tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post3261786475688233256..comments2023-12-16T23:54:45.620+13:00Comments on . . . All Finite Things Reveal Infinitude . . . : Tuesday Poem - Setting The Record StraightClaire Beynonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-33097579862578846302012-04-17T11:13:59.635+12:002012-04-17T11:13:59.635+12:00Dear Claire - your posts always amaze me - they ha...Dear Claire - your posts always amaze me - they have such light and strength and energy - they are luminous! You, dear Claire, are amazing, and I feel privileged to share Tuesday Poem with you co-curator. Thank you for all you bring to it every week. MaryMary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-76724446784405897662012-04-13T11:23:01.037+12:002012-04-13T11:23:01.037+12:00I'm not big on resurrection poetry, or Easter ...I'm not big on resurrection poetry, or Easter poetry, but this knocks me out -- for it is neither in the traditional sense. It's a wonderful look at silence, strength and beauty in the face of death -- in the face of any Mother facing such death. Gorgeous images, and such strength here. The ending is particularly powerful. I will carry this one with me.Michelle Elvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503119577895402738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-19873475865554769342012-04-10T13:42:40.307+12:002012-04-10T13:42:40.307+12:00Dear Claire, I'm so glad you wrote this poem. ...Dear Claire, I'm so glad you wrote this poem. For all of Mary's centrality to the Catholic Church, her statues and grottoes are full of silence, she does not speak, she is not radiant, only sad, but it doesn't seem to be real grief, there are few tears, sometimes a sorrowful stare at the heavens and open hands, as if asking why--and what a full, broken, loving heart must roil in all that muteness. Lovely details, such fierceness--yes, where are the Stations belonging to the Virgin? xoMelissa Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270919534011711225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-41162818011737649832012-04-10T09:35:00.264+12:002012-04-10T09:35:00.264+12:00I feel the loving rage/the rage of love in this po...I feel the loving rage/the rage of love in this powerful poem, Claire. 'embroidering her loss into the spines of chairs' Terrific. Thank you. xx (Phew, the copy-the-text requirement is tricky — here's my third attempt.)Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04557747956609276030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-76330279278833824812012-04-10T04:30:11.258+12:002012-04-10T04:30:11.258+12:00I've taken your poem very much to heart, not f...I've taken your poem very much to heart, not for my own actual loss but a near miss that haunts me still. I forget how much until I read such words. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-83296203298385463382012-04-10T03:08:21.379+12:002012-04-10T03:08:21.379+12:00what a beautiful place. It makes me feel peaceful....what a beautiful place. It makes me feel peaceful.<br />xoRachelVBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312736736551027564noreply@blogger.com