural Tennessee (www.sasradio.org). Our broadcasting students are working on a new radio show called “Poetry for Today” which is a show that features original poems by our students interspersed with poems from new and established poets. We would like to ask permission to read your beautiful poem “Love is a lot like Physics“ for our radio show. It will also be read on KPBX public radio in Spokane, WA! The focus of several of the poems-including yours is the intersection of Science and Poetry. Your poem fits so beautifully into that category, and I love the "snarky" surprise ending! Ha! <br />We will be happy to link to your website or publisher citing you, but hope that you will give us permission to read it on the air! Thanks so much! JR Ankney, jankney@sasweb.org and 423-635-8960. Www.sasradio.org J.R. Ankneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07959006925222981968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-17267185656784209532023-09-03T19:53:36.015-04:002023-09-03T19:53:36.015-04:00Hayes writes good poetry. I wonder what he would t...Hayes writes good poetry. I wonder what he would think of swapping the words, so that it would read, "If you see art as life's potential, is it lifelike or living artifice?" Hope you are doing well!Glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-53617331589949455362023-08-30T17:17:40.238-04:002023-08-30T17:17:40.238-04:00Every time I read a new post on this blog, I'm...Every time I read a new post on this blog, I'm reminded of the power of well-crafted words. The author's ability to convey complex ideas with such clarity is truly impressive. Keep up the incredible work of expanding minds and horizons.<br /><a href="https://www.aintpayingfull.com/lucy-in-the-sky-return-policy/" rel="nofollow">lucy in the sky return policy</a> Timothee Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670762612404171004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-25813899377316950852023-03-17T08:20:52.286-04:002023-03-17T08:20:52.286-04:00exciting!!!exciting!!!pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09771430474952876047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-3258957441813071862023-01-01T10:49:39.667-05:002023-01-01T10:49:39.667-05:00Happy New Year!Happy New Year!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-44839571063329983382022-11-25T09:30:21.823-05:002022-11-25T09:30:21.823-05:00In the spirit of x is the new y, let's call it...In the spirit of x is the new y, let's call it the young old, though from the perspective of my students that's probably 50. Gratitude in any case.the sad red earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03274385814146546329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-59804629160277992752022-08-18T09:17:55.203-04:002022-08-18T09:17:55.203-04:00Thank you for all your wonderful work at EIL, and ...Thank you for all your wonderful work at EIL, and for these delightful dogs in your last Dog Days feature...and last feature for Escape Into Life. It has been a joy to work with you and see the work of all the artists you've found!!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-81072703220294191382022-06-16T15:56:37.386-04:002022-06-16T15:56:37.386-04:00Thanks so much for this!Thanks so much for this!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-85831831476429077252022-03-15T15:18:37.349-04:002022-03-15T15:18:37.349-04:00So sad. Thank you for your poem.So sad. Thank you for your poem.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-35075813381386176442022-03-07T11:07:46.425-05:002022-03-07T11:07:46.425-05:00Maureen,
This is an aching, beautiful poem.
Maureen, <br />This is an aching, beautiful poem. <br /><br />Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816977848510465731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-42134743764328849412021-10-21T14:38:02.730-04:002021-10-21T14:38:02.730-04:00So wonderful!So wonderful!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-53904606801258973062021-09-12T22:11:48.967-04:002021-09-12T22:11:48.967-04:00I'm reading Zaretsky's book on her now.
