tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post400564550347209384..comments2023-05-31T10:47:00.444-04:00Comments on Poetrepository: CardinalsMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-52425088391184105912015-12-09T21:43:40.926-05:002015-12-09T21:43:40.926-05:00What wonderful images, Carol. And the verbs! Hopin...What wonderful images, Carol. And the verbs! Hoping today was better. As much as I love it, this teaching gig is hard on the soul sometimes. Not always flowers and full bellies; sometimes it's dry bones and thin soup.Steve Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307772474856131942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-82997800127846403762015-12-09T08:07:49.197-05:002015-12-09T08:07:49.197-05:00Can only imagine!Can only imagine!Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-56325177359905330062015-12-08T22:49:00.852-05:002015-12-08T22:49:00.852-05:00Mary Lee- That red. Glorious. Even if it is a camo...Mary Lee- That red. Glorious. Even if it is a camouflage failure.!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-52035572457697449222015-12-08T22:47:49.753-05:002015-12-08T22:47:49.753-05:00This comment feels like it could be a poem in and ...This comment feels like it could be a poem in and of itself. My dogs have taught me much, too.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-35047097207027697802015-12-08T22:46:36.992-05:002015-12-08T22:46:36.992-05:00A hard, hard day in my urban school.
"Prey&q...A hard, hard day in my urban school. <br />"Prey"<br /><br />Blue striped whirlybird<br />circles, swoops, circles again <br />adolescents kick run shout<br />surreptitiously embrace<br />Am I the only one<br />who wonders what prey<br />this giant bird<br />is seeking?<br /><br />(C) Carol Wilcox, 2015Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-2724891614191382822015-12-08T21:43:10.117-05:002015-12-08T21:43:10.117-05:00On your poem-I love the bit of ironic humor that y...On your poem-I love the bit of ironic humor that you always seem to bring to situations-Great expressive idea that sprung from a digital image.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-26925956481637983412015-12-08T21:41:12.922-05:002015-12-08T21:41:12.922-05:00Mary Lee, my humble offering today that took me ma...Mary Lee, my humble offering today that took me many scratched pads to come up with something that made expressed what I felt about a nature walk. White Space Moments at http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2015/12/white-space-moments.html. <br />Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-47668597254646282612015-12-08T07:08:57.107-05:002015-12-08T07:08:57.107-05:00Yes, Mary Lee, like water. Dogs have taught me a l...Yes, Mary Lee, like water. Dogs have taught me a lot about contentment; how it arrives like an exhaled breath at the moment I let go, not so much when I hold on.Steve Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307772474856131942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-63436067577549679192015-12-08T06:54:12.626-05:002015-12-08T06:54:12.626-05:00Even here, where we try so hard to gather and hold...Even here, where we try so hard to gather and hold, the words slip through our fingers like water...Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-84700312131599145872015-12-08T06:31:12.511-05:002015-12-08T06:31:12.511-05:00Another tanka today. They seem to keep the doctor ...Another tanka today. They seem to keep the doctor away.<br /><br />the dog <br />sighs in his sleep --<br />our contentment<br />cannot <br />be gathered and heldSteve Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307772474856131942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578454697877614703.post-10465166299770612522015-12-08T06:30:11.242-05:002015-12-08T06:30:11.242-05:00What a wonderful photo to go along with that poem!...What a wonderful photo to go along with that poem! For sure, a camo failure. And a good lesson for middle school: there's beauty in just letting yourself be who you are! Embrace the camouflage failures!Steve Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307772474856131942noreply@blogger.com