tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post8803247526372339796..comments2024-03-28T17:30:09.028-04:00Comments on everyday amazing: in the old cityGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-3072448269084019882013-02-18T23:21:53.105-05:002013-02-18T23:21:53.105-05:00Not very familiar with Canada except from travel s...Not very familiar with Canada except from travel shows and such but a beautiful country and you have done it justice with this write. Reneehttp://reneejustturtleflight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-31318001365389582902013-02-18T11:16:31.465-05:002013-02-18T11:16:31.465-05:00...Grace this was particularly good... your sense ......Grace this was particularly good... your sense of descriptions brought forth moving and wonderful images... and indeed when you're in a place with like that you can't really have but think of the many history behind it... your poem kind of reminded me of a classic poem by an unknown author from the anglo-saxon period, "The Ruined City"... great write & really eanjoyed it...smiles...kelvin s.m.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08116213800655914273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-70482867649590188262013-02-17T16:54:13.079-05:002013-02-17T16:54:13.079-05:00Very nice perspective ~peace, JasonVery nice perspective ~peace, JasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-28178254924124214672013-02-17T13:26:41.091-05:002013-02-17T13:26:41.091-05:00Still trying to find my place...completely resonat...Still trying to find my place...completely resonate with that. The visual and your words together work to make an evocative piece, makes me want to visit Quebec City :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-20987423029135809742013-02-17T12:47:38.019-05:002013-02-17T12:47:38.019-05:00Lovely shot, with such moving words.Lovely shot, with such moving words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-47973555461765339202013-02-17T10:09:07.811-05:002013-02-17T10:09:07.811-05:00Excellent write, Grace. Vivid and full of emotion....Excellent write, Grace. Vivid and full of emotion. Nicely done!Marbles in My Pockethttp://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/where-dreams-were-dreamed/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-63721573396718837232013-02-17T09:22:36.684-05:002013-02-17T09:22:36.684-05:00Nice rendering of a place not so familiar to m. Gr...Nice rendering of a place not so familiar to m. GraciasMarcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-18295393232146200722013-02-17T09:17:20.543-05:002013-02-17T09:17:20.543-05:00Happy to meet you also.Happy to meet you also.Hudson Howlhttp://www.beyondplumcreek.com/shtufffs/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-32766653612264332402013-02-17T07:20:20.010-05:002013-02-17T07:20:20.010-05:00"i slowly walk, listening to echoes
of those..."i slowly walk, listening to echoes <br />of those who have walked before me <br />but really, <br />i am still trying to find my place --" loved it !!!Amrit Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333443172096537424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-82737793640788961112013-02-17T06:48:08.804-05:002013-02-17T06:48:08.804-05:00This has a good feel to it, making the reader want...This has a good feel to it, making the reader want to read on. The ending: perfection!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-55788157893262620372013-02-16T23:34:51.956-05:002013-02-16T23:34:51.956-05:00'if these chipped buildings can talk', sca...'if these chipped buildings can talk', scary if I stop and consider some of the building I have lived in -if they could indeed talk. My favourite was Gingers (a hotel) on Holis St in Halifax, I lived in a apartment above. At nights looking down, I often wonder about the stories that might surround Gingers and the lower eastside below. Halifax as you probably know had a great an seedy history. Hudson Howlhttp://www.beyondplumcreek.com/shtufffs/#/?page_id=1251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-79356355883281614732013-02-16T23:28:57.945-05:002013-02-16T23:28:57.945-05:00nice tensions between the historis and memories of...nice tensions between the historis and memories of buildings and your present journeylucychilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519163424062626658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-72876941471165032512013-02-16T23:03:31.302-05:002013-02-16T23:03:31.302-05:00if these cannons can speak
in deep gravelled voic...if these cannons can speak <br />in deep gravelled voices,<br /><br />They DO have a story to tell. I love old cities, places - they ARE poetry.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-22761371281234389862013-02-16T22:41:36.154-05:002013-02-16T22:41:36.154-05:00I love retrospective poems such as this. Makes me ...I love retrospective poems such as this. Makes me want to visit this place and learn more :)Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-31732852320296178582013-02-16T21:46:34.666-05:002013-02-16T21:46:34.666-05:00Absolutely amazing. The fourth stanza was really c...Absolutely amazing. The fourth stanza was really captivating. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646917707699645492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-4340109971601327072013-02-16T21:17:49.714-05:002013-02-16T21:17:49.714-05:00Thank you Gloria ~Thank you Gloria ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-34989016289323181872013-02-16T21:17:30.213-05:002013-02-16T21:17:30.213-05:00I get these same reflections when going to old cit...I get these same reflections when going to old cities, what has gone before me ~ Thank you for the lovely comments Anna ~ Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-21724166644415932312013-02-16T21:07:08.657-05:002013-02-16T21:07:08.657-05:00Really, I hope Not during winter as its really col...Really, I hope Not during winter as its really cold ~ <br /><br />This is long way from where I am, about 9 hours ~ Thanks for the lovey words and visit Susan ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-67467311960044892222013-02-16T20:55:59.909-05:002013-02-16T20:55:59.909-05:00Ah! Thinking of the song I chose, I forgot about ...Ah! Thinking of the song I chose, I forgot about the atmosphere of place that you give so beautifully here! A hippy husband and I spent a honeymoon here back in 1973. The marriage did not take, and I had forgotten this regimented--yet messy with ghosts and stories--part of town. From the iron of cannon to the splash of tulips, I feel the place in your poem. The English cakes and French verses made me smile. Do you live nearby? or would that be out of place?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-59758734346110034362013-02-16T20:07:50.393-05:002013-02-16T20:07:50.393-05:00I have read your words several times Grace and tru...I have read your words several times Grace and truly think I could read them forever.<br /><br />It is true that we forget our history, blind ourselves to our past, for it seems that only now is important.<br /><br />Oh what stories our towns and cities could tell - if we would only listen.<br /><br />I have stated the following in response to other works - as I sit here typing away, I do often wonder what has gone before me - in this very space in which I sit - oh I would love to know - see the progress of time. What existed here so many centuries ago, what lives were gained and lost? I think of this often.<br /><br />I am still trying to find my place too in this wonder of life.<br /><br />Anna :o <br /><br />hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-11319910698324061612013-02-16T19:58:06.465-05:002013-02-16T19:58:06.465-05:00That is really nice Grace:))That is really nice Grace:))Gloria Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055543111865966546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-75290326202879620902013-02-16T19:48:26.565-05:002013-02-16T19:48:26.565-05:00I think of the words, spirit of place; this is wha...I think of the words, spirit of place; this is what you have shown so well here and we can feel that as we read the words,,,and also i identify with the yearning to find "my place",,,Elleceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049386448865741626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-44978678075035934692013-02-16T19:44:59.988-05:002013-02-16T19:44:59.988-05:00I live not far from the oldest city in America...S...I live not far from the oldest city in America...St. Augustine. I have the same musings there that you have in your old city...so many echoes. I love your ending too, Grace.Bodhirosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630769135515322096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-79722339106940548842013-02-16T19:14:08.921-05:002013-02-16T19:14:08.921-05:00I love your opening stanza, I don't know much ...I love your opening stanza, I don't know much about your city but I like to think buildings hold on the people who dwelled within, and that if you really listen you can hear the stories of the past. Lovely poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-38407712649087642472013-02-16T18:55:03.576-05:002013-02-16T18:55:03.576-05:00Thank you JCN ~Thank you JCN ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.com