I...I'm reading Zaretsky's book on her now.<br /><br />I came across your blog looking for some poets I once knew from One Stop Poetry. I knew Jenne Andrews' work:<br /><br />For Cairo, Burning<br />by<br />Jenne' R. Andrews<br /><br />They that see a great light<br />Shall all be changed.. Luke…<br /><br />In lux dubitas--- doubt<br />Within light<br />I travel north over frozen lands<br />Into the storm of gilded sand<br /><br />Seated in the wind<br />We bridge the spent moon<br />Heading east<br />Where morning is<br /> <br />We seek an end to tyranny<br />Our fears<br />Go fallow, like the corn field<br />Geese come<br />To break the hull, peck<br />And split the chaff<br /><br />So is faith seeded<br />So does fear take wing<br />Transformed<br />Swan lifting on the night<br /> <br />iii<br /><br />The eyes of all<br />Wait upon us<br /><br />But we are the watchers<br />And those who bring forth.<br />We act upon the hills<br />With the seed flung from our hands<br /><br />We raise up growth<br />From a charred field<br />That which spills<br />From our pockets<br />Is that which brings<br />The wheat.<br /><br />iv<br /><br />I seek you in a delirium<br />I am spent in the poppies<br /> <br />I dress myself<br />In the vestments of the owl<br />I look out from a rookery<br />In the crags<br /><br />I soar over the parting sea,<br />That wave of the lost<br />That makes way<br />For something in white silk<br />Draped, disguised.<br /><br />No one sees<br />Who that one is<br />It passes, unnamed<br />Would you come, <br />upon this clear<br />Midnight<br />Like a thousand winds<br />A hundred stallions from the heavens<br /><br />Would the black waters part<br /><br />v<br /><br />Some say the broken<br />Of the desert<br />Cannot handle freedom.<br /><br />This is a lie.<br />Humble the liars<br />Who say the people<br />Are blind<br />And without clean souls<br />And cannot find their way.<br /><br />Freedom rides in upon a clear midnight<br />Veiled, yet palpable<br />They that mourn and burn<br /><br />See her<br />By the light of the dawn<br />And fall upon her<br />Like bread.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Response to Jenne' R. Andrews’ For Cairo, Burning <br /><br />I dress myself<br />In the vestments of the owl<br />I look out from a rookery<br />In the crags…<br /><br />You conjure with these words, <br />strike a bass chord, <br />forebode...<br />you call on many allusions here <br />and remind us <br />the owl is a night hunter, <br />an omen, <br />a fortune teller. <br />He is wise <br />to rest by day <br />in the rookery <br />atop dusty rafters <br />in the grainery <br />for his best work is done by night <br />and in the context of Cairo, <br />he plots his revolution <br />in the crags <br />with brother pigeon and sister swallow. <br />From it all,<br />your words sing of a love<br />and of a wellspring of hope <br />which must be at the heart <br />of all revolutions.<br /><br /><br /><br />http://parolavivace.blogspot.com/2011/02/re-post-cairo-burning.html<br /><br /><br />Letter to Jenne Andrews<br /><br />Jenne,<br /> <br />May I post this:<br /> <br />Response to Jenne' R. Andrews’ For Cairo, Burning <br />I couldn't have written a better poem than yours that captures the soul of what is happening in Cairo. Your poem is about the aspirations of people not about politics and all the gobblygoop attached to the events in Egypt. I think your poem is attempting to express what Ché spoke about when he said:<br /> <br />At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality... We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity will be transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force.<br /> <br />Whatever comes from the events in Egypt, we must hope that there are those people who act out of love. You dance with this idea in your poem when you write of faith and clean souls.<br /> <br /> <br />Warm regards,<br /> <br />Ted Richards (The pseudonym I used to blogpost before I retired.)<br /><br />Prose Form: <br /><br />You conjure with these words, strike a bass chord, forebode...you call on many allusions here and remind us the owl is a night hunter, an omen, a fortune teller. He is wise to rest by day in the rookery atop dusty rafters in the grainery for his best work is done by night and in the context of Cairo, he plots his revolution in the crags with brother pidgeon and sister swallow. From it all, your words sing of a wellspring of hope which must be at the heart of all revolutions.<br /><br />February 3, 2011 at 8:25 PMRichard Theodore Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10158791520398641622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-40085586983999911572021-08-18T00:53:51.630-04:002021-08-18T00:53:51.630-04:00I have a poem for you-- so that you have it I'...<br />I have a poem for you-- so that you have it I'll paste it in here and hope it holds format....let me know what you think--4 Mary Mary...