tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post5616343034112806260..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : Poetry Friday: A Blessed Illusion for the New Year Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-47583274408325388252013-02-28T19:45:36.777-08:002013-02-28T19:45:36.777-08:00Julie are you hosting the Poetry Friday round up t...Julie are you hosting the Poetry Friday round up this week on March 1? I have a FIB up on Coyotes, and I'm giving away a copy of Charline Profiri's new rhyming riddle picture book GUESS WHO'S IN THE DESERT.<br /> The party's at www.poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.comJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01825251724115541708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-89793747829952453522012-12-28T13:52:07.036-08:002012-12-28T13:52:07.036-08:00I worry my failures like a tongue finding a sore i...I worry my failures like a tongue finding a sore in my mouth.<br /><br />Here's to more honey!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-65592445319939299892012-12-28T13:36:54.408-08:002012-12-28T13:36:54.408-08:00This poem is like an old friend. Thanks for bringi...This poem is like an old friend. Thanks for bringing it out to visit :-) People have picked such wonderful poems to begin a new year!Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-59406491598703063162012-12-28T11:26:28.026-08:002012-12-28T11:26:28.026-08:00Machado's poem put me in mind, too, of a line ...Machado's poem put me in mind, too, of a line from Robinson Jeffer's poem, The Stonecutters, which says that our "pained thoughts" can find "the honey of peace in old poems."Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-48313010054652474972012-12-28T08:20:56.437-08:002012-12-28T08:20:56.437-08:00Julie,
This poem made me cry. This poem has felt l...Julie,<br />This poem made me cry. This poem has felt like a year of failures. How I hope they are being turned into sweet honey! And I have thought for many years that I would love to have Naomi Shihab Nye as a friend. She seems to have such a gentle, strong soul!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.com