tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post8250686596601788511..comments2024-03-26T09:20:29.620-06:00Comments on TeacherDance: A Different Kind of Lullaby for Poetry FridayLinda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-36558065863609011652012-02-01T04:32:01.694-07:002012-02-01T04:32:01.694-07:00How have I been missing your PF posts? Do you subm...How have I been missing your PF posts? Do you submit your link to the roundup host? Am I just blind?<br /><br />My...hmm...great uncle? grandfather? both? were Union Pacific men and Denver natives. Wonder if there are crossed paths in our ancestry?Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-47269387377962508042012-01-31T16:07:43.308-07:002012-01-31T16:07:43.308-07:00This is one I was inspired to read aloud, too, whe...This is one I was inspired to read aloud, too, when I got it in my email the other day! Thanks for sharing it.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-19668875752236533722012-01-29T07:19:59.998-07:002012-01-29T07:19:59.998-07:00Thank you Heidi. This book is a favorite in our h...Thank you Heidi. This book is a favorite in our house, of course, and thank you for reminding me of it.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-30329946908215658692012-01-29T05:30:29.208-07:002012-01-29T05:30:29.208-07:00Hi, Linda--
I'm sorry to realize that I've...Hi, Linda--<br />I'm sorry to realize that I've never visited your blog, after all your kind comments to mine. This was a wonderful poem to find--it's Donald Crews's Freight Train, several spirals higher! And of course it clickety-clacks, "alack, alack," just as it should. I'll go off and find more AE Stallings.Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-71388415473885661432012-01-27T13:41:05.567-07:002012-01-27T13:41:05.567-07:00I love finding the little pieces that I wish I'...I love finding the little pieces that I wish I'd found a way to write. Glad you liked!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-21404783619657263702012-01-27T13:24:34.955-07:002012-01-27T13:24:34.955-07:00You had me at "ululations." I've alw...You had me at "ululations." I've always loved that word but it doesn't come up nearly frequently enough. Love the fairy tale logic, as well. So double thanks!Greg Pincushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-16086055198469904642012-01-27T12:35:02.157-07:002012-01-27T12:35:02.157-07:00There is an old track that goes all across the sta...There is an old track that goes all across the state of Missouri now called the Katy trail. You reminded me of that. Thank you for the new poems; I'll look!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-69372106768581276452012-01-27T12:33:58.299-07:002012-01-27T12:33:58.299-07:00My daughter went to college in Boston, & took ...My daughter went to college in Boston, & took advantage of the trains often to travel to NYC & other places. Wish we had something out here like that in the west! Of course we did use the ski train until it stopped. I like those ululations too!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-10122997122092221192012-01-27T11:37:59.380-07:002012-01-27T11:37:59.380-07:00Train travel a probably slightly less romantic exp...Train travel a probably slightly less romantic experience in this crowded island... <br />However the boys' school is built on the site of a decommissioned station (from Dr Beeching's sweeping cuts that decimated the branch lines in the 1950s) and we walk there along the old track past disused platforms and through the old tunnel. That is quite romantic if a little well used by dogs to inspire poetry.<br />You might like this link for some British train poems<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/nov/14/top10s.railway.poemsPollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399800633974908962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-53983295186127643522012-01-27T10:47:49.336-07:002012-01-27T10:47:49.336-07:00Love train travel. We have a wonderful Amtrak out...Love train travel. We have a wonderful Amtrak outcropping here in Maine that leads to Boston traveling the coast. The trip to PA is likewise a coastal route. Love the feel of traveling the rails. I am reminded of a particular train ride we took many years ago from Wisconsin to Boston. Very memorable. Perhaps I will start writing it. Thanks for the poem! I'll have to look up ululations now! I'm going to use that one sometime before I forget it.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-90847946371617311152012-01-27T08:40:32.582-07:002012-01-27T08:40:32.582-07:00Romantic tale, Jama! I am envious of all your adv...Romantic tale, Jama! I am envious of all your adventures on trains. We only have a 'light rail' here in Denver-not much sound effect there.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-8200521920664063432012-01-27T08:39:15.127-07:002012-01-27T08:39:15.127-07:00Those sea journeys sound lovely, and slow which he...Those sea journeys sound lovely, and slow which helps the anticipation of the destination. I thought you'd like that second one considering your latest blog adventures!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-49530554425008829092012-01-27T08:36:55.775-07:002012-01-27T08:36:55.775-07:00I love that line, too, but also the final one, ...I love that line, too, but also the final one, 'pulling the dawn behind her'.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-86146012656293587312012-01-27T08:35:51.944-07:002012-01-27T08:35:51.944-07:00We don't get to hear that lonely train sound m...We don't get to hear that lonely train sound much anymore-nowhere close at all. I did look up the Doppler Time & how it worked, & it fits the poem too. Impressive use of the scientific concept!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-89874976343554437092012-01-27T08:30:10.542-07:002012-01-27T08:30:10.542-07:00Love the romance of trains! Started with Sendak...Love the romance of trains! Started with Sendak's "Hats are to wear on trains."<br /><br />A dear friend (who passed away a year ago) had a long, illustrious career in the railroad business. It's likely your father-in-law knew him. Bob was once President of Long Island Railroad. I met my husband while he was working on a rail project in Algeria, so we are very fond of trains in our family. I really loved riding the surface trains when we lived in England. :). Thanks for introducing me to Stallings' work.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-8267180529155225392012-01-27T08:15:49.519-07:002012-01-27T08:15:49.519-07:00Hi Linda, I haven't had much experience with t...Hi Linda, I haven't had much experience with trains - must be a different generation altogether (hahaha). But I do recall taking sea journeys by ship to travel from one part of the Philippines to the next - usually lasts three days/two nights depending on distance. But yeah, that was also quite fun. Now the only trains I know are the MRTs here in Singapore. :) Thank you for sharing those lovely reminiscences with us. Cute photo as well!<br /><br />These are my favorite lines from Stalling's Fairy-tale Logic:<br />"You have to fight magic with magic. You have to believe<br />That you have something impossible up your sleeve,<br />The language of snakes, perhaps, an invisible cloak,<br />An army of ants at your beck, or a lethal joke,<br />The will to do whatever must be done"<br />-- so wise. :)GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-3346586078353850132012-01-27T07:44:53.119-07:002012-01-27T07:44:53.119-07:00I'm just getting to know Stallings. Thanks for...I'm just getting to know Stallings. Thanks for these poems.Lullaby Near the Railroad Tracks is so rhythmical. I love "lonely ululations."Joyce Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905709719444916488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-12399070883804977802012-01-27T07:33:26.656-07:002012-01-27T07:33:26.656-07:00This poem reminds me of when we lived in Atlanta, ...This poem reminds me of when we lived in Atlanta, the railroad tracks were behind my bedroom window -- I could feel the house rattle as the trains went by and at night I heard the screech of the brakes and the engineers talking on their cell phones as the train stopped behind my house waiting for their turn at a nearby junction. <br /><br />I love the line about "the Doppler shift of time".Katyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14618886866798905292noreply@blogger.com