tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post6198180275749822205..comments2024-03-29T04:26:55.305-04:00Comments on everyday amazing: mood on a hiking trailGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-59668176115693402792021-07-15T00:53:26.421-04:002021-07-15T00:53:26.421-04:00you opened this powerfully, Grace. that line - ima...you opened this powerfully, Grace. that line - imagining huge mushrooms - made me wince, too.<br /><br />these lines are gems: my mind turn/s/table <br /><br />steps turn brisk, nimbleA Reading Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12229414372642627877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-26002919962372620092021-07-14T03:31:46.329-04:002021-07-14T03:31:46.329-04:00"wafts, soft rock from
jukebox"
I seri...<i>"wafts, soft rock from<br />jukebox"</i> <br /><br />I seriously cannot believe how clever and beautiful this is.<br /><br />Amazing, Grace.<br /><br />Yours,<br />Davidben Alexanderhttp://skepticskaddish.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-8259032327666662582021-07-14T02:07:19.218-04:002021-07-14T02:07:19.218-04:00from somewhere afar
wafts, soft rock from
jukebox ...from somewhere afar<br />wafts, soft rock from<br />jukebox <br />my mind turn/s/tabl<br /><br />Love this Grace! A throwback to those days of milling around the jukebox just tapping on its sides in line with the loud music!<br /><br />Hank<br />kaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-30889986086656287042021-07-13T17:22:10.982-04:002021-07-13T17:22:10.982-04:00Very interesting poem, Grace. :) The first part ha...Very interesting poem, Grace. :) The first part had a little "Alice in Wonderland" feeling for me. I also thought that the mind is turning table like the jukebox.Susan Joy Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175162058220262157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-12646762471850758612021-07-13T15:40:39.098-04:002021-07-13T15:40:39.098-04:00Perfect enjambment, and "shimmy" - that&...Perfect enjambment, and "shimmy" - that's such a descriptive word, and so specific to how the reader might do it. So open to interruption. I love words like that. Miskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280369979543928659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-37864189126962046222021-07-13T13:45:40.232-04:002021-07-13T13:45:40.232-04:00Lovely images in your quadrille - and I enjoyed th...Lovely images in your quadrille - and I enjoyed the clever word play.Marion Hortonhttps://wordpress.com/home/writingwhatnotsblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-55130958738511136532021-07-13T12:46:55.388-04:002021-07-13T12:46:55.388-04:00I love walking in Nature and as a young woman did ...I love walking in Nature and as a young woman did much in the way of hiking. Everything exciting and new when viewing it for the first time. I have been following you still but life has been challenging this last year...as you know. Do take good care.Renee Espriuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690603400572426251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-12783910747022430962021-07-13T12:45:04.163-04:002021-07-13T12:45:04.163-04:00I love walking in Nature and as a young woman did ...I love walking in Nature and as a young woman did much in the way of hiking. Everything exciting and new when viewing it for the first time. I have been following you still but live has been challenging this last year...as you know. Do take good care.Renee Espriuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690603400572426251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-17629209918843545672021-07-13T09:15:44.817-04:002021-07-13T09:15:44.817-04:00Wow. Enjoyed that.Wow. Enjoyed that.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18291638411471358730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-48894632936325306542021-07-13T02:14:32.904-04:002021-07-13T02:14:32.904-04:00Hello stranger and it is so wonderful absorbing yo...Hello stranger and it is so wonderful absorbing your words again Chris Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12082462583986448559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-36580770701568152072021-07-13T00:33:45.721-04:002021-07-13T00:33:45.721-04:00Thank you for taking us on your hike Grace. I lov...Thank you for taking us on your hike Grace. I loved that you were so aware of your surrounding right down to the shimmy! I also wonder how big those mushrooms were. Lovely quadrille ☺️🌺Poetry for Healinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998366697778789164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-26503702034673273302021-07-13T00:29:18.346-04:002021-07-13T00:29:18.346-04:00A gentle transformation of mood from eyeing up tho...A gentle transformation of mood from eyeing up those dangling caterpillars to finding music in your step. I could really feel the shift and the rhythm. Mishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298805958255695264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-62632301557859955862021-07-12T22:01:05.954-04:002021-07-12T22:01:05.954-04:00I went up to the mountain this past weekend and da...I went up to the mountain this past weekend and danced to natures song. Love that last bit about the mind turn/s/table.