tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post5170218878680562261..comments2024-03-27T22:12:01.201-04:00Comments on everyday amazing: Drought poemGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-70570179583843849462016-07-29T13:39:35.681-04:002016-07-29T13:39:35.681-04:00I can almost imagine it, as if the earth talks dur...I can almost imagine it, as if the earth talks during a drought, summer sun beating down upon it!Vinay Leo R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13132856855570330824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-56111681152863195402016-07-29T11:25:10.524-04:002016-07-29T11:25:10.524-04:00I like how you worked the word deluge in to descri...I like how you worked the word deluge in to describe the drought. AnotherFearlessYear.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189052349065089513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-53184442534885218102016-07-29T11:25:01.639-04:002016-07-29T11:25:01.639-04:00I like how you worked the word deluge in to descri...I like how you worked the word deluge in to describe the drought. AnotherFearlessYear.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189052349065089513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-54160342286266873272016-07-28T09:59:41.520-04:002016-07-28T09:59:41.520-04:00oh you def allow us to feel the heat
dripping off ...oh you def allow us to feel the heat<br />dripping off your parched lips. it has been so hot.<br />we were at the beach the last 4 days and only went to the ocean in the morning, or evening. the mid day was so scorching with a heat index of over 108.<br /><br />def drink plenty of water, or it will do some crazy things to your head. smiles.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-48160210450297310142016-07-28T05:56:00.809-04:002016-07-28T05:56:00.809-04:00words, wrinkled ash
tumbled from my cracked lips
...words, wrinkled ash<br />tumbled from my cracked lips<br /><br />How one detests it when words are hard to come by. Frustrating! Rightly so Grace!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-17464118897613698082016-07-27T15:16:16.123-04:002016-07-27T15:16:16.123-04:00Loved this Grace.Loved this Grace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-64145879694687941012016-07-27T12:57:43.943-04:002016-07-27T12:57:43.943-04:00You describe poets' drought so well, it makes ...You describe poets' drought so well, it makes my mouth dry, Grace!lynn__https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991892804149727665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-74002618174721214232016-07-27T11:07:47.294-04:002016-07-27T11:07:47.294-04:00"thick
black oil, clotting
my mind"
&qu..."thick<br />black oil, clotting<br />my mind"<br /><br />"wrinkled ash<br />tumbled from my cracked lip"<br /><br />I love those sections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-48061152533418122642016-07-27T10:53:15.507-04:002016-07-27T10:53:15.507-04:00I love your choices of words in this Grace. Drough...I love your choices of words in this Grace. Drought and deluge. Unfortunuately, due to overbuilding, over planting, too many cars - this is how it is in too sunny California. And the wildfires! Nope, you couldn't pay me enough to live anywhere on the west coast. tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-62034003946687916212016-07-27T10:04:57.308-04:002016-07-27T10:04:57.308-04:00Drought sure can spin about and make everything dr...Drought sure can spin about and make everything dry outPat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-85581734573059278152016-07-27T09:20:06.601-04:002016-07-27T09:20:06.601-04:00Love the photo too, well on point.Love the photo too, well on point.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09708639989022246399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-92036531480500713052016-07-27T09:16:23.176-04:002016-07-27T09:16:23.176-04:00"wrinkled ash tumbled from my cracked lips&qu..."wrinkled ash tumbled from my cracked lips" This is an amazing line, Grace.<br />I read this three times -- the connections are many. The earth is speaking -- the earth pictured in your photo here. Black tar melting in the sun -- earth to dust to sand.<br />And someone mentioned menopause -- oh yes....did you know that 3% of women suffer (and I use that word realistically) from hot flashes for the rest of their life? And we are the "mother earth" -- rage words that happen when hormones turn to ash...<br />Powerful words here -- in either way of the reading.lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12664830773553716989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-75189507062405020792016-07-27T06:24:52.580-04:002016-07-27T06:24:52.580-04:00... yep ... just like menopause, friend Grace .......... yep ... just like menopause, friend Grace .... first me is 2 hot, then me is 2 cold ... and round and round we go ... smiles ... Love, cat.^.