tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post4974751774451479926..comments2024-03-28T15:40:12.636-04:00Comments on everyday amazing: Hope is a suffix with plexiglassGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-88315551335838717172020-10-12T10:48:21.291-04:002020-10-12T10:48:21.291-04:00Oh Grace....this is so well done! Some made me sm...Oh Grace....this is so well done! Some made me smile (laundry detergent and golf ball), others are visceral in their pain (that letter, the end one). Sometimes hope can be pain....or perhaps it is hope in the midst of pain? I do think it is a muscle....which reminds me of what our Aunt Flo used to say about exercise and ageing, "use it or lose it" --- think about that in terms of hope as a muscle :) lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12664830773553716989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-13504946694938401042020-10-10T14:22:57.995-04:002020-10-10T14:22:57.995-04:00Hope is .... everything you shared in this beautif...Hope is .... everything you shared in this beautiful poem. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-65071337873429827352020-10-10T09:43:12.209-04:002020-10-10T09:43:12.209-04:00This phrase *hope is you / in you* really caught m...This phrase *hope is you / in you* really caught my attention. I think it's the conciseness and intensity. A really well written poem.<br />Miskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280369979543928659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-50955873962596910092020-10-10T04:59:18.629-04:002020-10-10T04:59:18.629-04:00Great poem, me smiling in the morning! And I espec...Great poem, me smiling in the morning! And I especially love the idea of <br />"hope is a verb<br />hope is a muscle".<br />Something we can reinforce, summon, get better at, give and share and have and spread!<br />Thank you for the spoonful of Hope and Joy!Anthony Borderlinehttps://borderlinewritings.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-85116293288753506702020-10-09T17:18:47.496-04:002020-10-09T17:18:47.496-04:00I love the beginning of that second stanza especia...I love the beginning of that second stanza especially. Wonderful in both images and rhythm. (K)Kerfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679460865016032660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-18881094424837676572020-10-09T15:04:37.935-04:002020-10-09T15:04:37.935-04:00Hi Grace got a late start on this whole prompt but...Hi Grace got a late start on this whole prompt but I’m finally getting around to my fellow poets. Really like what you did hear a pleasure to read.robkistnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166835029205143266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-44790240402366633542020-10-09T14:05:03.780-04:002020-10-09T14:05:03.780-04:00Lovely and flowing piece and I loved the finale. Lovely and flowing piece and I loved the finale. Eugeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855458286733849873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-59384283060534171182020-10-09T13:27:50.641-04:002020-10-09T13:27:50.641-04:00Hope is a golf ball...loved thisHope is a golf ball...loved thisashokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151604896442505084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-54024118110571382862020-10-09T11:56:47.444-04:002020-10-09T11:56:47.444-04:00You make amazing how hope is found in the ordinary...You make amazing how hope is found in the ordinary (a spoonful of laundry detergent), even the ordinary "you" that the poem forcefully addresses. Beautifully brilliant, Grace.Dorahttp://jollybeggar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-90243345729381129812020-10-09T10:05:28.948-04:002020-10-09T10:05:28.948-04:00oh wow. oh wow. the list flows and flows and then ...oh wow. oh wow. the list flows and flows and then ends with a bam! that vivid example there packs a punch. A Reading Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12229414372642627877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-1675228473605781152020-10-09T01:45:38.084-04:002020-10-09T01:45:38.084-04:00I love this poem. I love how you swing from the ea...I love this poem. I love how you swing from the easy things to the hard. The ending is compelling. I smiled at the laundry detergent - how often I've had that hope - how often I've been let down...sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01756314170839177900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-68647964426582482322020-10-08T21:48:44.680-04:002020-10-08T21:48:44.680-04:00I love how your description of hope evolves into a...I love how your description of hope evolves into and act of kindness compassion and love! Well done Grace!Dwight L. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992133580674047782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-38588923533460631672020-10-08T20:38:00.633-04:002020-10-08T20:38:00.633-04:00I love the tone here, it definitely inspires hope,...I love the tone here, it definitely inspires hope, yet not without the realism of everyday life. I like that hope is not a porcelain doll, it is a muscle, a verb. Good stuff!Tricia Sankeyhttp://www.triciasankey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-80401631771230825712020-10-08T20:16:22.977-04:002020-10-08T20:16:22.977-04:00hope is a golf ball
hope is a letter that never ar...hope is a golf ball<br />hope is a letter that never arrived<br /><br />Love the reference that normally confronts and confounds a golfer. It is frustrating. Well thought out Grace!<br /><br />Hank<br /><br />kaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-91278241380227240682020-10-08T17:11:25.465-04:002020-10-08T17:11:25.465-04:00All of this keeps hope alive.All of this keeps hope alive.Ken Gierkehttps://rivrvlogr.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-55242184610588618362020-10-08T16:11:28.884-04:002020-10-08T16:11:28.884-04:00I love this so much. It's so true as well. I r...I love this so much. It's so true as well. I really adore these lines and how honest they are:<br /><br />"hope is a spoonful<br /><br />of trouble, laundry detergent & rain clouds"<br /><br />It hit me hard. Wonderful, astounding work (as always). Brilliant take on the prompt. :)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063946141142298896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-14642209625788247502020-10-08T15:52:50.896-04:002020-10-08T15:52:50.896-04:00Oh I love this... I can see the list and how you u...Oh I love this... I can see the list and how you used it yet made it your own (and the not on feathers is really clever)brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-19439753373726089402020-10-08T15:38:54.283-04:002020-10-08T15:38:54.283-04:00A hopeful poem indeed, Grace. I like these two li...A hopeful poem indeed, Grace. I like these two lines, first the first line alone, and then when added to the second line. Hope is contagious like those bubbles in the rain <3<br /><br />"hope is a spoonful"<br /><br />"of trouble, laundry detergent & rain clouds"JadeLihttp://tao-talk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-2939436910984049192020-10-08T15:22:13.335-04:002020-10-08T15:22:13.335-04:00Your exploration of hope has made me feel more hop...Your exploration of hope has made me feel more hopeful, Grace. I love the title! I particularly love the lines:<br />‘hope is tea<br />spilling on my hands<br />steeping my words with prefixes & suffixes’.<br />Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-3714606829441852172020-10-08T15:13:37.127-04:002020-10-08T15:13:37.127-04:00This is gorgeously rendered, Grace!💝 I especially...This is gorgeously rendered, Grace!💝 I especially love; "hope is a verb hope is a muscle, lungs, legs, arms, wings, claws, fingers." We must strive to play our role if hope is to spread. Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-60582912059035583052020-10-08T14:25:17.968-04:002020-10-08T14:25:17.968-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.suksestogelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13344831021419525092noreply@blogger.com