tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post2742307409131890362..comments2024-03-25T10:07:31.278-07:00Comments on There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town: Poetry Friday: RememberRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-42058911749959372762018-12-30T15:38:15.524-08:002018-12-30T15:38:15.524-08:00That cloud stanza! I wasn't expecting that vei...That cloud stanza! I wasn't expecting that veil image. Wonderful.author amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09800868615186010584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-15510753530959693962018-12-30T15:10:07.041-08:002018-12-30T15:10:07.041-08:00Your poem is gorgeous, Ruth. Like Mary Lee, I love...Your poem is gorgeous, Ruth. Like Mary Lee, I love the idea of hibiscus blooming somewhere in the world while all is brown and gray here in the northeast. Thank you for sharing "What the Heart Cannot Forget." I shared it several years ago, but hadn't thought of it lately. It's exactly what I needed to read today!Catherine Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390699128046569127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-14739520129416286882018-12-30T09:29:44.587-08:002018-12-30T09:29:44.587-08:00Thanks for sharing your poem and Joyce Sutphen'...Thanks for sharing your poem and Joyce Sutphen's, too. Both are lovely. And it's a timely reminder that we--whether we are person or tree or cloud or rock--hold all that has come from the past within us, both painful things and joyful ones.<br /><br />Happy New Year!Susan Bruckhttp://soulblossomliving.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-66473612118941832552018-12-29T13:19:31.915-08:002018-12-29T13:19:31.915-08:00My heart has had a mom-shaped hole in it this holi...My heart has had a mom-shaped hole in it this holiday season...that last stanza rings very true to me.<br /><br />Thanks for sending us back to your Why I'm Here poem. I love it so much. I love knowing that someone is paying attention to the hibiscus in Haiti while I'm looking at clouds in Ohio!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-5380589447443353152018-12-29T08:30:57.785-08:002018-12-29T08:30:57.785-08:00Remembering poems are so important. And I remember...Remembering poems are so important. And I remember your poem about noticing the hibiscus. I love the images in the Joyce Sutphen poem - so concrete and real.Joyce Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905709719444916488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-21446461253149395352018-12-29T07:08:05.132-08:002018-12-29T07:08:05.132-08:00Thank you for encouraging us to remember the thing...Thank you for encouraging us to remember the things we hold deep in our hearts. The poems are perfect for this message. Happy New Year to you!Whispers from the Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819098985292406065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-4423769365557274222018-12-28T22:59:54.934-08:002018-12-28T22:59:54.934-08:00Thanks for this heartfelt poem on remembering Ruth...Thanks for this heartfelt poem on remembering Ruth. It's a sensitive poem and these lines I'll remember…<br />"the arms remember lifting up the child." And I also like the lines about the tree,<br />"the way things came <br />walking slowly towards it long ago."<br />I think that trees have an inner wisdom, it's there if we're open to it. Your heart ornament is gorgeous–I would leave it out too!Michelle Koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575814872372518994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-40875789716045310722018-12-28T14:34:30.095-08:002018-12-28T14:34:30.095-08:00Oh, my goodness...what plain language for such won...Oh, my goodness...what plain language for such wondrous remembering. Thank you for these two poems. They are lovely and close the year well.Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-39178695417811190982018-12-28T14:07:12.129-08:002018-12-28T14:07:12.129-08:00Thanks for sharing your "why I am here" ...Thanks for sharing your "why I am here" poem! It is beautiful. Also thanks for sharing Joyce Sutphen's - also beautiful. I agree, that ornament should stay out!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-37930779445739924782018-12-28T10:37:17.955-08:002018-12-28T10:37:17.955-08:00Excellent poem! I like that blog -- thanks for poi...Excellent poem! I like that blog -- thanks for pointing us to it. The poem about Mary from a few days ago is also wonderful. Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-47759468348433109412018-12-28T08:43:37.127-08:002018-12-28T08:43:37.127-08:00Every bit is the reminder of what we do at year...Every bit is the reminder of what we do at year's end, calling up the memories from both ends of the feelings. My son & family visited an old friend of his to meet his new baby this week, thus "and the arms remember lifting up the child" spoke loud to me today. All of us smiled over holding that baby, remembering. Thank you, Ruth, a good one for me this day. Happy New Year!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-16859543516335146712018-12-28T07:35:51.809-08:002018-12-28T07:35:51.809-08:00The heart cannot forget-such a memorable statement...The heart cannot forget-such a memorable statement that rings true with me, Ruth. I left a comment on your birthday post. Happy so belated wishes...Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-51102303375600974342018-12-28T05:13:22.366-08:002018-12-28T05:13:22.366-08:00Yes, leave that heart hanging out there, to collec...Yes, leave that heart hanging out there, to collect the vapor of each day through its tear-shaped holes. I went back to read your birthday poems, and Ruth, I've said it before and I'll say it again, your writing is extraordinary. Would you care to join me this year in an as-yet unspoken pledge to myself to SUBMIT?<br /><br />I'm suddenly aware of some roiling contradictions in my intentions...Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-75028661325445754542018-12-28T04:47:10.447-08:002018-12-28T04:47:10.447-08:00This is so lovely, Ruth. Each stanza does its part...This is so lovely, Ruth. Each stanza does its part to create a gorgeous whole. Such language and imagery...thanks for sharing and Happy New Year.Molly Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975100905434379155noreply@blogger.com