tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post8705985087195369919..comments2024-03-25T10:07:31.278-07:00Comments on There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town: Poetry Friday: What You Have To Get OverRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-80503509905241507272016-02-27T06:29:05.137-08:002016-02-27T06:29:05.137-08:00Happy Birthday! Wishing you small hurdles to get o...Happy Birthday! Wishing you small hurdles to get over (while my heart is breaking for my 88 year-old mom's HUGE hurdles right now...)Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-56977674493281356632016-02-26T18:11:09.762-08:002016-02-26T18:11:09.762-08:00Happy Birthday, Ruth - and thank you for this word...Happy Birthday, Ruth - and thank you for this wordsworthy-y poem!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626451110946889157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-27786932817571357932016-02-26T15:48:16.960-08:002016-02-26T15:48:16.960-08:00Happy Birthday to a fellow Aquarius. Thanks for sh...Happy Birthday to a fellow Aquarius. Thanks for sharing the poem. I enjoyed how it stopped to appreciate words like wend and yonder and I love the lines, "all those shadows of yourself you left behind on odd little tables." I hope your husband's news isn't something to get over. Take care.Molly Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975100905434379155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-12422347702015705572016-02-26T14:08:11.195-08:002016-02-26T14:08:11.195-08:00I wish you and your family well, Ruth. My favorite...I wish you and your family well, Ruth. My favorite thing about the poem is the way it moves between the abstract--love, resentment--and the concrete--the tree line a hundred yards in the distance. Thanks for sharing it. Liz Steinglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614059299412727544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-58392411971778446932016-02-26T13:16:31.658-08:002016-02-26T13:16:31.658-08:00I love the poem, and like the poet, the word "...I love the poem, and like the poet, the word "wend". Happy Birthday Ruth, and wishes for a lovely day as you "wend" your way about and through. I hope that news is something you might celebrate, too. Thanks for a poem that seems meant for me as I reach the bridge and on. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-33834675657635974762016-02-26T11:01:37.135-08:002016-02-26T11:01:37.135-08:00I woke up thinking about you, and maybe this is wh...I woke up thinking about you, and maybe this is why. I will be praying for whatever it is, believing it is good. And it seems I missed your birthday! Happiest of birthdays friend, I am so glad you were born. Looking forward to chatting soon!Jessica Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944990982584233095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-4729982416514019292016-02-26T10:50:23.502-08:002016-02-26T10:50:23.502-08:00My goodness, SO many PF birthday's this month—...My goodness, SO many PF birthday's this month— yours, Irene's, Laura Shovan, and mine two weeks ago. Thank you for sharing such an apropos poem today. "Life-changing" sounds scary– please know I'm sending hopeful thoughts.Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-75353515864082553042016-02-26T10:16:51.271-08:002016-02-26T10:16:51.271-08:00Is it my general mood about aging, or do the obsta...Is it my general mood about aging, or do the obstacles seem to get more and more sinister as the poem goes on?<br /><br />I am still getting over bridges. They always make me unreasonably nervous. But by high middle age, where I now am, I have gotten over my resistance to Shakespeare. For that, I feel virtuous.Janethttp://acrossthepage.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-62272716179077889032016-02-26T06:07:45.992-08:002016-02-26T06:07:45.992-08:00I love your poetry choices, Ruth. Thank you for th...I love your poetry choices, Ruth. Thank you for this. And happy birthday!! My birthday is coming up...would love to have a "birthday lunch" with you, were it possible. Thinking good thoughts for you and your husband. Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.com