tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post116968339726742465..comments2024-03-19T23:09:02.136-04:00Comments on Collecting My Thoughts: Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169931797291616032007-01-27T16:03:00.000-05:002007-01-27T16:03:00.000-05:00I like the idea of poetry or prose soaking into yo...I like the idea of poetry or prose soaking into your skin, like Gerstler's poem. <I>Lovely, JP</I>JP (mom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03120439923927414464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169795644752636092007-01-26T02:20:00.000-05:002007-01-26T02:20:00.000-05:00I tried several times to post this comment to the ...I tried several times to post this comment to the appropriate article, but Blogger refused to accept it. I decided to try to post it here instead just to see if that would make a difference. <BR/><BR/>Like poetry that "nails it" (as you wrote in a later post,) prose that states clearly a seldom-recognized truth is a joy. This post struck a bell with me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169793435144800352007-01-26T01:37:00.000-05:002007-01-26T01:37:00.000-05:00Reading poetry makes it so timeless and writing it...Reading poetry makes it so timeless and writing it? No words!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169782798442817682007-01-25T22:39:00.000-05:002007-01-25T22:39:00.000-05:00I have given away several sets of encyclopedias si...I have given away several sets of encyclopedias since I retired (and a couple of thousand books and journals) but the one that won't leave me till I leave is the 1934 Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia because it was the one I grew up with and every volume has a center section with fairy tales or other stories which deal with the subjects in that volume. I have read every volume, cover to cover many times. I wrote a published poem once. I published it early in my blog, and have considered deleting it many times (it is embarrassing.) I was educated in the time when TS Elliot, Ezra Pound adn ee cummings (Frost too, of course) were the be all and end all of poets, but my favorite volumes of poetry are the children's poems of John Ciardi, A Gift of Watermellon Pickles, and Falling Up by Shel Silverstein.Three Score and Ten or morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323013128311124905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169776194793280292007-01-25T20:49:00.000-05:002007-01-25T20:49:00.000-05:00I love encyclopedias- I used to read them to my da...I love encyclopedias- I used to read them to my dad when he couldn't see anymore- we'd spend hours just learning about all sorts of things... thanks, Norma, for reminding me of this time with my dad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169770219415721582007-01-25T19:10:00.000-05:002007-01-25T19:10:00.000-05:00I agree with what's already been said. When poetry...I agree with what's already been said. When poetry gives you an "aha" moment, that's a gift. Great post.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by my blog. Can't wait to explore yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169770175788268152007-01-25T19:09:00.000-05:002007-01-25T19:09:00.000-05:00That's pretty awesome to have 7 sets of encycloped...That's pretty awesome to have 7 sets of encyclopedias. There's only a few people today that own any because of the internet. All anyone has to do now is to go online to find anything they want to know about. How time has changed. Some times I think it's sad.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169759339961238362007-01-25T16:09:00.000-05:002007-01-25T16:09:00.000-05:00I love to read poetry, but am not very good at wri...I love to read poetry, but am not very good at writing it. 7 sets of encyclopdias? Wow, you must know a lot of information. I used to love to look through the encyclopedia as a child. So much interesting information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169756855994522902007-01-25T15:27:00.000-05:002007-01-25T15:27:00.000-05:00Norma thanks for sharing this. I feel the same way...Norma thanks for sharing this. I feel the same way as you - I love it when poetry nails it too. And I miss my mornings at the sunny kitchen table with my coffee and the science times learning something I otherwise never would have, adn finding ways to fit it into my poetry, my everyday, my now - because, frankly, it is all connected somehow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169755760446022152007-01-25T15:09:00.000-05:002007-01-25T15:09:00.000-05:00Good thoughts, Norma. I really agree with the "a-...Good thoughts, Norma. I really agree with the "a-ha" moments when reading poetry. Sometimes it is just uncanny that another's words can so perfectly describe what you assumed only you felt in quite that way.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by... StarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169754072043963022007-01-25T14:41:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:41:00.000-05:00Pick the best and post. Maybe you're better than ...Pick the best and post. Maybe you're better than you know?Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-1169752067277072742007-01-25T14:07:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:07:00.000-05:00My 6th grade poetry was published in a poetry book...My 6th grade poetry was published in a poetry book (with adult poetry, so I thought I was pretty hot stuff).<BR/><BR/>I found my poetry notebook not too long ago and it was so interesting to see how my thoughts changed from childlike (during 6th & 7th grade) to more rebelious (during high school when I was told what to do more often)<BR/><BR/>Now, I am horrible at poetry. I guess you use it or lose it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com