tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post1594609919055568980..comments2024-03-25T10:07:31.278-07:00Comments on There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town: Poetry Friday: Spring (NPM: Day 5)Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-17146170520921449812019-04-07T15:08:59.357-07:002019-04-07T15:08:59.357-07:00I highlighted the same line as Linda as I was read...I highlighted the same line as Linda as I was reading: a green skin<br />growing over whatever winter did to us--<br />I love that (and in Michigan we are still waiting to grow our green skin.)Buffy Silvermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223895917772531703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-66673331935131172242019-04-07T11:33:25.502-07:002019-04-07T11:33:25.502-07:00I love how much the leaves have to say in the whol...I love how much the leaves have to say in the whole business...it's like they are the backstage people that make sure the show can go on. These lines: "Patient, plodding, a green skin<br />growing over whatever winter did to us, a return<br />to the strange idea of continuous living"<br /><br />are wonderful! Happy Poetry Month to you.Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-87391770358498612152019-04-07T10:25:49.771-07:002019-04-07T10:25:49.771-07:00I needed these "instructions for not giving u...I needed these "instructions for not giving up." That line about what "winter did to us" has such a deeper meaning. This poem reminds me to take the bad with the good. Thanks for sharing, Ruth!Whispers from the Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02968061311611437435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-83558559610703873782019-04-07T09:54:35.025-07:002019-04-07T09:54:35.025-07:00O.M.G. I SO need to take on your spring cleaning N...O.M.G. I SO need to take on your spring cleaning NPM project as my own! Seriously, Ruth, what I great idea. I'd probably be set up for blog posts for the next three months! "Instructions on Not Giving Up" is extraordinary.Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-56120162792807445272019-04-07T06:54:19.222-07:002019-04-07T06:54:19.222-07:00I didn't know about that progressive poem -- h...I didn't know about that progressive poem -- how cool!!<br />(Also laughing about the tabs -- I do the same thing!)Liz Garton Scanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17941516645386392684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-61856692058328956712019-04-06T05:07:22.479-07:002019-04-06T05:07:22.479-07:00the world’s baubles and trinkets, leave
the paveme...the world’s baubles and trinkets, leave<br />the pavement strewn with the confetti of aftermath<br /><br />I raked sweetgum balls a few weeks ago, and my yard is full again. Maybe if I think of them in this way, I will enjoy the process a little more :)Kimberly Hutmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481478199892532599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-69438623656752575732019-04-05T14:58:28.039-07:002019-04-05T14:58:28.039-07:00Thanks for sharing Limon's poem. I hadn't ...Thanks for sharing Limon's poem. I hadn't thought of persistence as part of spring; I like that thought. I like how Limon expresses it in this line: "Patient, plodding, a green skin / growing over whatever winter did to us,..." Alice Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302512837699702430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-84893316663750123902019-04-05T08:20:35.739-07:002019-04-05T08:20:35.739-07:00Thanks for sharing Limon's poem (new to me). I...Thanks for sharing Limon's poem (new to me). I do like the "edge" as you mentioned. I'll be thinking of leaves differently now. . . jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-65210552391069557772019-04-05T08:15:42.181-07:002019-04-05T08:15:42.181-07:00I'm looking forward to your Sunday line, too, ...I'm looking forward to your Sunday line, too, Ruth, and love this post, full of spring! Finally we have some bits of color emerging, will soon become Limon's "confetti of aftermath." I do love her poetry, glad you shared this one, an homage to the leaves, "patient, plodding". Thanks, and Happy Friday!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-48897942754867303762019-04-05T05:05:07.846-07:002019-04-05T05:05:07.846-07:00"I'll take it all." I love that line..."I'll take it all." I love that line! Looking forward to your Sunday line, Ruth... love all the ways you're infusing your life (and ours!) with poetry this month. xoIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.com