tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post8983539368758259581..comments2024-02-17T08:14:14.308-06:00Comments on imaginary garden with real toads: The end :: Izy and Kenia - In TandemSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-74068756753227514512012-08-03T23:13:37.112-05:002012-08-03T23:13:37.112-05:00What in the world is ours to keep?
And the open...What in the world is ours to keep? <br /><br />And the opening line grabs me too! The humor is really quite ingenious as it plays off the all to real possibility of such an end happening! This is original and just perfect for a grand finaleMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-82599661572874672162012-08-02T21:28:53.903-05:002012-08-02T21:28:53.903-05:00I love this you two!!! "Love Your Doomsday,&q...I love this you two!!! "Love Your Doomsday," is a brilliant title!!! <br /><br />The poem is very uniquely written and I love the profound message held in the end...very well done!!<br /><br />Super idea to post these poems around...I really like the fence one,with the shadow of the fence through the paper!! They are all spectacular images. What an awesome idea!!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-74014462738502937452012-08-01T21:21:27.357-05:002012-08-01T21:21:27.357-05:00Wow! You two were so ambitious and original and yo...Wow! You two were so ambitious and original and you rocked this collaboration! I almost missed it cos this week has been demanding at work, but I am so glad stopped in tonight. Best collaboration evah!Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-47048457718696642472012-07-31T23:25:09.247-05:002012-07-31T23:25:09.247-05:00I love the idea and what you two did when your min...I love the idea and what you two did when your minds blended your thoughts~ Memories is what we have left... I love all the unique places and how you both stretched your wings! :DEllahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-55502233137217912892012-07-31T18:09:33.792-05:002012-07-31T18:09:33.792-05:00Thanks for wonderful comments all. I bow here to ...Thanks for wonderful comments all. I bow here to kenia who made this so an inspirational and awesome collaboration. I left stacks of this poem at rest stops on my way to des Moines, however my camera has been stolen. I will recreate my poetry intervention on the nice cage when I am able. Again, Props to my partner in crime who brought such a stunningly optimistic and yet realistic voice to this pieceIsadora Gruyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036782300945079952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-90145808439431759422012-07-31T15:52:50.058-05:002012-07-31T15:52:50.058-05:00This flows so smoothly, it is hard to believe two ...This flows so smoothly, it is hard to believe two creators worked in tandem. Excellent poem, with all the stuff that is stocked by actual people I know (add toilet paper).Sara McNultyhttp://purplepeninportland.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-59250143021124812282012-07-31T14:34:51.529-05:002012-07-31T14:34:51.529-05:00interesting and fun!!interesting and fun!!Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-50405413405311304712012-07-31T14:20:19.015-05:002012-07-31T14:20:19.015-05:00I agree with Corey. It made me think of bomb shelt...I agree with Corey. It made me think of bomb shelters, too.<br />I know there are people who do this, stockpile foods and other goods for the end of the world, as if they alone will be left alive, while the lilies of the field will perish.<br />It could have been such a sad poem, but it has a wonderful lighthearted lilt to it. I love it.<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-33558603148060247282012-07-31T12:28:28.578-05:002012-07-31T12:28:28.578-05:00This like the olympic synchronized poetry event......This like the olympic synchronized poetry event....how can you top being one of the best poets that I know...stack another on top and force them to write a masterpiece. This had a 50's bomb shelter feel to it, Red scares and nuclear fall out. The backbone to a good movie really. Smart and smooth, loved it. Great job you two.Herotomosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486093602914824276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-52231609656585211022012-07-31T10:36:07.623-05:002012-07-31T10:36:07.623-05:00What a great seamless collaboration. In a way it w...What a great seamless collaboration. In a way it was my childhood except for my father didn't drink beer. Mom would rattle on about the worst of life and my dad buried himself in the paper. Again great piece!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-3645153756434403552012-07-31T10:29:49.745-05:002012-07-31T10:29:49.745-05:00What an AWESOME idea: love your doomsday!!!! I wis...What an AWESOME idea: love your doomsday!!!! I wish that was a general prompt. Maybe it could be? This is so wonderfully executed, and the constant voice is seamless. Brilliant collaboration in every possible way and I love that you are leaving it places. Way cool!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-91785642695851071632012-07-31T09:29:33.059-05:002012-07-31T09:29:33.059-05:00I just love this... what a great apocalyptic way ...I just love this... what a great apocalyptic way to end the month. I especially like the pinning of your poem in all the different places.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-52308231217783480852012-07-31T09:28:28.486-05:002012-07-31T09:28:28.486-05:00Really well done - great collaboration, and wonder...Really well done - great collaboration, and wonderful poem as a result. k.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-51581715957206316252012-07-31T08:50:41.639-05:002012-07-31T08:50:41.639-05:00Oh, this is beyond cool!Oh, this is beyond cool!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-91514889002202103492012-07-31T08:38:34.379-05:002012-07-31T08:38:34.379-05:00I'm also clapping for the same reasons as Kerr...I'm also clapping for the same reasons as Kerry. She put it so well as to how this piece affected me and the active participation on pinning the message on bushes and trees and signs, etc. <br /><br /><br />Thank you Izy and KeniaMarcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-68658343312754064802012-07-31T08:10:55.436-05:002012-07-31T08:10:55.436-05:00I'm clapping my hands way over here and cheeri...I'm clapping my hands way over here and cheering for this bold pair of poets, intrepid enough to face doonsday with spirit and resilience. Despite the poem having been written by two people, the voice is so constant. I love how it is presented from the child's perspective (perhaps a young adult), who sees both Mom and Dad's differing responses, and what exists between, and out there, in the scary place where the world is becoming unseamed. This is so pertinent to our times, and I hope your words have impacted on those fortunate enough to see them pinned to bushes or stuck on street signs.<br />Altogether so cool... a brilliant conclusion to our Toads in Tandem features.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-69051649089083840272012-07-31T07:38:51.477-05:002012-07-31T07:38:51.477-05:00That is exactly right! I love the few words in eac...That is exactly right! I love the few words in each stanza which establish different points of view in this story for Mom, Dad, family, self, especially these lines that are almost our present, making the possibility more real: <br />"the foulness of the hot wind which clawed<br />and banged at the shuttered windows without end,<br />the dimness of noon which grew only dimmer,<br />and the smoke that rose from the ground"<br /><br />Have you ever read "Armageddon Summer" by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville? That is a Young Adult novel which explores similar dynamics.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-56191673848328118842012-07-31T02:45:49.398-05:002012-07-31T02:45:49.398-05:00I so have those shelves full of mushroom soup!--I ...I so have those shelves full of mushroom soup!--I just wish I had a gun safe for my albums. I love the whole concept here--so very well delineated in the ending lines--what do we truly have?--only what we make of each moment. A seamless collaboration, and a fine (also fun)poem.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com