tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post1340489941246167728..comments2023-05-31T10:47:00.444-04:00Comments on Poetrepository: MamaMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-90482267664920040112016-04-11T06:29:32.140-04:002016-04-11T06:29:32.140-04:00I like them both for the contrasts of large and sm...I like them both for the contrasts of large and small, but I especially like the second one, with that last line separated. Ominously.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-67447312549418502462016-04-10T22:42:56.559-04:002016-04-10T22:42:56.559-04:00Some days you just have to do the best you can. At...Some days you just have to do the best you can. At least I wrote, right?<br /><br /><br />"Relativity"<br /><br />that sky<br />infinite<br /><br />those clouds<br />ominous<br /><br />those crops<br />extensive<br /><br />we humans<br />infintesimal<br /><br />(C) Carol Wilcox, 2016<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />we exclaim over<br />vast wheaty wealth<br />that stretches <br />as far as we can see<br /><br />we do not realize<br />foreboding gray clouds<br />fill the sky<br /><br />directly behind us<br /><br />(C) Carol Wilcox, 2016Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-71479064095591371812016-04-10T22:35:43.997-04:002016-04-10T22:35:43.997-04:00Me three."But there's a beauty in it, and...Me three."But there's a beauty in it, and we are learning<br />to lean into the wind and weather. We'll stay.Me three: "Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214389804167241801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-77368197739336153382016-04-10T09:07:32.679-04:002016-04-10T09:07:32.679-04:00Like Steve, I love "we are learning/to lean i...Like Steve, I love "we are learning/to lean into the wind and weather." An important lesson for me too.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-73808364764931537552016-04-10T08:15:17.267-04:002016-04-10T08:15:17.267-04:00"...we are learning/to lean into the wind...&..."...we are learning/to lean into the wind..." Love this image -- the hope in it, but there is also a sense of resignation or sorrow, too. I love poems that have a little bit of both. Chiaroscuro.Steve Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307772474856131942noreply@blogger.com