tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post8960371267931462338..comments2024-03-26T09:20:29.620-06:00Comments on TeacherDance: Poems Can Bring ComfortLinda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-19792132345040689532012-01-16T08:40:04.613-07:002012-01-16T08:40:04.613-07:00Linda - 'Comfort' is a wonderful word. I ...Linda - 'Comfort' is a wonderful word. I love it as a noun and a verb and you are right about it being so many things. I, too, have been copying poems into my notebook, and I'm trying to decide if I should make a separate poem notebook like you have. Some of these will surely go into my pages too...thank you. a.Amy L Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830987204619914326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-49020736178699659542012-01-15T09:26:07.768-07:002012-01-15T09:26:07.768-07:00Oh I look forward to seeing your work on the Ali E...Oh I look forward to seeing your work on the Ali Edwards's class. I'm too cheap to purchase class.Breehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289499533606873690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-50170430200602921372012-01-15T08:15:40.094-07:002012-01-15T08:15:40.094-07:00Wonderful poems -- and I loved your definition of ...Wonderful poems -- and I loved your definition of comfort. I'm so grateful to have found your blog (through clicking on a link and another link...). I'm in the comment challenge as well, but came to your blog through serendipity. I'll definitely be back.Beth Stilbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599767764125204077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-85887726648576382482012-01-15T07:01:14.538-07:002012-01-15T07:01:14.538-07:00What a great collection! Thanks for sharing!What a great collection! Thanks for sharing!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-14733654461248499322012-01-14T09:04:23.386-07:002012-01-14T09:04:23.386-07:00What a lovely way to start out a weekend morning. ...What a lovely way to start out a weekend morning. I always find weekends fairly comforting anyway, but now I feel inspired as well. Perhaps I need to start off every day with a little poetry.Brimful Curiositieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135626740021266451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-69311119949739448822012-01-14T08:49:15.234-07:002012-01-14T08:49:15.234-07:00Good morning Linda! Can't believe how faithful...Good morning Linda! Can't believe how faithful you have been about stopping by my blog every time I have posted this month! Thanks so much, it's fun to know someone actually reads the stuff I have written. I love the idea of collecting and writing poems around my one little word. Hmmm. Maybe I will try it. Sandinista Avioncitos made me cry-- it's a poem I need right now! Thanks so much!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-76337424914305830452012-01-14T07:43:52.338-07:002012-01-14T07:43:52.338-07:00Thank you Myra. I'll find it!Thank you Myra. I'll find it!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-61133618542666686212012-01-13T23:26:26.186-07:002012-01-13T23:26:26.186-07:00Hi Linda, I left a reply in your comment earlier a...Hi Linda, I left a reply in your comment earlier about where to link your reviews for the AWB (Award-winning-books) Reading Challenge - Iphigene has already set up a page where you can link your posts for January: http://main.gatheringbooks.org/?page_id=230 <br />=)GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-36955308903145761912012-01-13T21:04:44.694-07:002012-01-13T21:04:44.694-07:00That is A LOT of comfort in a little space. I'...That is A LOT of comfort in a little space. I'm a big Natasha Tretheway fan, so particularly liked reading "Domestic Work" again. Rereading maybe gives the most comfort.Jeannine Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886966069866356470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-32916700272727552002012-01-13T12:56:43.754-07:002012-01-13T12:56:43.754-07:00I really love that last one by Robert Bly. Thanks ...I really love that last one by Robert Bly. Thanks for sharing these comfort poems with us!Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-72226271012532140132012-01-13T08:51:05.757-07:002012-01-13T08:51:05.757-07:00What a thought- (and heart-) provoking assemblage,...What a thought- (and heart-) provoking assemblage, Linda! I'm with Annie re. Natasha Trethewey's "Domestic Work," which will follow me around for a while, and I'm with Tabatha trying to figure out the ending of "Naming" - it seemed less than comforting upon first reading to me. Thanks for sharing all these.Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-57180427529525537442012-01-13T07:52:50.884-07:002012-01-13T07:52:50.884-07:00What a beautiful post. Love your choice of "C...What a beautiful post. Love your choice of "Comfort."<br /><br />Enjoyed all of these; each touches the spirit and heart in a special way. The Ferlinghetti was probably my favorite. I posted Pinsky's "ABC" awhile ago for PF, writing out the poem in alphabet pasta. Love that you carry poems around in a little notebook. :)jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-40742812994688940382012-01-13T07:36:42.944-07:002012-01-13T07:36:42.944-07:00Thank you for sharing those, Linda.
I really lov...Thank you for sharing those, Linda. <br /><br />I really loved Naming. For some reason it make me think of Elizabeth Bishop's One Art even though they seem to have opposing sentiments. I'll be thinking about that today while I fold laundry.Katyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14618886866798905292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-92021714008410020932012-01-13T06:31:00.565-07:002012-01-13T06:31:00.565-07:00Thank you for the Comfort, Linda! I absolutely lo...Thank you for the Comfort, Linda! I absolutely love "Domestic Work". I'm going to think about that one all day!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469738498361839959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-4305453490136618512012-01-13T05:34:03.296-07:002012-01-13T05:34:03.296-07:00Comfort is a wonderful One Little Word, Linda. I d...Comfort is a wonderful One Little Word, Linda. I definitely turn to poems for comfort and enjoyed the ones you share here.I also think FOOD, when I think comfort -- probably the southerner in me!Irene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-5312153648125720342012-01-13T04:08:38.716-07:002012-01-13T04:08:38.716-07:00Hi Linda, my favorite is Robert Bly's The Moon...Hi Linda, my favorite is Robert Bly's The Moon:<br />"Far in the woods I sit down against a pine.<br />The moon has her porches turned to face the light,<br />But the deep part of her house is in the darkness."<br />I also love that your theme is about Comfort. <br />Reminds me of <br />fluffy blankets I can drown in during a cold evening, <br />hot cocoa and marshmallows <br />and Poetry Fridays. :)GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-74495372576622510882012-01-13T03:05:11.074-07:002012-01-13T03:05:11.074-07:00Linda, thanks for sharing these with us! My specia...Linda, thanks for sharing these with us! My special favorites were the Ferlinghetti and the Bly. <br /><br />I was a little confused by the ending of Naming (is love true when divorced from meaning?) so I will have to read that again.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-63379428527944543542012-01-12T23:03:44.928-07:002012-01-12T23:03:44.928-07:00Wow, wow, wow...I moved from one brilliant poem to...Wow, wow, wow...I moved from one brilliant poem to the next - but Ferlinghetti has my heart:<br />I want to :<br />"flutter forth again<br />into the new-blown light<br />live as leaves"<br />...just takes my breath away!Tara @ A Teaching Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195982194362559883noreply@blogger.com