tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post4408557612958879536..comments2023-12-16T23:54:45.620+13:00Comments on . . . All Finite Things Reveal Infinitude . . . : Tuesday Poem - To Be Of UseClaire Beynonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-48991616308978489842010-08-19T08:27:19.931+12:002010-08-19T08:27:19.931+12:00You have a beautiful gift for synthesis, Marylinn ...You have a beautiful gift for synthesis, Marylinn - your words 'we are not meant for laying waste our powers, not if we wish to feel complete' say it all. Your latest post shows we are contemplating similar questions and concerns. <br /> <br />Like you, I will never bad-mouth the internet for all it has opened to us, for the ways in which it makes communication and connections possible where once they would have been been impossible. I am glad for you and your brother that you have been 'restored' by the internet. (And I especially appreciate your choice of the word 'restored.'). <br /><br />L, CClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-1238411021644788972010-08-19T03:47:33.382+12:002010-08-19T03:47:33.382+12:00"...and a person for work that is real."..."...and a person for work that is real." To be reminded that the most simple of things is enough...we are not meant for laying waste our powers, not if we wish to feel complete. Being close in birthdays must make the distance between you and your sister harder; my brother, in another hemisphere, across many waters...we were restored by the internet. I will never bad-mouth it for such a gift.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-2544657570729604432010-08-17T22:46:45.078+12:002010-08-17T22:46:45.078+12:00Melissa, T. Clear & Pen = thank you for leavin...Melissa, T. Clear & Pen = thank you for leaving birthday wishes for Pip. She will appreciate them, I know. L, C xxxClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-62927564791426258232010-08-17T22:44:23.356+12:002010-08-17T22:44:23.356+12:00Hello Melior - this poem was the first of Marge Pi...Hello Melior - this poem was the first of Marge Piercy's I came across (perhaps a decade ago). Aside from "To Be Of Use" I'd not read many of her poems till quite recently when a friend gave me a copy of "The Moon Is Always Female". She's 'in contact' - I don't know else to put it. I can understand how she could have been your favourite and most influential poet for years. <br />Thanks for coming by... I am a great admirer of your work, esp. your Antarctica pieces and your recent oil & water ones. We have very similar preoccupations!Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-27854361447275936142010-08-17T18:06:25.849+12:002010-08-17T18:06:25.849+12:00Thank you, John - all good things to you, too.Thank you, John - all good things to you, too.Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-70012519429332877592010-08-17T17:18:25.934+12:002010-08-17T17:18:25.934+12:00I love the heft of this poem — great tribute to a ...I love the heft of this poem — great tribute to a sister. Happy Birthday, Pip.Penhttp://www.penelopetodd.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-18891363548901909222010-08-17T16:37:06.024+12:002010-08-17T16:37:06.024+12:00Happy Birthday to your sister!
Great poem choice....Happy Birthday to your sister!<br /><br />Great poem choice...I'd write more but my hands are too fatigued after a day of 'being of use' -- and then some!T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-30565033739298017642010-08-17T12:37:31.612+12:002010-08-17T12:37:31.612+12:00Happy birthday, Pip! Though continents divide you,...Happy birthday, Pip! Though continents divide you, you both are lucky to have such sisters.<br /><br />L, M.Melissa Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270919534011711225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-18036179282783206822010-08-17T09:29:20.479+12:002010-08-17T09:29:20.479+12:00Marge Piercy was my favourite and most influential...Marge Piercy was my favourite and most influential poet for many many years, and probably has not been replaced a single poet I can love as whole heartedly, rather my tastes have broadened with age. It was lovely to start my Tuesday Poem reading with this beloved old favourite which I haven't read for such a long time.Meliors Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611510357627660124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-21571573620114160382010-08-17T08:51:30.280+12:002010-08-17T08:51:30.280+12:00What an amazing family.
More power to ye.What an amazing family.<br /><br />More power to ye.LentenStuffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185396264367723474noreply@blogger.com