tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post5132038232053086591..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: Sonnet: Praise for ordinary wonderRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-31535169104100924202011-06-28T22:17:21.798-04:002011-06-28T22:17:21.798-04:00you took your arms and held your day, didn't y...you took your arms and held your day, didn't you? oh yes you did, sister to my soul. yes, you <i>do.</i><br /><br />xo<br />erinerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-60447051525498085752011-06-28T06:34:47.316-04:002011-06-28T06:34:47.316-04:00Thank you, C.M.. I so appreciate the thought that ...Thank you, <b>C.M.</b>. I so appreciate the thought that two of my favorite poets would praise something I wrote. Wouldn't that be miraculous? I aspire to nothing more than being in their classroom, and so your comment blesses me very much.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-88068071262251343072011-06-28T06:29:34.543-04:002011-06-28T06:29:34.543-04:00Terresa, oh thank you, my friend. How could it be ...<b>Terresa</b>, oh thank you, my friend. How could it be otherwise than a compliment? MO is most definitely my teacher, and if I can open even a sliver of the light she does, I can rejoice.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-8689654904919979062011-06-28T06:28:16.074-04:002011-06-28T06:28:16.074-04:00Thanks, Margaret. Wow. I hope you can carve out &#...Thanks, <b>Margaret</b>. Wow. I hope you can carve out 'self' time this summer. I bet you can. You talked about painting. As you say though, our children seem to vanish in a flash. Then they are adults, settling into their own routines.<br /><br />I feel that way about deer and horses too. We ride our bikes by many horses in the evening. And the other day driving to work there was a doe with <i>three</i> fawns on our road.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-87309635285495888002011-06-28T06:25:59.371-04:002011-06-28T06:25:59.371-04:00Oh Gwei Mui, it's great to see you. Thank you ...Oh <b>Gwei Mui</b>, it's great to see you. Thank you for such kind words.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-56669889278746405632011-06-28T06:25:24.076-04:002011-06-28T06:25:24.076-04:00Thanks, Amy. Yes, you do watch and keep the wonder...Thanks, <b>Amy</b>. Yes, you do watch and keep the wonder. So good.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-54453468828737575182011-06-28T06:24:50.473-04:002011-06-28T06:24:50.473-04:00Thanks, Loring. Maybe there is nothing more absolu...Thanks, <b>Loring</b>. Maybe there is nothing more absolute than the parade of our ordinary lives.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-73890504502492528482011-06-28T06:23:05.072-04:002011-06-28T06:23:05.072-04:00Oliag, my dear, thank you for that. :-)<b>Oliag</b>, my dear, thank you for that. :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-28470282119681328582011-06-28T06:22:31.514-04:002011-06-28T06:22:31.514-04:00Thanks and welcome, Mary ♥ Mur.Thanks and welcome, <b>Mary ♥ Mur</b>.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-58512015889832836672011-06-28T01:30:48.479-04:002011-06-28T01:30:48.479-04:00"But always I will honor the counting
of ten..."But always I will honor the counting <br />of ten toes, digging into the blanket<br />in the burial of the day, not mourning<br />next day’s clone of this one with regret."<br /><br />Stunning--Mary Oliver and May Sarton would sing your praises at such an image---you are on a roll, my dear, keep it coming--cC.M. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936560662110633442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-45841868980867131192011-06-28T01:25:19.268-04:002011-06-28T01:25:19.268-04:00This feels Mary Oliver-ish to me (that is a compli...This feels Mary Oliver-ish to me (that is a compliment!).<br /><br />:)<br />:)<br />:)*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-14643379432240098702011-06-27T22:54:52.001-04:002011-06-27T22:54:52.001-04:00The simplicity and wonder of the mundane and ordin...The simplicity and wonder of the mundane and ordinary... I need to keep that in mind this summer as some days just feel full of cleaning and kids and... loudness (not much time for my "self"). But then, I have to laugh as I KNOW one day I will look back and wish for all of THIS back. :) <br /><br />I think I'm like that with deer and horses. I see them almost every day where I live, but the wonder of them always thrills me. <br /><br />Beautiful poem. So... summery "lazy" and sweet with its rhythm.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-62662880693453017272011-06-27T18:40:27.920-04:002011-06-27T18:40:27.920-04:00I always love visiting your blog. It's like th...I always love visiting your blog. It's like throwing the door open to a warm cosy study...