tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post8146930903894762284..comments2024-03-25T10:07:31.278-07:00Comments on There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town: Poetry Friday: Kingfishers and QueenfishersRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-34267794436602855472023-02-11T03:17:06.675-08:002023-02-11T03:17:06.675-08:00Thanks for the Mary Oliver poem! Every time I see ...Thanks for the Mary Oliver poem! Every time I see a kingfisher here in Japan, the first line of the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem flashes into my mind, "As kingfishers catch fire..." Now Mary Oliver's will join them!kessenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06626460063588288283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-84072871045706929722023-01-24T08:19:11.414-08:002023-01-24T08:19:11.414-08:00It's as if several royal avian courts have con...It's as if several royal avian courts have convened over here this week, Ruth - wonderful! Thank you for your poetic list and for the links. I will miss the coastal birds when we move back to high ground in a few weeks, though I'm happy to report our woodsy yard there has lots of bird life. Best wishes with all your teaching endeavors as well as your writing & birding ones! Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-59861721424523996212023-01-21T16:55:51.055-08:002023-01-21T16:55:51.055-08:00Ah what serendipity I'm in the process of post...Ah what serendipity I'm in the process of posting a Kingfisher card in my Etsy Shop, and your post is all about Kingfishers, 🥰 It's from a painting I did a while back but haven't had a chance to post. I love both of the poems here, yours and Mary Olivers, and Liz Clayton Fuller's Queenfisher is lovely! Here's a link to my kingfisher painting on my website: https://www.michellekogan.com/paintingsnature/kingfisher-tulips-bulbs-2019-watercolor-15-x-11 Send me your address sometime and I'll send you the card, thanks for all Ruth!Michelle Koganhttp://www.michellekogan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-82183880342450523452023-01-21T08:20:14.878-08:002023-01-21T08:20:14.878-08:00Love the list poem of Kingfishers. I'm hoping ...Love the list poem of Kingfishers. I'm hoping to do a Mary Oliver deep dive later in the year! Thanks for sharing her poem as well! Marcie Flinchum Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253511592239628178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-8509271504830281642023-01-21T07:57:23.670-08:002023-01-21T07:57:23.670-08:00I love the idea of a Queenfisher! Thanks for the M...I love the idea of a Queenfisher! Thanks for the Mary Oliver fix and for your list of kingfishers -- I also didn't know there are so many!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-3073445368288770052023-01-21T05:42:41.606-08:002023-01-21T05:42:41.606-08:00Ruth, I had to see a picture of a kingfisher so I ...Ruth, I had to see a picture of a kingfisher so I went to the artist's sit. Her artwork is spectacular, full of color so now I would love to see the live Kingfisher. Thank you for introducing me to this colorful bird. It must be exciting to go birding and find 8 different types of this bird. Enjoy your birding venture in 2023. I am going to find a splash of happiness (Mary Oliver style) today.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-91834959519592978002023-01-21T04:23:11.911-08:002023-01-21T04:23:11.911-08:00What a list! What truth in Mary Oliver's poem!...What a list! What truth in Mary Oliver's poem! What an excellent beginning to my Poetry Friday read-through! Thank you for these gifts!!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-70354639453576238652023-01-20T22:27:26.815-08:002023-01-20T22:27:26.815-08:00Thank you for adding to my kingfisher knowledge Ru...Thank you for adding to my kingfisher knowledge Ruth. In Australia we have 10 species of kingfisher, including the iconic Kookaburra, a bird not possessed of majestic plummage, but uniquely equipped with a raucous laugh. The Mary Oliver poem is a further adornment Alan j Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077195459186935005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-76465713327970678632023-01-20T13:45:25.417-08:002023-01-20T13:45:25.417-08:00What a wonderful collection of kingfishers. The Ma...What a wonderful collection of kingfishers. The Mary Oliver poem is perfect. I love how she finds such beauty every day. Looking for birds is like that, seeing beauty every day. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-21363715298100641352023-01-20T10:25:21.909-08:002023-01-20T10:25:21.909-08:00Queenfisher--love it! And I think the Oliver begin...Queenfisher--love it! And I think the Oliver beginning as you shared it makes a wonderful poem all on its own, even ending right there. Can't believe you saw 8 different species. Now if only more of them rhymed :>Dlaurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-57330510180928546052023-01-20T05:24:23.667-08:002023-01-20T05:24:23.667-08:00The Belted Kingfisher is the only one in North Ame...The Belted Kingfisher is the only one in North America. And it's a beauty!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-19361570563103392632023-01-20T05:16:45.664-08:002023-01-20T05:16:45.664-08:00Until reading what you've written about kingfi...Until reading what you've written about kingfishers, I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't know there were so many. I have seen one, still remember it flitting along a stream, delighting all of us who were hiking that day. This one was the belted kingfisher, common here in CO, Ruth. Thanks for the Oliver poem & for sharing your special list! Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-64184957146118438402023-01-19T17:07:20.735-08:002023-01-19T17:07:20.735-08:00I would love to see one of those kingfishers in ac...I would love to see one of those kingfishers in action--Oliver describes one with such perfection. Glad you got through all the exams and other non poetic things to join in this week. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-2597415693042568982023-01-19T11:02:19.639-08:002023-01-19T11:02:19.639-08:00Eight kingfishers! That is amazing. I look forward...Eight kingfishers! That is amazing. I look forward to reading that Mary Oliver poem. Birds must be in the air today, so to speak. I have a blue heron in my poem.Susan T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18089222122168879532noreply@blogger.com