tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post468333396078408325..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: Poem: The earth's economyRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-56852071829247392472011-07-26T00:41:14.060-04:002011-07-26T00:41:14.060-04:00I have never been good at critical discussion or w...I have never been good at critical discussion or writing about poems or literature...but I do know when I love somehthing. So I may not have many words but this poem has really spoken to me....<br /><br />xoxoGailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-81464607669275598332011-07-25T03:55:31.353-04:002011-07-25T03:55:31.353-04:00Sometimes I feel just like Deborah...just read and...Sometimes I feel just like Deborah...just read and say nothing! But I always want you to know I have been here.Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-59679716608772202592011-07-22T08:14:39.709-04:002011-07-22T08:14:39.709-04:00I loved!I loved!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-60179384686592410012011-07-22T07:58:30.421-04:002011-07-22T07:58:30.421-04:00I love how you titled this. So perfect with your d...I love how you titled this. So perfect with your description of harvesting from your garden..and the bountiful meal it produces. Lots to think about here.Marciehttp://www.marciescudderphotography.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-71183141590202911212011-07-22T06:24:19.019-04:002011-07-22T06:24:19.019-04:00Dear Deborah! How kind of you to let me know that ...Dear <b>Deborah</b>! How kind of you to let me know that you read here. (I know that poetry is not your first preference for reading, so that means a lot.) You know that I find your writing incredibly compelling, some of the finest in our blog world.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-53339111690155903232011-07-22T06:21:18.660-04:002011-07-22T06:21:18.660-04:00erin, I love the wonder of our juxtapositioned pos...<b>erin</b>, I love the wonder of our juxtapositioned posts, and you knowing the weary woman was here. The bounty is in us, in people. On we go in our blue world, our roundness, rolling on.<br /><br />Thank you for your abundant word <i>gorgeous</i>.<br /><br />Love.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-79806146254798270492011-07-22T06:18:04.892-04:002011-07-22T06:18:04.892-04:00Dear Susie, it's a long walk to your garden an...Dear <b>Susie</b>, it's a long walk to your garden and coop from the house, so you need that cradling apron so as not to go back for a basket. It's such a great image — skirt as basket, and one I have done too (nightgown sometimes).<br /><br />Stay cool, my dear.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-42595988684121655632011-07-22T06:15:56.084-04:002011-07-22T06:15:56.084-04:00Marvin, you've honored me with very kind and a...<b>Marvin</b>, you've honored me with very kind and attentive visits here in my space, and I really appreciate it. I'm quite glad you saw those visions of the deep drought and hunger of the Depression, a terrible time that is written on the heart of us collectively in this country. It's easy to forget though, even so, how terrible it was, how many died from heat and hunger.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-57148601364544359452011-07-22T06:04:38.485-04:002011-07-22T06:04:38.485-04:00Thanks for reading, Amy, and thank you for teachin...Thanks for reading, <b>Amy</b>, and thank you for teaching me a new term 'spiking kale'! Brilliant to keep the spikes. I have been remiss about storing veggie bits in the freezer bag for soup! I think the heat has pushed all soup-making from my mind.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-27305709500534559522011-07-22T06:03:16.432-04:002011-07-22T06:03:16.432-04:00Barb, thank you. I'm glad you didn't think...<b>Barb</b>, thank you. I'm glad you didn't think I traveled too far. It is quite a leap from the road to the kitchen.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-7054628554517478902011-07-22T06:02:35.398-04:002011-07-22T06:02:35.398-04:00sa.m, muito obrigada!<b>sa.m</b>, muito obrigada!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-47798418478077544462011-07-22T05:41:05.963-04:002011-07-22T05:41:05.963-04:00Margaret, thanks. There is a lot in your comment (...<b>Margaret</b>, thanks. There is a lot in your comment (as always). I feel that this earth, this property, is our caretaker, not the other way around. But my husband does do a lot of work to tenderly care for those plants.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-17530482338477228962011-07-22T05:39:48.177-04:002011-07-22T05:39:48.177-04:00Maureen, thank you a lot. I always appreciate your...<b>Maureen</b>, thank you a lot. I always appreciate your consistent and close reading here.