tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post612501144722367273..comments2024-03-26T09:20:29.620-06:00Comments on TeacherDance: Poetry Friday - Coming WarmthLinda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-26178042654375078302021-03-09T08:45:14.262-07:002021-03-09T08:45:14.262-07:00Thanks, Ramona. I imagine you have a wonderful sli...Thanks, Ramona. I imagine you have a wonderful slice to write from your own 'back door'! Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-56225380177689151322021-03-09T08:31:45.695-07:002021-03-09T08:31:45.695-07:00Exquisite, Linda, every single word! I'm print...Exquisite, Linda, every single word! I'm printing this one for my writer's notebook.<br />My dad had a shed out the back door too and a garden that filled 3/4 of the back yard and a clothesline! Maybe there's a slice waiting outside the back door.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929914252480696798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-5995927089452944632021-03-08T17:53:11.790-07:002021-03-08T17:53:11.790-07:00Thank you everyone. It's such a busy time thes...Thank you everyone. It's such a busy time these recent days, but I appreciate your words and that you enjoyed my poem. It is a favorite of mine from this past February!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-74215365178292579702021-03-07T18:07:15.676-07:002021-03-07T18:07:15.676-07:00Lovely, Linda! I am such a fan of poems about your...Lovely, Linda! I am such a fan of poems about your childhood and grandparents.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-79461279914708448722021-03-07T07:35:52.221-07:002021-03-07T07:35:52.221-07:00This poem feels like a warm hug — so beautiful, an...This poem feels like a warm hug — so beautiful, and every image more lovely than the last. Thank you! Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-65501935522249397362021-03-07T06:51:13.075-07:002021-03-07T06:51:13.075-07:00Oh Linda, how lovely are your tangled vines, tools...Oh Linda, how lovely are your tangled vines, tools, slow stories and perfumes. I want to meander here in the backdoor or your mind a long, long while.Fran Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05295033583781089018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-2017689932370990162021-03-07T06:51:11.478-07:002021-03-07T06:51:11.478-07:00This is such a lovely poem, Linda. It makes me fee...This is such a lovely poem, Linda. It makes me feel like summer gardens are right around the corner. I'm hoping that this year we can really enjoy the smells of summer gardens not just the sight of them.Randomly Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041218984035157545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-20978643872267266722021-03-06T20:50:39.617-07:002021-03-06T20:50:39.617-07:00Linda, it was great seeing you online last night. ...Linda, it was great seeing you online last night. I hope you are enjoying your weekend with family. I love the repetition in your poem and the ending is just so lovely. <br />"clear evenings are perfumed/with sundown and starlight/and being together."<br /><br />Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-39054633649132715722021-03-06T13:16:28.422-07:002021-03-06T13:16:28.422-07:00I am so glad I got to read this poem again. It is ...I am so glad I got to read this poem again. It is just beautiful with those memories out the back door that enfold childhood and family and love. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-45966491246826131112021-03-06T06:34:32.587-07:002021-03-06T06:34:32.587-07:00Linda, this is just beautiful. All those little as...Linda, this is just beautiful. All those little asides in parentheses feel like intimate details that you might say to a backdoor neighbor, so this all feels so companionable and heart-filled. Love it. Those tools leaning together...I got a whole sense of a town there.laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-82889942395572824222021-03-06T05:35:18.526-07:002021-03-06T05:35:18.526-07:00Your poem made tears spring into my eyes. As I wal...Your poem made tears spring into my eyes. As I walked out your back door, I was thinking about the back door of my childhood home. Out that back door was also the garden, the toolshed (LOVE: "all those tools / leaning together like men at the / downtown bar"), so many memories. I may have to write my own back door poem. Thank you.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-30774726567778557122021-03-05T19:04:21.005-07:002021-03-05T19:04:21.005-07:00What a beautiful trip out that back door, Linda. T...What a beautiful trip out that back door, Linda. Thankyou for sharing some warmth. Sally Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840326270568153356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-56607844452391509252021-03-05T17:27:26.719-07:002021-03-05T17:27:26.719-07:00Such a warm, feel-good poem, with lines touching a...Such a warm, feel-good poem, with lines touching and full of love, <br />"my maple tree, the one grown enough <br />to hold me while I read, <br />(like Mother did when I was tiny),"<br />Thanks for sharing your poem here Linda, I enjoyed reading it even more this time–so many pictures inside!<br /><br />And I love your hoya blooming plant!michelle koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409095111952431780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-56344192138651686332021-03-05T13:23:27.276-07:002021-03-05T13:23:27.276-07:00This is a wonderful poem. I particularly love your...This is a wonderful poem. I particularly love your description of the tools in the shed, a rough bunch. I'm so glad it warming up. Not here yet, but I know it will, it must! Janice Scullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913934779785635150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-74974776743074532552021-03-05T12:50:31.825-07:002021-03-05T12:50:31.825-07:00I love how you visited this familiar place in your...I love how you visited this familiar place in your mind. It made me think of my grandfather and how he loved his tools. I need to write a poem about that! Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-89830061966668122072021-03-05T12:38:21.793-07:002021-03-05T12:38:21.793-07:00Simply lovely, such tender observations and wonder...Simply lovely, such tender observations and wonderful images. Love those tools stacked up like men at the bar, and the tree big enough to hold you as you read (like your mother's arms). Beautiful!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-79082038476048801552021-03-05T06:58:03.441-07:002021-03-05T06:58:03.441-07:00Oh that coming warmth... and those back porch memo...Oh that coming warmth... and those back porch memories, which make a beautiful poem, Linda. Thank you for sharing! xoIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-68871454598079114752021-03-05T04:39:06.233-07:002021-03-05T04:39:06.233-07:00And thank-you for sharing the excitement of the ne...And thank-you for sharing the excitement of the new picture book!💙KatApel - katswhiskers.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297639228969549518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-60719373938552579442021-03-05T04:38:11.640-07:002021-03-05T04:38:11.640-07:00Oh, these are familiar memories, Linda. I especial...Oh, these are familiar memories, Linda. I especially loved the flow of your rhyming lines - and the image of helicopters and crimson leaves. And the build to the warmth of the conclusion.KatApel - katswhiskers.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297639228969549518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-39271490846334692772021-03-05T04:37:25.160-07:002021-03-05T04:37:25.160-07:00Oh, I love this poem. I love the ending of being t...Oh, I love this poem. I love the ending of being together with the sundown and the starlight. I had no idea how special and sweet and short my time would be with my grandparents. I miss them and their garden and the talk about the garden and the walks out to the garden. They had so much growing! Such a wonderful post, Linda. Now that it's over, February seems so short. I loved writing every day with the group.Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.com