tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post7238567565887419796..comments2024-03-25T10:07:31.278-07:00Comments on There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town: Poetry Friday: The PresentRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-84205493402075512312010-12-18T04:42:03.866-08:002010-12-18T04:42:03.866-08:00Oh lovely! I discovered Neruda when my roomate in ...Oh lovely! I discovered Neruda when my roomate in college, a refugee from Albania would sit in her bunk and read his poems aloud to me. <br /><br />This is also great motivation to remember that I am part way through Motorcycle Diaries and loving it and that I NEED TO FINISH!Carliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992805076865220524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-48158277892634810602010-12-18T02:48:29.945-08:002010-12-18T02:48:29.945-08:00Merry Christmas, Ruth! Sending you a cyber hug. So...Merry Christmas, Ruth! Sending you a cyber hug. Sometimes staying right there in the moment is a person's best defense. Thank you for sharing this poem. I hadn't seen it before, and seeing alternate translations was very interesting.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-32476799446363118832010-12-17T07:33:35.056-08:002010-12-17T07:33:35.056-08:00Pablo Neruda's poems are so sensory -- so full...Pablo Neruda's poems are so sensory -- so full of textures. I love this one.Janethttp://acrossthepage.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-36297041385844879572010-12-17T07:14:18.250-08:002010-12-17T07:14:18.250-08:00Ruth,
Could you possibly email me an address. I d...Ruth,<br /><br />Could you possibly email me an address. I don't want to invade your privacy, but I do have something I want to send to you that I think you would like.<br /><br />sherryDOTearlyATgmailDOTcomSherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664642293286996220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-56229313776152571272010-12-17T06:41:45.762-08:002010-12-17T06:41:45.762-08:00Ruth, What a healing poem. I hope that this time ...Ruth, What a healing poem. I hope that this time of light, of new hope will bring a bit of heart-peace to you and yours. None of us ever knows what is next, but most of us never experience such a world-shaking event as Haiti has had. Might there be something that all of us Poetry Friday people could do for your students...some gift of words? Please let me know. A.Amy L Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830987204619914326noreply@blogger.com