tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post8909731230494771647..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : Poetry Friday: Northrup Frye, My Dad, Edo Painting and Ripe MoonsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-67017774662151588402009-10-01T10:34:53.868-07:002009-10-01T10:34:53.868-07:00Thanks for the wonderful feeling of connection tha...Thanks for the wonderful feeling of connection that your comments generated in me - and Elaine, I love the story of your Babci and Dzidzi!Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-79458949170428847732009-09-28T17:41:14.023-07:002009-09-28T17:41:14.023-07:00What a beauty of a poem, Julie. I can just hear y...What a beauty of a poem, Julie. I can just hear your voice reading it. <br /><br />From Mary, who is reveling in both the melancholy and beauty of the fall.maryecroninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14163358144893223781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-52170446961085278142009-09-28T07:18:19.823-07:002009-09-28T07:18:19.823-07:00Such a beautiful poem. Fall is my favorite season ...Such a beautiful poem. Fall is my favorite season -- I don't mind embracing the melancholy.:)jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-70524102349920865942009-09-28T04:23:03.135-07:002009-09-28T04:23:03.135-07:00Beautiful poem, Julie--thanks for introducing me.
...Beautiful poem, Julie--thanks for introducing me.<br /><br />You're absolutely right about loving autumn because of its sadness. Its gorgeous golden melancholy draws me in, even though I also love it and find it invigorating. It's still the start of my year, since my kids are still in school, and it's my favorite time of year. But in the quiet moments, I can drown in its sadness.laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-19340477835183340702009-09-27T19:11:16.491-07:002009-09-27T19:11:16.491-07:00It's been a long time since I've heard or ...It's been a long time since I've heard or read a Margaret Gibson poem. I needed that!tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14651702526007175517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-91613298935053531012009-09-26T13:10:11.947-07:002009-09-26T13:10:11.947-07:00"What will come to pass, and pass."
mmm..."What will come to pass, and pass."<br /><br />mmmm....Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-69101492313789639802009-09-26T07:22:05.793-07:002009-09-26T07:22:05.793-07:00Julie,
September is my favorite month. I love the...Julie,<br /><br />September is my favorite month. I love the weather in New England at this time of year.<br /><br />Having been a teacher for more than three decades, I know the feeling that a year seems to begin in September--with the smell of new pink erasers and freshly sharpened pencils.<br /><br />I lost my beloved maternal grandfather in late September of 1984. For many years after his death, I felt a sadness as summer turned to autumn. It was his death that inspired me to write a collection of poems about him and my grandmother--and the happy times I had spent picking vegetables in their garden, celebrating holidays with family at their house, playing with my two cousins who lived on the other side of their duplex. Working on the poems brought back many of my fondest memories of my childhood--and of my Babci and Dzidzi. Putting those memories into poetry was good therapy for me.<br /><br />Thanks for your poetry and art post this Friday.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com