tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post4220703223916985382..comments2023-05-04T05:44:17.603-04:00Comments on washed stones: forever — is composed of nows —Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-46623378726922791742013-10-22T13:00:30.366-04:002013-10-22T13:00:30.366-04:00So nice, Roger. Merci beaucoup.So nice, Roger. Merci beaucoup.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-25394501888568511892013-10-22T07:56:54.578-04:002013-10-22T07:56:54.578-04:00Il est heureux que la création garde ses secrets ...Il est heureux que la création garde ses secrets et heureusement, il n'existe pas de cours de talent ! Ainsi, ce poème me réjouit l'esprit et je n'ai pas besoin de savoir comment il a été conçu pour ressentir ce bonheur de lecture.<br />Merci à toi.<br /><br />RogerLE CHEMIN DES GRANDS JARDINShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692507137734264498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-25595977104239284812013-10-22T06:41:38.208-04:002013-10-22T06:41:38.208-04:00Oh Mary, this is simple and it resonates with me. ...Oh Mary, this is simple and it resonates with me. I love Jane Hirshfield, and have been moved by her spirituality. Thank you.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-28863319023973904672013-10-21T14:24:42.579-04:002013-10-21T14:24:42.579-04:00Oh DS, I'm such a ditz; the "latitude of ...Oh DS, I'm such a ditz; the "latitude of home" is in the poem I took the title from. I studied it too little, apparently and went off in my own direction ...<br /><br />(not unlike me at all)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-65222053628701937062013-10-20T12:21:50.019-04:002013-10-20T12:21:50.019-04:00I listened this morning to an interview with Jane ...I listened this morning to an interview with Jane Hershfield and she described the necessity for attention to the moment to write poetry. Your poem reminds me of that- such attention to that leaf. A fine instruction.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-86091205443224450212013-10-19T13:15:29.584-04:002013-10-19T13:15:29.584-04:00Oh thank you. And I'm glad you loved the video...Oh thank you. And I'm glad you loved the video too, and found Dill's work fascinating. My favorite of hers is the woman's back, with "soul" ...Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-42397328869722508052013-10-19T13:12:39.502-04:002013-10-19T13:12:39.502-04:00Yes we do. I've begun reading her poems from t...Yes we do. I've begun reading her poems from the beginning, and I loved that the first two lines captured the sense of this post. :)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-45761548392859628472013-10-19T12:35:44.121-04:002013-10-19T12:35:44.121-04:00We do, my friend, we do.We do, my friend, we do.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-3566234242328375802013-10-19T12:35:17.271-04:002013-10-19T12:35:17.271-04:00I'll have to email you the poem that line is f...I'll have to email you the poem that line is from. Loved loved the video of artists. Dill's work is fascinating. Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-1903318265096781322013-10-18T07:09:18.519-04:002013-10-18T07:09:18.519-04:00THIS is my letter to the world,
That never wrot...<b>THIS is my letter to the world, <br /> That never wrote to me,— </b><br />The simple news that Nature told, <br /> With tender majesty. <br /> <br />Her message is committed 5<br /> To hands I cannot see; <br />For love of her, sweet countrymen, <br /> Judge tenderly of me! <br />Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-28338144004660347422013-10-18T04:55:44.385-04:002013-10-18T04:55:44.385-04:00It's OK, thank you, Elizabeth. I get twisted u...It's OK, thank you, Elizabeth. I get twisted up all the time trying to express what is real to me.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-64795398550432102162013-10-18T04:53:45.712-04:002013-10-18T04:53:45.712-04:00Thank you, DS. I searched online for "the Lat...Thank you, DS. I searched online for "the Latitude of Home" poem and didn't find it. I'd love to read it. <br /><br />As for the video, the last artist, Lesley Dill, had work at the Art Institute in Chicago in May in the exhibit "The Artist and the Poet", and I was very moved by it: photos of people with poetry written on their bodies.<br /><br />My favorite was A Word Made Flesh, Back, you can see here:<br /><br />http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/135479?search_no=1&index=4Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-75684832134693376472013-10-18T04:47:18.121-04:002013-10-18T04:47:18.121-04:00Thank you, Maureen. I had not heard about the book...Thank you, Maureen. I had not heard about the book. It sounds fascinating. I wonder if the title (which is from her poem #33) refers in part to the Civil War.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-42345679302097250442013-10-18T04:39:32.229-04:002013-10-18T04:39:32.229-04:00Thank you, Amanda. I admire your perseverance in y...Thank you, Amanda. I admire your perseverance in your writing very much. I wish you very well.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-79365275711615205482013-10-18T04:30:50.776-04:002013-10-18T04:30:50.776-04:00Thanks, Robert.Thanks, Robert.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-68170692437768697442013-10-17T12:27:02.463-04:002013-10-17T12:27:02.463-04:00To echo the 'light' in your last stanza -y...To echo the 'light' in your last stanza -you have captured the lightness of the intangible - (now I'm getting all twisted up in trying to describe what you have so eloquently done.)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-24825600949939881892013-10-17T12:24:44.296-04:002013-10-17T12:24:44.296-04:00Ah...I love Dickinson, her poem ("the Latitud...Ah...I love Dickinson, her poem ("the Latitude of Home" you too always describe that so well, and give it meaning), and your beautiful words and images, all to the edge...<br />Ahhh, again...<br />I will have to come back for the first link.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-67499063835148777062013-10-17T10:48:15.286-04:002013-10-17T10:48:15.286-04:00Lovely.
Have you read the book "White Heat&q...Lovely.<br /><br />Have you read the book "White Heat", Ruth? It's an insightful story of Dickinson's relationship with Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-65657920915891778722013-10-17T10:44:32.008-04:002013-10-17T10:44:32.008-04:00We writers do work in isolation. I truly enjoy thi...We writers do work in isolation. I truly enjoy this being alone with one's work, but in those existential moments when the fabric of life peels back a bit, you see.....and say, 'aha' there it is: those veins, pointing to the bright rim.<br /><br />As Robert says, delicately, eloquently written, Ruth.Amanda Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942636545948440422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252398034468872629.post-47652559717019866552013-10-17T10:31:34.483-04:002013-10-17T10:31:34.483-04:00Delicately written Ruth.Delicately written Ruth.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.com