tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post5816332408860067751..comments2024-03-28T17:30:09.028-04:00Comments on everyday amazing: Black and White Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-62125365364449432722015-09-29T07:12:08.915-04:002015-09-29T07:12:08.915-04:00And communicating the essence of the duty of the s...And communicating the essence of the duty of the survivor very well in perfect pentameter. All three very very nice grace.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-54750394506364543522015-09-28T18:54:00.349-04:002015-09-28T18:54:00.349-04:00Hi Grace, a few fellow poets and I are compiling a...Hi Grace, a few fellow poets and I are compiling an anthology of Nature poems. Since you write so beautifully, often about nature, would you be interested in submitting a few Nature poems? If not, that is perfectly fine. Either way, can you pl reply on my blog?Jollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08072901017811869958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-45207254568395942832015-09-28T15:44:21.842-04:002015-09-28T15:44:21.842-04:00I close your eyelids... gently as a petal fold... ...<b>I close your eyelids...</b> gently as a petal fold... I like that :)Blue Grumpsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03106493133778319165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-4335756429526456342015-09-28T08:37:24.691-04:002015-09-28T08:37:24.691-04:00The middle one was painful to read. Reminded me to...The middle one was painful to read. Reminded me too much of my first husband's passing and me having to call his mom. Tough. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-61640810073836280632015-09-27T21:38:18.770-04:002015-09-27T21:38:18.770-04:00Beautiful and melancholy. Loved the stitching meta...Beautiful and melancholy. Loved the stitching metaphor as well as the line breaks, which also looks like stitching to me. The Bizzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17797871556831556557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-84337042639876372972015-09-26T22:15:12.852-04:002015-09-26T22:15:12.852-04:00I feel the second one.
I got a call today from som...I feel the second one.<br />I got a call today from someone telling me that a friend<br />had passed. There was plenty of silence.Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037544390731217891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-4267844505859417462015-09-26T19:49:54.674-04:002015-09-26T19:49:54.674-04:00Like the 'as half-moon recedes by redwood'...Like the 'as half-moon recedes by redwood' - magical... " silence<br />sharp as rooster's crow <br />on yellowed field of bones" -wow, what an image!<br />masterfully done, Grace.<br /><br /><br /> humbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106270909713851811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-67977105505731074952015-09-26T14:49:06.551-04:002015-09-26T14:49:06.551-04:00Bloody beautiful (pardon my French)! :-) stitching...Bloody beautiful (pardon my French)! :-) stitching days and nights into black and white? That was bloody marvellous (oops, pardon my French again).<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-87397203999678726062015-09-26T12:14:09.092-04:002015-09-26T12:14:09.092-04:00This is beautiful:
"I close your eyelids
gent...This is beautiful:<br />"I close your eyelids<br />gently as a petal fold<br />of last summer's blooming"Violetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-7324659480216832642015-09-26T10:03:29.551-04:002015-09-26T10:03:29.551-04:00Although all three show the sorrow of death, I thi...Although all three show the sorrow of death, I think my favourite is the third one...such a tender touch to that one. Beautiful!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126230685516232230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-54331018437597631652015-09-26T01:31:26.970-04:002015-09-26T01:31:26.970-04:00Delicate beauties, all three - the third is parti...Delicate beauties, all three - the third is particularly poignant.vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-6944718887856102892015-09-25T23:34:18.581-04:002015-09-25T23:34:18.581-04:00Very vivid, each with its different mood.Very vivid, each with its different mood.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-9548362363514648202015-09-25T18:24:51.264-04:002015-09-25T18:24:51.264-04:00Just gorgeous Grace--Just gorgeous Grace--Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-38992718843026502862015-09-25T17:44:00.217-04:002015-09-25T17:44:00.217-04:00Black and white usage works well here, Grace. The...Black and white usage works well here, Grace. The last one touched my heart.Sara Mcnultyhttp://purplepeninportland.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-43126907341956430462015-09-25T16:32:01.323-04:002015-09-25T16:32:01.323-04:00so many grey shades; a state of middle mean, where...so many grey shades; a state of middle mean, where understanding ceases to exist<br />this is quite stark Grace; and thanks for the challenge of today's prompt<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-58801967016204330472015-09-25T16:08:11.838-04:002015-09-25T16:08:11.838-04:00If there is beauty in dying, you penned it...in bl...If there is beauty in dying, you penned it...in black and white. The final verse is my favorite with the pelting of pewter rain and gentle petal fold of eyelids.lynn__https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991892804149727665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-56817137958666171332015-09-25T13:14:32.176-04:002015-09-25T13:14:32.176-04:00"As I gather tallowed threads"
Gorgeous..."As I gather tallowed threads"<br /><br />Gorgeous!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-17286510696358968692015-09-25T12:23:07.232-04:002015-09-25T12:23:07.232-04:00Very elegantly written .. inspirational!
in the l...Very elegantly written .. inspirational!<br /><br />in the leaden night<br />a single ray of light shines<br />as these eyes close<br /><br />BastetAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13596079559559123392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-50545079317685909152015-09-25T07:54:24.524-04:002015-09-25T07:54:24.524-04:00Quite elegant and powerful. Quite elegant and powerful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-26109226044726170032015-09-25T05:50:36.802-04:002015-09-25T05:50:36.802-04:00Loved all three. Each evoking a different emotion....Loved all three. Each evoking a different emotion. Gently as a petal fold - that is exquisitely beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-51599879864263743432015-09-24T21:32:19.495-04:002015-09-24T21:32:19.495-04:00Very evocative images Grace, so nicely done!Very evocative images Grace, so nicely done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-26876016620045142172015-09-24T17:40:07.831-04:002015-09-24T17:40:07.831-04:00I love them..'recedes with redwood', '...I love them..'recedes with redwood', 'black phone', and 'rain on roof tiles'.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-61241159900056169342015-09-24T17:10:15.120-04:002015-09-24T17:10:15.120-04:00SOOOOOOOO beautiful! Especially the last one. Wow!...SOOOOOOOO beautiful! Especially the last one. Wow!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-1728033478283510502015-09-24T17:01:34.985-04:002015-09-24T17:01:34.985-04:00So atmospheric, Grace. My favorite has to be the t...So atmospheric, Grace. My favorite has to be the third one.Victoria Ceretto-Slottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791036961620087347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-59007920964085536042015-09-24T16:39:00.760-04:002015-09-24T16:39:00.760-04:00The third one starts out angry and ends with peace...The third one starts out angry and ends with peace - quite a feat in so few syllables! But I really enjoyed the stitching together in black and white... mysterious and intriguing, but very vivid imagery.Marina Sofiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15251903359649828285noreply@blogger.com