^https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422876955246850636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-47980682961177644972016-07-27T04:35:32.197-04:002016-07-27T04:35:32.197-04:00Relief--will it ever come? Is this 3 weeks of atmo...Relief--will it ever come? Is this 3 weeks of atmospheric oppression our new normal? People think my beard is hot and too much, they wilt at the sigh of it but in truth it is just as much an insulator against the heat as it is the brutal cold which has become our new normal for the 9 months of winter in Detroit.<br /><br />I do not suggest you grow one though Grace. ;-)the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-18060813388028320422016-07-27T02:52:49.231-04:002016-07-27T02:52:49.231-04:00'Deluge of oppressive heat' is a stunning ...'Deluge of oppressive heat' is a stunning metaphor, Grace, that conveys to me, as someone who has no concept of them, the discomfort of high temperatures. That 'thick black oil, clotting' makes me feel more than uncomfortable. I can understand how violence easily erupts in such weather. But its those final lines that do it for me - a drought of words is something writers fear:<br />'words, wrinkled ash<br />tumbled from my cracked lips-<br />lost in sea-sands-'Kim M. Russellhttp://writinginnorthnorfolk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-84766265041486300612016-07-27T02:19:40.375-04:002016-07-27T02:19:40.375-04:00Your ways with descriptive words is amazing...Your ways with descriptive words is amazing...Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-101388652251859682016-07-27T01:23:02.565-04:002016-07-27T01:23:02.565-04:00It's reAlly tough
being an empath
as not only ...It's reAlly tough<br />being an empath<br />as not only does one<br />hear the crackle of the<br />grass beneath..<br />one feels<br />the grass<br />as well<br />not<br />weLL<br />aT aLL..<br />and oh Lord..<br />thE Bliss of retirement<br />but feelinG those rainy<br />days and Mondays of the<br />neighbors<br />who<br />sTiLL<br />live in heLL.<br />oh yeah.. most<br />all 7 billion of them<br />around the world.. after<br />midnight.. the FeeLinGs get<br />quieter on the weekdays heRe..<br />DrOught<br />of soUl..<br />IS A worst<br />DrY oF aLL..<br />and sAdly the parched notes<br />are even somber dead in church<br />but i out sing it and out dance<br />it and out word it on the Internet2<br />ha... and that's why i write/dance.. so.. so<br />much it takes that much to numb the pain<br />of the rest of the world in dArkness<br />to BRinG thE<br />sAMe amount<br />oF life to erase<br />the death as liFe<br />thaT lives and circles<br />the globe in dArk.. alas<br />tHere IS A hoPe.. as teAM liGht<br />iS GroWinG briGhter from dimmer liGht..:)Katie Mia Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336627766755378406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-50318411019691923602016-07-26T23:49:27.595-04:002016-07-26T23:49:27.595-04:00oh love your title Grace telling everything...the ...oh love your title Grace telling everything...the lines make us see the words uttered...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-61946798508983527912016-07-26T21:09:27.795-04:002016-07-26T21:09:27.795-04:00That sounds pretty bad. I don't think Rodney ...That sounds pretty bad. I don't think Rodney Dangerfield could top that. Stay cool! Waltermarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619428258264938946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-18462689446856137292016-07-26T21:06:56.101-04:002016-07-26T21:06:56.101-04:00Loved how you got deluge and drought into the same...Loved how you got deluge and drought into the same poem!SilverGardeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03840468159554491415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-82934156484974987232016-07-26T18:04:22.161-04:002016-07-26T18:04:22.161-04:00Your words make desolation almost sound inviting. ...Your words make desolation almost sound inviting. :)Reneehttp://reneejustturtleflight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-44199131937437095292016-07-26T16:07:13.856-04:002016-07-26T16:07:13.856-04:00How beautiful! Good to read you once more Grace, P...How beautiful! Good to read you once more Grace, Poppy...PoppySilverhttp://poppysilver.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-45792661283582551662016-07-26T15:28:15.023-04:002016-07-26T15:28:15.023-04:00Strong observances as you travel the backsides of ...Strong observances as you travel the backsides of paradise, sans oasis, sans shade.Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-89530574986826489092016-07-26T15:08:07.916-04:002016-07-26T15:08:07.916-04:00Your photos say it all, and your words are added f...Your photos say it all, and your words are added flair, Grace! Thanks for this. Walt Wojtanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02649275109990415030noreply@blogger.com