tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post8648737150520773936..comments2023-10-30T08:00:54.059-04:00Comments on Laurel's Leaves: Guest posting at My Poetry and Prose PlaceLaurel Garverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-85108478022458413722011-02-08T10:23:23.069-05:002011-02-08T10:23:23.069-05:00Rich: Thanks for following the link from Facebook....Rich: Thanks for following the link from Facebook. Hope you like the poem. <br /><br />Tricia: Your frequent photo and poetry posts show very much that you get this idea well. :-)<br /><br />Colene: Thanks so much.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-13879830843024562232011-02-08T10:21:21.997-05:002011-02-08T10:21:21.997-05:00Melissa: I love your example. It's such a game...Melissa: I love your example. It's such a game changer when you see an author doing something you'd never considered. It's like, "Wow, you can write THAT? Cool! I wanna try!"<br /><br />GE: Enjoy!<br /><br />Leigh: It's the authors who shake up my ideas of what is "allowed" that excite me most.<br /><br />Lydia: Thanks so much! Your medical experiences probably show you the beauty in dark place more than many of us see day to day.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-83042742364622421972011-02-07T23:20:26.776-05:002011-02-07T23:20:26.776-05:00Awesome! Congratulations!!! What a lovely post.Awesome! Congratulations!!! What a lovely post.Colene Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086195075690893194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-10476565871087338602011-02-07T23:11:12.431-05:002011-02-07T23:11:12.431-05:00Laurel, both the poem and this post are lovely.
A...Laurel, both the poem and this post are lovely.<br /><br />And, yes, I have, at times, found extraordinary beauty in the broken and decayed.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-24279479428609689422011-02-07T16:57:24.026-05:002011-02-07T16:57:24.026-05:00Congratulations! I'll try and check it out......Congratulations! I'll try and check it out....Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437609223315998861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-75626515200311263492011-02-07T15:04:28.018-05:002011-02-07T15:04:28.018-05:00It's been a while since I've visited. Your...It's been a while since I've visited. Your poem on Angela's blog was so beautiful!<br /><br />And I agree-truth is beautiful, and poetry and writing have helped me discover that.Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-35705458939978610452011-02-07T14:52:35.417-05:002011-02-07T14:52:35.417-05:00oh, congratulations!!! I'll be heading that wa...oh, congratulations!!! I'll be heading that way shortly. As for authors who've inspired me, there are so many! I'm even inspired by the not so grat ones... in a sort of backwards way. ;p <3LTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239077455322030275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-36683347489761765492011-02-07T14:45:44.526-05:002011-02-07T14:45:44.526-05:00I'll head on over!I'll head on over!Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-48529798572439597842011-02-07T14:44:16.404-05:002011-02-07T14:44:16.404-05:00What a beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing it. Aft...What a beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing it. After I read Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, I felt it was a total game-changer for me. I thought, here is someone writing stories about people. That's it. Nothing fancy. But it's simplicity is astonishing.Melissa Sarnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215683401795724259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-90955898189906844662011-02-07T13:28:58.414-05:002011-02-07T13:28:58.414-05:00Nisa: Hey! I've missed seeing you in the blogo...Nisa: Hey! I've missed seeing you in the blogosphere. Genre-bending books excite me, too. <br /><br />Angela: It was part of a trippy dream sequence I cut from the novel that I suspected would work better as a stand-alone poem. Thanks for "nudge"--in the form of your contest--to try it out as such.<br /><br />Karen: Thanks so much. Indeed Harper Lee was a game changer for American literature as a whole.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-77745256106089988622011-02-07T13:22:54.117-05:002011-02-07T13:22:54.117-05:00Angie: hey poet-friend! thanks for visiting my blo...Angie: hey poet-friend! thanks for visiting my blog! I know what you mean about hospital visits overwhelming us with beautiful truths. Places of vulnerability and need always strike me. Heck, I've written a piece about roadkill once. Stray dog. Heartbreaking.<br /><br />Kittie: Thanks so much. It can indeed sometimes take years for the haunting images of a scenario to gel into an epiphany of some sort. <br /><br />My prof was awesome, especially since this was a conservative Christian college! Howl isn't exactly G-rated material. How he didn't get in trouble with the administration, I'll never know. :-)Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-42519676598503536892011-02-07T12:59:32.839-05:002011-02-07T12:59:32.839-05:00Congrats, Laurel! Will hop over there and check it...Congrats, Laurel! Will hop over there and check it out. <br /><br />I'm with Angie, Harper Lee was one who made me think, way back when I was in high school.<br /><br />Have a good week,<br />KarenKaren Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-81814220008963316352011-02-07T12:46:05.915-05:002011-02-07T12:46:05.915-05:00Awesome Laurel. I love getting some back story on ...Awesome Laurel. I love getting some back story on that beautiful poem.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399082789777816445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-64060302749003351292011-02-07T12:19:23.116-05:002011-02-07T12:19:23.116-05:00Tamora Pierce's latest series changed the way ...Tamora Pierce's latest series changed the way I looked at fantasy. I love the elements of mystery she wove into it. <br /><br />Poetry says so much with so little. I do love poetry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08616276555920544920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-72802875384803534902011-02-07T10:21:40.839-05:002011-02-07T10:21:40.839-05:00Powerful! Your deep sensitivity flows like a beau...Powerful! Your deep sensitivity flows like a beautiful stream through the lines. Yes, "truth is beautiful, no matter where you find it." (As Angie commented above.) It's sometimes difficult to see what lies behind the moment, what's waiting to be abstracted into life. Big applause for your professor, someone who took the time to encourage you to find your voice.Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-70820077397691720712011-02-07T09:33:22.607-05:002011-02-07T09:33:22.607-05:00Great post. Love that you had a motivating profess...Great post. Love that you had a motivating professor who broadened poetry's appeal! This is powerful: "...truth is beautiful, no matter where you find it." <br /><br />My authors are Harper Lee, Hemingway & friend Kathryn Magendie (whose writing is lyrical and haunting). And, yes, found many beautiful truths taking my mom and a dear friend for chemo/radiation treatments.Angie Ledbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407006980893727627noreply@blogger.com