tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post2240401418317617023..comments2023-08-29T06:28:14.152-05:00Comments on Dragonfly's Poetry & Prolixity: Waiting For My Life by Linda PastanMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-63998759846098029612010-12-03T08:28:36.882-06:002010-12-03T08:28:36.882-06:00Thank you all for your thoughtful, sweet comments....Thank you all for your thoughtful, sweet comments. I've been immersed in poetry this week: my house reeks with the words dropped on the floor, the poems hanging in the air...and my hands are black with the markings of the letters. I'm in a blissful state. So many poems, so little time.<br /><br />I love and appreciate you all. Thanks for your faithful visits and your kind comments. You all rock my world. :-)<br /><br />Love & Blessings,<br /><br />~~MarionMarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-69815439106774301762010-12-02T21:31:08.528-06:002010-12-02T21:31:08.528-06:00Hi Marion.
I will be looking for this book of Lin...Hi Marion.<br /><br />I will be looking for this book of Linda's to add to my collection. I really like the poems you posted. I sometimes feel like I'm still waiting for my life. Is that ridiculous at this age?<br />Last week we very suddenly went from mild Fall weather to COLD, windy weather. No snow yet, though.<br />I hope you are enjoying these pre Holiday days!<br />♥ audreyaudreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168952379230860627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-91171917921719607062010-12-01T21:21:08.705-06:002010-12-01T21:21:08.705-06:00Marion,
I have been absent for a long time, but s...Marion,<br /><br />I have been absent for a long time, but still kept the link of your blog among the blogs which I follow.<br /><br />All three of Linda Pastan's poems are truly excellent, though I have a slight preference for the second poem.<br /><br />Your Begonia is gorgeous.<br /><br />*******<br />And in response to your previous post:<br /><br />I am glad that you enjoyed Thanksgiving with your family so very much. And I appreciated the picture of you, April and Sarah.<br /><br />RavenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-14999412865292100772010-11-30T21:43:01.226-06:002010-11-30T21:43:01.226-06:00Marion
I really like her thought process.
her word...Marion<br />I really like her thought process.<br />her words seem a constant ponder through a crowded room.<br />especially liked the first.<br />I wouldve nodded to her as she spoke.<br />Loved your garden as usual<br />Much love<br />~rickRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466743523566419268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-64510983369653240012010-11-30T20:35:29.916-06:002010-11-30T20:35:29.916-06:00Wow, Ms. Pastan is terrific! And your begonia is ...Wow, Ms. Pastan is terrific! And your begonia is stunningly gorgeous. I wish I had your green thumb. Alas, my black thumbs are the kiss of death to living green things. Enjoy your LA warmth -- and your tomatoes! It's cold and raining cats and dogs here.:)Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-62641174340628445232010-11-30T08:55:01.603-06:002010-11-30T08:55:01.603-06:00Kinda shuddered at the truth revealed here:
We d...Kinda shuddered at the truth revealed here: <br /><br />We don't remember the dream,<br />but the dream remembers us.<br />It is there all day<br />as an animal is there<br />under the table,<br />as the stars are there<br />even in full sun.<br /><br />I really like the distance that is created in this poetry, as though you don't actually have to get messy to see the truth. That's a little new to me.<br /><br />Marion, I can not help but share in your astonishment at the difference between our climates. I can not for a moment imagine not struggling through the denseness of snow, which ironically holds you closer to the atmosphere somehow, as though in the winter here, you walk raised on an open palm. crunch, crunch, crunch. And when I think of it, with all the rock and hard earth, even so somewhat in the summer too. To live in the lush of where you are makes my brain stutter and get nervous, as though it is about to leap from my head, not sure exactly how it might live in such an environment. I would laugh to see you in the winter pinning wet clothes that freeze solid to the clothes line. As you would laugh to see me stare at a tomato in November as though I'd just had a labotomy:)<br /><br />love you muchly<br />xo<br />erinWoman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-87318457423313186482010-11-29T23:47:11.251-06:002010-11-29T23:47:11.251-06:00I like Linda Pastan, too. Have been reading Queen ...I like Linda Pastan, too. Have been reading <i>Queen of a Rainy Country</i> and recommend it if you wish more of her. I'll look for this collection; the poems you cite are gorgeous. Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-79914978455051273822010-11-29T19:47:15.493-06:002010-11-29T19:47:15.493-06:00I like Linda Pastan and these are very nice. I li...I like Linda Pastan and these are very nice. I like the middle one best.<br /><br />Your begonia is beautiful! And I can't believe you still have tomatoes!!! <br /><br />Did you ever end up getting any rain today? We had some pretty good storms move through this afternoon.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-76909079911099777852010-11-29T17:29:33.613-06:002010-11-29T17:29:33.613-06:00Loved "Waiting For My Life"! I can relat...Loved "Waiting For My Life"! I can relate...and also to There Are Poems. Happens to me all the time. So meaningful and deep these skittered poems, but fleeting. I can't catch them, or call them back once they've moved on.<br /><br />Love you!Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-82801434674436731062010-11-29T16:05:50.810-06:002010-11-29T16:05:50.810-06:00I think skywriting perfectly describes the process...I think skywriting perfectly describes the process I go through when I start composing a poem in my head when I'm driving, or trying to fall asleep, or anywhere else where I don't have a chance to write down what's crossing my brain. I try to take a photograph, in my head, of all the words, and then write what I can still make out in the sky.<br /><br />Skywriting indeed :) Thanks for sharing, Marion... I hope your Sweet Potato Souffle recipe came out beautifully.Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477498671080132176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-25157780901399004742010-11-29T14:18:08.481-06:002010-11-29T14:18:08.481-06:00The begonia is oh so sweet! Gorgeous! I feel lik...The begonia is oh so sweet! Gorgeous! I feel like that woman sometimes, as though I'm walking around in a dream. Skywriting that disappears. I like her.Margaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-70455813059604447252010-11-29T13:40:51.974-06:002010-11-29T13:40:51.974-06:00You always share the most interesting poems, Mario...You always share the most interesting poems, Marion. The title reminds me (all too obviously) of a song by Colin Hay, "Waiting For My Real Life To Begin" - which is a great song!Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com