tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post3794271729004263713..comments2024-03-28T21:42:05.069-04:00Comments on everyday amazing: this winter morning (when it is -9 C)Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-19415391503563323672021-02-17T15:00:56.044-05:002021-02-17T15:00:56.044-05:00Your poem brought me back to the time I left the P...Your poem brought me back to the time I left the Philippines. I know the excitement and thankfulness and sadness that you painted in this poem.<br /><br />-imeldaImeldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477386880496665001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-32621028387796814572021-02-12T16:53:02.123-05:002021-02-12T16:53:02.123-05:00Such bittersweet beauty in this piece Grace! Warmt...Such bittersweet beauty in this piece Grace! Warmth and longing — wonderful? :)robkistnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166835029205143266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-26448041872159413152021-02-12T16:51:05.306-05:002021-02-12T16:51:05.306-05:00the stark contrast of seasons and temperatures ......the stark contrast of seasons and temperatures ... all we are left with really are a few photos and our distorted memories ... nice to recall in the winter of our years!calmkatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-17904895581980898922021-02-12T10:57:36.138-05:002021-02-12T10:57:36.138-05:00“my purse bursting of anxious
gratefulness for tom...“my purse bursting of anxious<br />gratefulness for tomorrow”<br /><br />I love this so much.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-51320113304516457692021-02-12T10:02:21.682-05:002021-02-12T10:02:21.682-05:00(Dunno what happened to my comment) ... What do th...(Dunno what happened to my comment) ... What do they say about absence making presence all the ghostlier? You couldn't make the contrast starker with that icy title. It makes the tropic details so plush and yearning. Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588692544585271526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-27530711519734403732021-02-12T02:39:57.067-05:002021-02-12T02:39:57.067-05:00'i take with me
this snapshot of my life -
&...'i take with me<br /><br />this snapshot of my life -<br /><br />& leave'<br /><br />How well I understand this feeling! You don't just leave the old life behind, something dies and you feel a sense of mouring. Your poem really captured this and spoke to me.Ingridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349081971668298252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-31161765412436548362021-02-12T00:30:25.345-05:002021-02-12T00:30:25.345-05:00Your poem struck a chord which good poetry does .....Your poem struck a chord which good poetry does .. I've moved many times, lived in seven States, left behind so much, anticipated so much .... an epic write Grace. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-60968056695117057032021-02-11T22:59:38.369-05:002021-02-11T22:59:38.369-05:00wonderful closing lines to an altogether awesome, ...wonderful closing lines to an altogether awesome, sensory work. I'm envious. Ron. Lavalettehttps://rlavalette.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/mixed-um-blessing/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-56601629408313774682021-02-11T22:46:29.490-05:002021-02-11T22:46:29.490-05:00So you left all that gorgeous beauty to move to Ca...So you left all that gorgeous beauty to move to Canada where it was -9 C.... That must have been a time of many mixed feelings.<br />I love this image....<br />a place of light & laughter<br /><br />a world sieved in tropical colorsDwight L. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992133580674047782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-27578414860810947672021-02-11T20:44:10.009-05:002021-02-11T20:44:10.009-05:00A beautiful description of what you were leaving b...A beautiful description of what you were leaving behind. It touched all the senses ☺️Poetry for Healinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998366697778789164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-7803350994709682422021-02-11T20:13:26.244-05:002021-02-11T20:13:26.244-05:00So much had happened in so many ways and beautiful...So much had happened in so many ways and beautifully described, Grace. A snapshot of memories a joy forever!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-66713260301056995142021-02-11T17:25:45.080-05:002021-02-11T17:25:45.080-05:00This probably holds more than any snapshot could.This probably holds more than any snapshot could.Ken Gierkehttps://rivrvlogr.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-51628825399034236932021-02-11T17:10:53.599-05:002021-02-11T17:10:53.599-05:00So easy to get caught up in this vision, Grace, so...So easy to get caught up in this vision, Grace, so full is it of sensory apprehensions, and days ahead and days past. Beautifully done.Dorahttp://jollybeggar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-31995288646584060912021-02-11T16:01:33.991-05:002021-02-11T16:01:33.991-05:00So beautiful and solemn. You describe a transition...So beautiful and solemn. You describe a transition from the past, leaving things behind; the memories only then being an apparition in our heads rather than being in its presence of where everything happened. <br /><br />It's so perfectly described the anxiousness, the excitement of moving–though that of course depends on the reasons. The anxiety is communicated, along with the hopes that new memories can be made wherever you are now. That is beautiful and so touching!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063946141142298896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-12930942754885471262021-02-11T15:56:28.452-05:002021-02-11T15:56:28.452-05:00The transition must have been brutal, but there mu...The transition must have been brutal, but there must have been good reasons, and you find gratitude, the transition must have taken.Jane Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700193165487305298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-31712845608317841982021-02-11T15:42:06.238-05:002021-02-11T15:42:06.238-05:00I'm glad you made that journey, Grace. It was...I'm glad you made that journey, Grace. It was enjoyable stepping through the memories leading up to it with you.JadeLihttp://tao-talk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-49805406968461640832021-02-11T15:14:23.547-05:002021-02-11T15:14:23.547-05:00I felt the temperature in the opening lines Grace ...I felt the temperature in the opening lines Grace – we’ve had similar temperatures here since Sunday, and I love the juxtaposition of -9C and ‘tinderbox of memories’, ‘papaya trees & bougainvilleas’ to create a flashback to another time and place. I especially love the phrase ‘a world sieved in tropical colors’. But oh, the feeling I got from ‘our luggages all packed up / with boxes filled with 15 summer beach joys…’ and being left with a snapshot and a ‘purse bursting of anxious / gratefulness for tomorrow’. You know how much I love autobiographical poems – this one is a gem!Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-77503534066863462452021-02-11T14:34:17.838-05:002021-02-11T14:34:17.838-05:00I cannot really comprehend those mixed feeling of ...I cannot really comprehend those mixed feeling of leaving the past like that... and of course you leave for something entirely different, the scents and light come especially strong in memories like this... wonderful writing.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com