<br /><br />"the ottoman<br />with piled familiar books, where villainies<br />and graces eternally have fallen."<br /><br />Such a rich mixture of visual,emotional and tactile memories<br /><br />"not mourning<br />next day’s clone of this one with regret.<br />For in between the copies of each day’s<br />roads and words, a bird flies, and I'm amazed. "<br /><br />Yes I am amazed - these lines take my breath awayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915236568015079389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-77664736723168042192011-06-27T13:47:23.455-04:002011-06-27T13:47:23.455-04:00And with awe, I live.And with awe, I live.Amy@Souldipperhttp://souldipper.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-91537683218952423482011-06-27T11:08:44.142-04:002011-06-27T11:08:44.142-04:00Honor the everyday, honor the ordinary, absolutely...Honor the everyday, honor the ordinary, absolutely.Loring Wirbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764834150305763077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-61704822792793621732011-06-27T10:43:04.067-04:002011-06-27T10:43:04.067-04:00It really is those simple mysteries that make the ...It really is those simple mysteries that make the day complete...finding them in the flight of a bird is something you do so beautifully well...This is a poem I am going to copy an cherish:)GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-32024782115476476952011-06-27T10:07:32.748-04:002011-06-27T10:07:32.748-04:00♥
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Love your blog.))
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I now sp...♥<br />oh.. so nice post.)<br />Love your blog.))<br />♥<br />I now spend a survey of bloggers with such questions.<br />1. Why did you create a blog?<br />2. For whom you taking him? Want to be popular?<br />3. How long will it keep going?<br />♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-2089352468757512522011-06-27T09:02:45.939-04:002011-06-27T09:02:45.939-04:00My dear Susie, I bet you can imagine why I'm t...My dear <b>Susie</b>, I bet you can imagine why I'm thinking about counting toes. :-) I think it's not a bad idea to start practicing on my own, n'est-ce pas?<br /><br />You think too highly of my poems, but I appreciate it more than I can say. You inspire me always to do better, to live up to your enthusiasm. Thank you, my friend.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-83987922780297417962011-06-27T08:59:50.534-04:002011-06-27T08:59:50.534-04:00Thanks, Daniel. I don't know much about killde...Thanks, <b>Daniel</b>. I don't know much about killdeer and had to ask Don what it was when we were driving. Now you have me wanting to know more.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-44806708601937696902011-06-27T08:59:15.533-04:002011-06-27T08:59:15.533-04:00Thanks, Boots. Don't you wonder how birds avoi...Thanks, <b>Boots</b>. Don't you wonder how birds avoid collisions more often? Their flying and dodging abilities are a constant source of jaw-dropping amazement to me.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-43787443658434577382011-06-27T08:57:48.200-04:002011-06-27T08:57:48.200-04:00Thanks so much, Hedgewitch. I'm glad you found...Thanks so much, <b>Hedgewitch</b>. I'm glad you found it 'delicate' since it felt so <i>clunky</i> while writing. I wonder if I can get past that feeling in the process of writing a sonnet.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1373801085757915952011-06-27T08:28:45.060-04:002011-06-27T08:28:45.060-04:00Thanks, California Girl. It's a good challenge...Thanks, <b>California Girl</b>. It's a good challenge to try to see these ordinary things that I see every day with new eyes.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-53264909932441950322011-06-27T08:27:53.985-04:002011-06-27T08:27:53.985-04:00Thanks, Miss Jane. I appreciate your kind words so...Thanks, <b>Miss Jane</b>. I appreciate your kind words so much.<br /><br />Not sure what draws me about sonnets and other forms. I'm still working it out. I do like the limitation and constraint of it, and the puzzle that must be fit just so. I admire those who manage them with a more pleasing rhythm-rhyme than this.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-51036951045388417062011-06-27T08:25:30.232-04:002011-06-27T08:25:30.232-04:00Thanks, Mary. It takes slowing down. I needed slow...Thanks, <b>Mary</b>. It takes slowing down. I needed slowing down. It's what writing does for me.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-90437247566090081452011-06-27T08:18:06.581-04:002011-06-27T08:18:06.581-04:00Thank you, Pat. You're so good and kind to me....Thank you, <b>Pat</b>. You're so good and kind to me. I do like ordinary words as much as ordinary things, very much.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.com