tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post744821036826751847..comments2023-12-16T23:54:45.620+13:00Comments on . . . All Finite Things Reveal Infinitude . . . : Tuesday Poem - DifferenceClaire Beynonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-74879600751039606282010-10-08T17:03:45.186+13:002010-10-08T17:03:45.186+13:00A message to you from Martha ---
'Thanks so ...A message to you from Martha --- <br /><br />'Thanks so much for your positive feedback. It is so seldom writers, especially poets, know if their poems work, if others relate to them, if they offer entertainment or thought and if one should keep writing.' <br /><br />One - you - should definitely keep writing, Martha. This poem will continue to open up all kinds of conversations. <br /><br />Thank you.Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-51208727325718064562010-10-07T10:00:43.983+13:002010-10-07T10:00:43.983+13:00Dear Pen - a strong poem, yes. Definitely no push-...Dear Pen - a strong poem, yes. Definitely no push-over, no matter the questions it's presented with. As you say, it's 'redolent with loss and acceptance and something even fuller.' <br /><br />Perhaps the fullness is an outcome of loss-with-acceptance? Or acceptance-with-loss? <br /><br />However it comes about, there'd be a great dollop of grace at the heart of it. <br /><br />Love to you and your day, C xClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-43962587459181763132010-10-07T09:56:12.553+13:002010-10-07T09:56:12.553+13:00Hi Helen - I love those lines, too.
Thanks for ...Hi Helen - I love those lines, too. <br /><br />Thanks for popping by in the midst of all your excitement and New Book Busyness. I will reply to your recent e- soon. xClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-38504265406449450932010-10-07T09:54:23.811+13:002010-10-07T09:54:23.811+13:00. . . and every now and then we meet a Miss Connec.... . . and every now and then we meet a Miss Connections . . . <br /><br />; )Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-68571368668277938232010-10-07T09:53:25.380+13:002010-10-07T09:53:25.380+13:00PS. When are you going to start your blog, M@-at-t...PS. When are you going to start your blog, M@-at-the-bay? (Yes, I know, I'm being a persistent creature!) You will let us know, won't you?Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-45265960088470423522010-10-07T09:51:47.313+13:002010-10-07T09:51:47.313+13:00Dear Maggie@at-the-bay
TP brings poetry and so muc...Dear Maggie@at-the-bay<br />TP brings poetry and so much more to light, week by week by week. It's a wonderful initiative, a dynamic, supportive and w i d e community. <br />I love this poem of Martha's; it's one that's 'lodged' in me and that I like to read often. <br />Thank you for sharing my Daylight Saving poem with your class last week - a privilege to have it read alongside Auden's Time. (I will do the same with these poems today!) L, CClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-27550032524745255292010-10-05T12:23:03.352+13:002010-10-05T12:23:03.352+13:00Strong poem, thank you Claire and of course Martha...Strong poem, thank you Claire and of course Martha. Redolent of loss and acceptance and something even fuller.Penelopehttp://www.penelopetodd.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-67885770805405339382010-10-05T11:50:14.289+13:002010-10-05T11:50:14.289+13:00I love the lines: "a landscape where southerl...I love the lines: "a landscape where southerlies push fists of clouds//<br />down long harbours" - it so speaks to me of Dunedin and my Otago peninsula days.Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-11752974918281667672010-10-05T10:19:50.079+13:002010-10-05T10:19:50.079+13:00whoops - either missed connections or misconnectio...whoops - either missed connections or misconnections...maggie@at-the-bay.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-88175360807872837762010-10-05T10:17:45.469+13:002010-10-05T10:17:45.469+13:00Isn't it amazing how much poetic talent there ...Isn't it amazing how much poetic talent there is around and about in NZ and the Tuesday Poem is bringing it to light - a very nice poem that resonates and somehow lightens the loss too, of those puzzling miss connections and sudden endings. I meant to say Claire that I copied your 'Time' poem last week and shared it, along with a poem by Auden about Time, with my Thursday Creative Class at Arohata and the two poems worked so well alongside one another and were very much appreciated - I was going to email you privately but only have your blog contact.maggie@at-the-bay.comnoreply@blogger.com