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-76303188421261195802021-07-12T20:15:42.025-04:002021-07-12T20:15:42.025-04:00Great poem Grace! I like the play on words turn//t...Great poem Grace! I like the play on words turn//table. Nicely done.Dwight L. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992133580674047782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-35138291336995331402021-07-12T18:51:49.586-04:002021-07-12T18:51:49.586-04:00I live in a hiking/biking/floating/climbing city. ...I live in a hiking/biking/floating/climbing city. Hiking also got me thru much of the pandemic. Glad to know you embrace ballads, the best is dancing cheek to cheek. Great poem.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-22848583444558890602021-07-12T18:32:50.941-04:002021-07-12T18:32:50.941-04:00A hike with all the right moves! Good one, Grace.A hike with all the right moves! Good one, Grace.lynn__https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991892804149727665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-8766806590345544872021-07-12T17:50:54.498-04:002021-07-12T17:50:54.498-04:00loving the mega mushrooms loving the mega mushrooms rogblog666https://www.blogger.com/profile/08561977810064844467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-77422270306853344742021-07-12T16:49:03.274-04:002021-07-12T16:49:03.274-04:00Beautiful!Beautiful!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063946141142298896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-70203828146636835792021-07-12T16:25:08.983-04:002021-07-12T16:25:08.983-04:00I love tyhat shimmy in the forest. The trees dig i...I love tyhat shimmy in the forest. The trees dig it, too! Smiles.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-65812888796407698812021-07-12T16:24:57.999-04:002021-07-12T16:24:57.999-04:00Luv your hiking mood trail
Happy Monday
Much💜lov...Luv your hiking mood trail<br />Happy Monday<br /><br />Much💜loveGillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-64386802618309937152021-07-12T16:11:26.379-04:002021-07-12T16:11:26.379-04:00You just never know what you will find when you ta...You just never know what you will find when you take a walk in the woods. What a pleasant surprise to hear the "ring, metallic click" and jukebox music wafting on the air. Very relaxing read, Grace.JadeLihttp://tao-talk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-90712022165482184782021-07-12T16:05:18.474-04:002021-07-12T16:05:18.474-04:00I like how you capture the mood - the images you u...I like how you capture the mood - the images you use - the mushrooms, the caterpillars. Hiking can be both - so soothing and so unsettling. I love a good hike to calm my mind - for me the best way to relax. Very nicely written GraceClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-54285958131098124152021-07-12T15:59:29.214-04:002021-07-12T15:59:29.214-04:00Oh the many sanities that were kept by hiking thro...Oh the many sanities that were kept by hiking through this pandemic! Huge mushrooms and caterpillars....trees.....and then the strains from a jukebox that comes into the "picture" in your amazing way with words "my mind turn/s/table" The mind shifts to the turntable in the jukebox....and turns from nature to the song, and I shimmy along the trail with you. :)lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12664830773553716989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-6742576405910649382021-07-12T15:35:14.831-04:002021-07-12T15:35:14.831-04:00I just saw a huge mushroom yesterday--it seemed ou...I just saw a huge mushroom yesterday--it seemed out of place. I like the word play with turn/s/ table.Merril D. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208799388236948565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-32807939009958704732021-07-12T15:30:24.922-04:002021-07-12T15:30:24.922-04:00I love mushrooms ... but the comparison to caterpi...I love mushrooms ... but the comparison to caterpillars may have dulled my passion a bit! Great write.indybevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505539407819784525noreply@blogger.com