<br /><br />The Transfiguration of Maria Magdalena<br /><br />Once long ago<br />in the dusk, the shadows<br />of a mud and straw farmhouse <br />in the well-grazed hills of Samaria<br /><br />I, now Archangel Magdelena <br />in my Love of Love's arms, <br />was in labor;<br /><br />He kissed my hair and I pressed on:<br />then born unto us, the tiniest one<br />imaginable, a baby girl with the voice<br />of a sparrow, the thinnest cry<br /><br />I, new mother, could not bear to still<br />against my breast<br />because it seemed the tremulous high voice<br />of a cherub.<br /><br /><br />We had come to the hamlet in the hills<br />to be out of reach of enemies, skeptics,<br />persecution, priests and the edicts of Pilate, <br /><br />wary disciples keeping watch<br />costumed as shepherds <br />who had been uneasy <br />with the carnal hungers<br />of our Lord, <br /><br />for imagine the virility <br />of God himself--<br />et incarnatus est!<br />and the depths of desire <br />of I who loved Him.<br /><br />Oh history, oh sorrow.<br />We, you and I, know where this goes:<br />in mere hours, having wept in Gethsemane,<br /><br />so made of love for all the mortal world<br />He was lost unto me and we thought,<br />unto us all.<br /><br />Indeed I was that Mary, the excoriated one;<br />yet my Lord transfigured me with his very touch,<br />his hands and fingers of light;<br /><br />he loved me and I wept;<br />we were of each other and I felt all<br />that came to pass;<br />his stigmata were mine.<br /><br />But then joy of joys, <br />after the day of horror.<br />When I went to the tomb<br />with the other women<br />to find it open,<br /><br />suddenly greatest light poured from it<br />filling the village and then<br />the firmament<br />until all of the angels came singing<br />weeping tears of joy--<br /><br />the great, blazing air<br />even filling me, healing my grief, <br />cleansing me of sorrow!<br /><br />And then I knew it as my love and Lord<br />and she who became Sparrow of Magdalena<br />would sit near the well at day's end,<br /><br />even as an exquisite child,<br />her small face caressed<br />by the descending sun.<br /><br /><br />Jenne' R. Andrews<br />for the "Mary Mary" Challenge...<br /><br />Jenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-53530929786906444632021-08-15T10:36:33.465-04:002021-08-15T10:36:33.465-04:00Thanks for calling attention to this collection. I...Thanks for calling attention to this collection. It deserves reading. If the quoted lines are an indication of its relevancy and craft, it is a timely book.WHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815646433314236886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-16134366129333440792021-08-06T21:21:43.853-04:002021-08-06T21:21:43.853-04:00Thank you for pointing me to this book, Maureen. I...Thank you for pointing me to this book, Maureen. It sounds like a perfect companion to my recent contemplations. Adding it to the list!<br /><br />Laura Bo.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263995875732832349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-16967685332912785942021-08-01T10:03:23.044-04:002021-08-01T10:03:23.044-04:00I had heard of this title, but your post makes me ...I had heard of this title, but your post makes me want to get it and read it for all the reasons you cite. Nice review. Many blessings. Thanks or sharing.WHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815646433314236886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-34808151690644316642021-07-24T10:14:35.952-04:002021-07-24T10:14:35.952-04:00I really love your blog--the art, thoughts for the...I really love your blog--the art, thoughts for the day--all of it. I'll be back to visit and read more. I'd like to add you to my blogroll/Sites I Follow.WHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815646433314236886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-1031597928978492652021-05-04T22:11:54.999-04:002021-05-04T22:11:54.999-04:00Thank you for sharing this wonderful post keep you...Thank you for sharing this wonderful post keep your awesome work <a href="https://uma.ac.id/" rel="nofollow">Thank You </a>Mybloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151651276055949289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-47508445515905124752021-03-24T18:55:11.851-04:002021-03-24T18:55:11.851-04:00Lisa Starr is so talented. I love her work, and t...Lisa Starr is so talented. I love her work, and the way she reads. She is really inspiring. Mrs. Narcisi Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406607953182894621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-16558140877738222092021-02-03T16:03:30.517-05:002021-02-03T16:03:30.517-05:00Thank you, thank you, Maureen, for this extensive ...Thank you, thank you, Maureen, for this extensive research and overview of my work and career. Deeply appreciated. Chard Chard deNiordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641396684882737474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-86450597092284788972021-02-03T16:03:29.747-05:002021-02-03T16:03:29.747-05:00Thank you, thank you, Maureen, for this extensive ...Thank you, thank you, Maureen, for this extensive research and overview of my work and career. Deeply appreciated. Chard Chard deNiordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641396684882737474noreply@blogger.com