tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post6699637848824683888..comments2024-03-25T10:07:31.278-07:00Comments on There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town: Poetry Friday: Yellow DressRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-73154637650097869572014-09-19T14:07:53.388-07:002014-09-19T14:07:53.388-07:00Ruth - This is simply perfect, and I could not be ...Ruth - This is simply perfect, and I could not be happier to have found it today. Thank you for linking back. I adore this poem and will now go read the other "Yellow Dress" poem. Amy LVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625469276544426664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-57917397805321480952012-04-16T12:01:31.551-07:002012-04-16T12:01:31.551-07:00Thanks, Ruth. So beautiful.Thanks, Ruth. So beautiful.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05365590620649909973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-63560645313741117202012-04-15T12:28:11.683-07:002012-04-15T12:28:11.683-07:00So, so great.So, so great.Jessica Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944990982584233095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-92084033904501148402012-04-15T06:12:34.298-07:002012-04-15T06:12:34.298-07:00Ruth, I LOVE THIS POEM. Incidentally, I have a poe...Ruth, I LOVE THIS POEM. Incidentally, I have a poem called "Black Dress," which is completely different, except for the dress part, and I have a friend who wrote a poem called, "Red Dress." Perhaps we (you) should do a whole closet collection? :)Irene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-57471963410792990112012-04-15T02:35:49.767-07:002012-04-15T02:35:49.767-07:00Love the blend of dream and reality. I'm prett...Love the blend of dream and reality. I'm pretty sure we all have had a Yellow Dress moment in our past.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-36378664091133194452012-04-14T10:53:49.397-07:002012-04-14T10:53:49.397-07:00What a beautiful poem. I love the transformation t...What a beautiful poem. I love the transformation that happens when you try on the dress and then how the meaning of the dress changes over time. Trying on clothes as a grown-up sometimes reminds me of dressing up in costume as a child. You put something special on and suddenly, momentarily you're transformed into someone else. Thanks for sharing it.Liz Steinglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614059299412727544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-83251036766171613492012-04-14T07:48:35.686-07:002012-04-14T07:48:35.686-07:00An afternoon made more beautiful and touchable aft...An afternoon made more beautiful and touchable after your description. Nicely captured.Betsy Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-73970888960340434492012-04-13T20:32:30.026-07:002012-04-13T20:32:30.026-07:00Hi Ruth, what a heart-tugging poem of everything t...Hi Ruth, what a heart-tugging poem of everything that represents what we think we may not be at present - all that we are, and everything we could be. That moment in France was captured beautifully through verse.GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-31630144572524003672012-04-13T19:19:05.675-07:002012-04-13T19:19:05.675-07:00I like thinking about the bunch of cliches in your...I like thinking about the bunch of cliches in your backpack :^)<br /><br />In my case, the yellow dress was a conference I didn't go to (in Crete, no less!). I occasionally wonder how my career might have been different had I gone.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10800864673813334725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-996569511219405862012-04-13T16:55:58.768-07:002012-04-13T16:55:58.768-07:00Ruth, I love this poem. I have so been there. But ...Ruth, I love this poem. I have so been there. But I have also bought one or two 'yellow dresses.' Just so you know, they don't change everything, at least not forever.violethttp://vnesdolypoems.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-12449024063240986552012-04-13T15:03:28.313-07:002012-04-13T15:03:28.313-07:00Great poem, Ruth. Most of us do probably have som...Great poem, Ruth. Most of us do probably have some version of that yellow dress fantasy! Of course, a cute, skinny 19-year-old couldn't have written that poem, so I'm thankful you went on to live in the real world. Happy Poetry Month!Robyn Hood Blackhttp://www.robynhoodblack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-58574654644579085122012-04-13T14:27:37.501-07:002012-04-13T14:27:37.501-07:00Ah, that was a beautiful dress! We all have that ...Ah, that was a beautiful dress! We all have that should-have-been bought item that, looking back, would have been the transformative thing in our lives....always fun to look back and ponder the possibilities!<br />P.S. Loved the poem, and it's wistfulness.Tarahttp://tmsteach.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-40436236455743869132012-04-13T06:38:10.034-07:002012-04-13T06:38:10.034-07:00Ruth, I love you and I love your poetry. Thanks fo...Ruth, I love you and I love your poetry. Thanks for sharing this poem again: I like it very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-21235764748634862342012-04-13T05:55:55.015-07:002012-04-13T05:55:55.015-07:00I have a red, portable typewriter that I almost bo...I have a red, portable typewriter that I almost bought in Tokyo that periodically serves a similar function in my daydreams. <br />Thank you for sharing your beautifully evocative poem.Katyahttp://www.katyaczaja.com/noreply@blogger.com