tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post5187213692352676427..comments2024-03-28T17:30:09.028-04:00Comments on everyday amazing: RiptideGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-34409842379067928132014-09-02T21:00:55.204-04:002014-09-02T21:00:55.204-04:00Grace!! Wow. this is truly stunning...I love your ...Grace!! Wow. this is truly stunning...I love your opening and where you leave that second line hanging...very effective! Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-9772707931899343592014-09-02T13:52:06.918-04:002014-09-02T13:52:06.918-04:00Yikes! Hand on to the shore of your soul... nice s...Yikes! Hand on to the shore of your soul... nice snapshot of how we all feel sometimes.<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-50753433101701962142014-09-02T06:54:06.822-04:002014-09-02T06:54:06.822-04:00very awkward moments, so... best to let it all out...very awkward moments, so... best to let it all out. Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-75031228425916336212014-09-01T19:55:17.350-04:002014-09-01T19:55:17.350-04:00I used to be a competitive swimmer and those last ...I used to be a competitive swimmer and those last two lines spoke to me as I often found underwater solace from worry, unborn words, and voices around me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-1336047460303042042014-09-01T17:50:02.060-04:002014-09-01T17:50:02.060-04:00I can't choose favorite lines, it is all beaut...I can't choose favorite lines, it is all beautiful. For some reason your ending speaks to me of my writing. I am forever fretting over words....I need to silence the voices and "dive under the flood and let it ( them) run freeSusie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-39872444815350048742014-09-01T17:35:49.784-04:002014-09-01T17:35:49.784-04:00fine bladed cuts at the same spot... ouch, but suc...fine bladed cuts at the same spot... ouch, but such a hopeful, positive ending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-81224429319502070942014-09-01T15:09:07.458-04:002014-09-01T15:09:07.458-04:00when i fret too much of unborn words too long
i tu...when i fret too much of unborn words too long<br />i turn off the voices around me, dive under the flood and let it run free<br /><br />somehow those lines made me giggle for some familiar reason because it happened to me lately as I'm writing a research paper for a Lit class online. hehehehe...good job!!!<br /><br />Jamztoma<br />jamztoma.blogspot.comNicholas https://www.blogger.com/profile/05252355730748268069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-77622979003795780052014-09-01T09:12:22.598-04:002014-09-01T09:12:22.598-04:00Love this--inspiring, like a river..
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When obstac...Love this--inspiring, like a river..<br />.<br />When obstacles appear in its path<br />--she goes under, around, or over...<br />but keeps rollin' along..<br />(having recently passed from girl to woman!).steveronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010875412308487592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-50489932486542630022014-09-01T01:38:56.273-04:002014-09-01T01:38:56.273-04:00that 2nd stanza especially. good week, Grace ~that 2nd stanza especially. good week, Grace ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-45942896546096788982014-09-01T00:53:15.116-04:002014-09-01T00:53:15.116-04:00Some thoughts keep blaring in our mind, so sometim...Some thoughts keep blaring in our mind, so sometimes its better to let them go:)Vandana Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270400982093787158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-6736011814490077452014-08-31T21:18:20.952-04:002014-08-31T21:18:20.952-04:00Diving under ~ great words .. no matter what we ch...Diving under ~ great words .. no matter what we choose to dive under ~ down covers, waves, umbrellas, tents, shelters. I enjoyed this, Grace.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-14798573671844749732014-08-31T21:04:48.571-04:002014-08-31T21:04:48.571-04:00What a beautiful poem of attaining maturity.What a beautiful poem of attaining maturity.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-9088807120512531912014-08-31T21:00:41.397-04:002014-08-31T21:00:41.397-04:00When the going gets tough I dive under the blanket...When the going gets tough I dive under the blankets:)rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-38530362057645254902014-08-31T17:33:55.034-04:002014-08-31T17:33:55.034-04:00good advice - to turn off those voices and just di...good advice - to turn off those voices and just dive inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-79440187102936987712014-08-31T17:14:41.281-04:002014-08-31T17:14:41.281-04:00Caught in the overwhelming flow of life not cooper...Caught in the overwhelming flow of life not cooperating? Swim with the flow . . .Stormcat Poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684250269137492366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-42466586487444068942014-08-31T15:18:45.794-04:002014-08-31T15:18:45.794-04:00l love the first two lines!l love the first two lines!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-2535086914268930012014-08-31T14:19:36.173-04:002014-08-31T14:19:36.173-04:00oh, my, i just love how you spun this down into th...oh, my, i just love how you spun this down into that dive, the one that fixes everything, pulls us under, releases us. fabulous!!mrs mediocrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021079985184737831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-88888303841748208982014-08-31T13:41:39.108-04:002014-08-31T13:41:39.108-04:00"crossing the fragile bridge from girl to wom..."crossing the fragile bridge from girl to woman".......can be a perilous passage. The papercuts really work in this poem. I love the turning off of the voices. Doing some of that myself these days.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-88297021848610005552014-08-31T13:03:21.247-04:002014-08-31T13:03:21.247-04:00letting it go, learning and then moving on.. "...letting it go, learning and then moving on.. "fragile bridge from girl to woman" such a nice image.Natašekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529563989376279044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-41070492832216623252014-08-31T12:49:06.088-04:002014-08-31T12:49:06.088-04:00There is a beautiful sense to the build to climax ...There is a beautiful sense to the build to climax here Grace--gentle but insistent--Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-20015837565595023562014-08-31T12:10:15.732-04:002014-08-31T12:10:15.732-04:00There's a lovely cadence to this Grace, and a ...There's a lovely cadence to this Grace, and a true sense of diving into the depths--I especially liked the second stanza, the papercuts, such a strong feel to that..and the whole poem is full of such images. Beautiful, but not just skin deep.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-80096662354968063952014-08-31T12:08:40.533-04:002014-08-31T12:08:40.533-04:00I think I lost my original comment, Grace. I remar...I think I lost my original comment, Grace. I remarked how assuredly your stanzas built to a climax in this excellent interpretation on Kelly's fine art.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-30734679636348699912014-08-31T12:04:33.088-04:002014-08-31T12:04:33.088-04:00fragile tide… the opening stanza is quite evocativ...fragile tide… the opening stanza is quite evocative and the whole poem washes over the reader. Beautiful. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-47461402797598404622014-08-31T11:41:54.237-04:002014-08-31T11:41:54.237-04:00overall stunning, but the opening lines...glow...
...overall stunning, but the opening lines...glow...<br /><br />& the last lines...it sounds quite freeing...although for me it would be about shutting out the voices within...RMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054771419356465116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-33721801097272065802014-08-31T11:38:32.204-04:002014-08-31T11:38:32.204-04:00To let go.. to let it run free.. just like growing...To let go.. to let it run free.. just like growing up, much better than the paper cuts of hesitation...brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com