tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post6057997312168081803..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : POETRY FRIDAY: J.J. M.M.W.G. du P.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-7739744693110291912010-05-15T18:31:50.273-07:002010-05-15T18:31:50.273-07:00Nothing is more important than children, so it'...Nothing is more important than children, so it's wonderful that you're helping teach people to write well for them.<br /><br />And Julie, I so appreciate your kind mention of my work here. I share your concern about the effects--many of them hidden--of the current hard times on American families. The families I write about are learning to survive, but it takes a toll.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-15771501098399960382010-05-15T02:28:58.541-07:002010-05-15T02:28:58.541-07:00Katherine Paterson was a brilliant choice of Ambas...Katherine Paterson was a brilliant choice of Ambassador.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-62238629857916919582010-05-14T15:14:00.499-07:002010-05-14T15:14:00.499-07:00Hi Julie,
Even if I didn't understand the wor...Hi Julie,<br /><br />Even if I didn't understand the words, the sound and snappy rhythm of "Disobedience" make me smile. <br /><br />Paterson's essay is so true. Books change our lives.<br /><br />Laura Evans<br />all things poetryLaurahttp://www.teachpoetryk12.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-25136796368493141152010-05-14T10:00:49.915-07:002010-05-14T10:00:49.915-07:00I have Katherine Paterson's collection of essa...I have Katherine Paterson's collection of essays, "A Sense of Wonder" on my desk, and each time I read one of her beautiful, brilliant pieces, I'm inspired to work harder to be more like her. I'm so glad there will be another collection from her---even if the content overlaps, I'm sure I'll read them twice (at least) any way!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-15180280053669686812010-05-14T07:00:12.510-07:002010-05-14T07:00:12.510-07:00What a fun poem. That A.A. Milne was so darned cle...What a fun poem. That A.A. Milne was so darned clever! I will <i>have</i> to check out the Paterson post, since both you and Jeanine Atkins have mentioned it today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-68292107018230428372010-05-14T05:29:34.852-07:002010-05-14T05:29:34.852-07:00I read that essay a few years ago. It's just w...I read that essay a few years ago. It's just wonderful -- the power of poetry to stay with us, connect people.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-2047985670279693792010-05-14T03:14:49.746-07:002010-05-14T03:14:49.746-07:00Hi, Julie--
I adore this poem, have delighted in ...Hi, Julie--<br /><br />I adore this poem, have delighted in rediscovering them all with my son (turns out 7 is not too late for Now We Are Six), and had every intention of opening the Governance section of our public charter school application with it--you know, to let the school district know that we wouldn't "go down to the end of the town without consulting thee." Then I looked it up and discovered that it's titled "Disobedience." <br /><br />There are no poems in the Governance section.Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-55561026996645104422010-05-14T02:21:40.207-07:002010-05-14T02:21:40.207-07:00Have to chuckle about Paterson reading Charlotte&#...Have to chuckle about Paterson reading <i>Charlotte's Web</i> and being told that she's "ruining it" by crying at the end. Hah! I'd like to get through <i>Love That Dog</i> someday without those pauses between words at the last page.<br /><br />I think that poem is the most fun because it's so unexpected, in a child who feels safe, to imagine a mother wandering off and being "bad." It's a good poem for really secure children. (Unfortunately, not every kid could appreciate it.)tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com