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-40035380850117918312011-07-22T05:39:01.428-04:002011-07-22T05:39:01.428-04:00Thanks, Jenne', I appreciate you reading and y...Thanks, <b>Jenne'</b>, I appreciate you reading and your kind words.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-84014170871403010032011-07-22T05:28:09.466-04:002011-07-22T05:28:09.466-04:00Thanks, Terresa, you are too kind.Thanks, <b>Terresa</b>, you are too kind.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-15515317941116302312011-07-22T05:27:51.904-04:002011-07-22T05:27:51.904-04:00Babs, thanks. Good for you and Mo! It helps the pe...<b>Babs</b>, thanks. Good for you and Mo! It helps the personal economy too.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-42750732354321284222011-07-22T05:27:17.516-04:002011-07-22T05:27:17.516-04:00Thanks, Loring, it's great to see you and know...Thanks, <b>Loring</b>, it's great to see you and know you like that line and the poem. Thanks. Don't let the sour news get you down, my friend.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1557788942505768802011-07-22T05:10:18.783-04:002011-07-22T05:10:18.783-04:00Hedge, thanks so much for reading and for your kin...<b>Hedge</b>, thanks so much for reading and for your kind words. I have friends who are terribly depressed about the state of things, yet they can't stop engaging with the news. I admire them. Myself, I stop listening some days, at least as closely. But always, the writing and the garden pull me back up.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-78841279861769807062011-07-22T05:07:57.056-04:002011-07-22T05:07:57.056-04:00Hey there, EcoGrrl, thanks. This was a couple of s...Hey there, <b>EcoGrrl</b>, thanks. This was a couple of summers ago, when my husband had laid the first produce from his first year garden on that chair. It was a special day.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-47907431096963919872011-07-22T05:06:58.543-04:002011-07-22T05:06:58.543-04:00Thanks a bunch, Reena. It's nice to have you a...Thanks a bunch, <b>Reena</b>. It's nice to have you along!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-75283567516015608412011-07-21T10:34:33.400-04:002011-07-21T10:34:33.400-04:00Brendan, my soil, your water, the places we keep d...<b>Brendan</b>, my soil, your water, the places we keep digging for healing. I'm amazed that the writing keeps me getting up in the morning, in spite of the state of things. Thanks so much for reading.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-35761162158599463612011-07-21T09:15:30.597-04:002011-07-21T09:15:30.597-04:00Ruth, I just wanted to say that I do come here to ...Ruth, I just wanted to say that I do come here to read your poems but prefer to just read them without commenting, in a similar way that seeing something beautiful in nature is a complete experience in iteself, without having to describe it. <br />I find your poetry lovely, evocative, full of gorgeous imagery and with a fine use of language and for some of those reasons, it just leaves me mute. I want to just leave the page with the taste of it still lingering, not spoiling it with my own words.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-30913620255762883702011-07-21T08:14:26.690-04:002011-07-21T08:14:26.690-04:00you have me
utterly
and i laugh to think what i j...you have me<br />utterly<br /><br />and i laugh to think what i just posted, how my son and i picked and spoke last night.<br /><br />i'm so glad the aproned woman was here waiting for me at the end of the poem for i thought of her as i read. even in the dust bowl, i thought. i could see her dirty face and hair loosened. even in the dust bowl, i thought, there was in one form or another, at one time or another, bounty.<br /><br />gorgeous! (i am saying this so loudly and intently.)<br /><br />xo<br />erinerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-56644786185138075522011-07-21T06:10:11.378-04:002011-07-21T06:10:11.378-04:00On my evening walks out to the garden, I usually f...On my evening walks out to the garden, I usually forget to bring a bowl or a basket with me, and so I use the bottom of my shirt as my apron, gathering a few cucumbers or tomatoes, bringing in the last of the eggs from the hens' nest boxes. On a truly bountiful day, the stretch of my shirt is tested. I'm grateful for the bounty, as my mother was with her apron/basket.<br /><br />I like that we're keeping those traditions going. <br /><br />I'm always sad when I see roadkill, even though they're mostly thought of as varmints.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201860227400017841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-682657389339561162011-07-21T05:19:11.239-04:002011-07-21T05:19:11.239-04:00Steven, thanks very much for that. If it weren'...<b>Steven</b>, thanks very much for that. If it weren't for writing, I'm not sure I could make sense of anything.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.com