tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post5305236701284436790..comments2024-03-28T17:30:09.028-04:00Comments on everyday amazing: The pomegranate gardenGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-84746219663638022502022-10-02T01:08:02.169-04:002022-10-02T01:08:02.169-04:00Love your wordsLove your wordsashokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151604896442505084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-14985447854027610842022-10-01T02:32:41.509-04:002022-10-01T02:32:41.509-04:00Lovely poem :)Lovely poem :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-60393349741286772242022-09-30T12:37:48.707-04:002022-09-30T12:37:48.707-04:00This is gorgeous poetry, you mastered a difficult ...This is gorgeous poetry, you mastered a difficult form. My former husband's granddaughter is named Anahita, her younger brother, Artaban. Their father from Iran ... they all live in St. Louis, happily. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-91978960941960240552022-09-29T21:32:20.867-04:002022-09-29T21:32:20.867-04:00RAWR, woman! Love your use of form, too.RAWR, woman! Love your use of form, too.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-90746477708995382122022-09-29T17:54:07.188-04:002022-09-29T17:54:07.188-04:00Such a powerful and timely poem. Your words add ...Such a powerful and timely poem. Your words add energy to the current actions of the women in Iran. - Suzanne (wordpress blog - Mapping UncertaintyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-26996583962629066462022-09-29T17:49:00.323-04:002022-09-29T17:49:00.323-04:00This is an expertly-written villanelle. This is an expertly-written villanelle. Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054732378669659210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-55493053699165714092022-09-29T16:38:44.397-04:002022-09-29T16:38:44.397-04:00What can the morality police do to a pomegranate g...What can the morality police do to a pomegranate garden? "I unstitch my mouth of black threads & brine / I am marking with red seeds, this path, mine" - like Persephone hallowing a path between Hades and Earth.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01731074246845880620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-43930195342912237162022-09-29T16:32:36.220-04:002022-09-29T16:32:36.220-04:00A powerful write, Grace. These lines particularly...A powerful write, Grace. These lines particularly moved me:<br /><br />"Unbound my hands, I am in search of garden"<br /><br />"I'll draw rockets, stairways, freedom"Sunra Rainzhttps://sunrarainz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-73544291391071960282022-09-29T16:20:09.880-04:002022-09-29T16:20:09.880-04:00I love how you took inspiration from Khosravi'...I love how you took inspiration from Khosravi's art to create such a compelling verse, Grace. The "morality police" is everywhere trying to crush what they fear. paeansunpluggedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15076601569836498915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-64384095116989931402022-09-29T15:50:46.106-04:002022-09-29T15:50:46.106-04:00So powerful, creative imagery. The morality police...So powerful, creative imagery. The morality police have feared women and women's bodies for thousands of years. And here we go again. Sigh. Merril D. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208799388236948565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-31188303529278137062022-09-29T15:39:55.933-04:002022-09-29T15:39:55.933-04:00The horror of being bound by the "morality po...The horror of being bound by the "morality police" who stitch up the mouth, what a perfect metaphor, and the strength of will to break free like "red seeds": gorgeous use of imagery. And I love the use of gardens and seeds in your poetry, Grace. It's become your particular signature. Just a pleasure to read and enjoy, GraceDorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10924099003278944038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-82412971986958751882022-09-29T15:19:32.222-04:002022-09-29T15:19:32.222-04:00Such powerful poetry, Grace!
Enjoyed and inspire...Such powerful poetry, Grace! <br />Enjoyed and inspired by reading this. Umeshnraohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914444646123615765noreply@blogger.com