tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post5033475615066364310..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : Poetry Friday -Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-12822561983292814302008-11-30T06:42:00.000-08:002008-11-30T06:42:00.000-08:00Thanks for posting this - I particularly loved the...Thanks for posting this - I particularly loved the unexpected ending - "the starfish drift through the channel,with smiles on their starry faces"... made me smile too!Mythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243071725565727650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-22014635990748969042008-11-28T19:58:00.000-08:002008-11-28T19:58:00.000-08:00Thanks for comments - glad you all liked it. I lik...Thanks for comments - glad you all liked it. I like much of it - it's the second stanza that grabs me - the processes "boiling beneath the mud," and turning to say that maybe nothing is happening, though we know it is. Something is happening, "there is movement beneath the water," which really embodies to me what poetry is about. Both the question (Nothing?) and the answer (Something!) Trying to put a finger on what is happening (a starfish moving? or something larger....like life?) is what I love. This large question that then turns into "Life lets you have a sandwich" - that's a great turn. <BR/><BR/>I don't usually like talky poems either - but this is better than that. I really wonder about the format, but I got it off of the poets.org page, and they must know how the author broke the lines.Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-79458859191368234572008-11-28T17:14:00.000-08:002008-11-28T17:14:00.000-08:00Wisdom and grace. These are my favorite lines:"Bec...Wisdom and grace. These are my favorite lines:<BR/>"Because you were able<BR/>to listen when people spoke to you. Because you<BR/>stopped when you should have and started again."<BR/><BR/>Maybe not so much luck after all?Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-17762185027451215892008-11-28T10:08:00.000-08:002008-11-28T10:08:00.000-08:00This poem really comes home for me in the next-to-...This poem really comes home for me in the next-to-last stanza. I feel like I have so much, and not because I am more deserving than anyone else... "lucky" says it. Thanks for sharing this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-82759042537088175652008-11-28T06:26:00.000-08:002008-11-28T06:26:00.000-08:00Mmm, gorgeous! I don't generally like conversation...Mmm, gorgeous! I don't generally like conversational/prose-poem type of poems. But this one is magical and mundane, and I love it! Thanks for sharing.laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-10702346250580584122008-11-28T06:06:00.000-08:002008-11-28T06:06:00.000-08:00It won’t give you smart or brave,so you’ll have to...<I>It won’t give you smart or brave,<BR/>so you’ll have to settle for lucky.</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed. I'll take the serendipity of luck over brave any day, and just attribute smarts for luck when I'm not feeling honest.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this, Julie.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-91918185583800457632008-11-28T05:41:00.000-08:002008-11-28T05:41:00.000-08:00This is wonderful! Thanks for posting it!This is wonderful! Thanks for posting it!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-12463274814167951072008-11-28T05:39:00.000-08:002008-11-28T05:39:00.000-08:00Oh, I really like this one. I have a friend who lo...Oh, I really like this one. I have a friend who looks for messages in <I>everything</I>, and she needs to read this!tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-6045833077978179462008-11-28T03:11:00.000-08:002008-11-28T03:11:00.000-08:00Loved the poem, Julie. One of my favorite lines is...Loved the poem, Julie. One of my favorite lines is, "So life lets you have a sandwich." It's a kind of miracle, right?Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.com