tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post5482371707562374874..comments2024-02-17T08:14:14.308-06:00Comments on imaginary garden with real toads: Open Link MondaySherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-80613852743868431982014-05-05T06:05:00.227-05:002014-05-05T06:05:00.227-05:00Hi Kerry ~~ Not an expert here by any means but I ...Hi Kerry ~~ Not an expert here by any means but I support this. My poetry idol is Ted Kooser, 13th Poet Laureate of the United States, and he basically agrees. <br />My favorite of his advice is that if you wish to be read then write to your reading audience, i.e. keep them in mind while writing.<br />..<br />p.s. We have made it to London but I won't have time to post today. We are headed to Little Venice (on the canal) for a boat festival.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-74253691313633803152014-04-29T12:51:37.411-05:002014-04-29T12:51:37.411-05:00To Kerry O'Connor, thanks for telling me! I wi...To Kerry O'Connor, thanks for telling me! I will visit more work during the week including yours!<br /><br />To Toads, thanks for your warm welcome! I have a few friends who don't have Google accounts so they use the Contact Me at the bottom of my blog and I get comments that way too. It's up to you! Thanks again for the warm welcome and I promise not all my poems are like this!Bekkie Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300001421561443693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-72292524311428474022014-04-28T21:01:53.832-05:002014-04-28T21:01:53.832-05:00Thank you, Kerry. The Rilke is wonderful and I ag...Thank you, Kerry. The Rilke is wonderful and I agree with it totally. That said, you have helped so much with my writing this month--looking to you and all of the wonderful prompts and encouragement you have arranged. So thanks very very much. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-67218248632461116132014-04-28T17:30:09.744-05:002014-04-28T17:30:09.744-05:00…I have a couple of hours I think free tonight to ...…I have a couple of hours I think free tonight to catch up on this week's commenting. Our house is on the market and have had a few showings… which means utter chaos with cleaning, getting the animals out of the house, etc. No one interested yet, though. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-68399911996175123942014-04-28T16:37:54.709-05:002014-04-28T16:37:54.709-05:00Susie, I have yet to write my poem for Margaret...Susie, I have yet to write my poem for Margaret's challenge, but as soon as I do, I'm going back to read all the others. Hopefully tomorrow will be the day it takes shape.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-63516796430441168902014-04-28T14:56:34.472-05:002014-04-28T14:56:34.472-05:00Hi Bekkie, Sorry I couldn't leave a comment on...Hi Bekkie, Sorry I couldn't leave a comment on your post because I don't sign in with Google+ but I found your poem and experience very well-expressed though sad to read.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-3270349293363542592014-04-28T14:44:08.597-05:002014-04-28T14:44:08.597-05:00What valuable lessons within this letter...thank y...What valuable lessons within this letter...thank you Kerry, it certainly resonates. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-78560896473209942662014-04-28T14:31:12.786-05:002014-04-28T14:31:12.786-05:00Some fantastic reading in here this morning, kids....Some fantastic reading in here this morning, kids. Thank you! Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-39528428520370104732014-04-28T13:53:07.290-05:002014-04-28T13:53:07.290-05:00And, for what it's worth, I've always felt...And, for what it's worth, I've always felt that Rilke was speaking to himself in these letters at least as much as he was to the addressee. <br /><br />I'm happy to join the pond today, and thanks all for being here.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-45618985729730676762014-04-28T12:02:10.744-05:002014-04-28T12:02:10.744-05:00Excellent quote. Good week to all ~Excellent quote. Good week to all ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-86822025764477326762014-04-28T11:59:34.408-05:002014-04-28T11:59:34.408-05:00I wrote with you once before but lost track. I am ...I wrote with you once before but lost track. I am back. I write with Magpie Tales each Sunday and your Monday write looks like more of the same fun and support I get at Mag. This week's poem is very personal like another poem I've read this week of Susie Cleaver. Glad to be back!Bekkie Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300001421561443693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-91459276729669661552014-04-28T11:59:33.791-05:002014-04-28T11:59:33.791-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bekkie Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300001421561443693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-62890133613476484262014-04-28T11:42:21.969-05:002014-04-28T11:42:21.969-05:00Thanks so much for sharing this quote Kerry. I wri...Thanks so much for sharing this quote Kerry. I write because I must. It shines light into my shadows and lets me be light when my words are their brightest. I feel so blessed to be here in the garden. I can't really put into words what it means to me and my writing.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-42877466374545691182014-04-28T08:19:55.794-05:002014-04-28T08:19:55.794-05:00Love it and thank you, Kerry. I'm pleased to h...Love it and thank you, Kerry. I'm pleased to have something to share this Monday, as my focus has been elsewhere of late. With any luck, things are changing direction for me which will mean more writing. Because yes, I must write. Good morning and have a wonderful week, friends.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-27669762700523445852014-04-28T07:15:34.066-05:002014-04-28T07:15:34.066-05:00Thank you so much for the inspiration, Kerry! I re...Thank you so much for the inspiration, Kerry! I read Rilke last summer! Real treat! My Sunday poem for Sunday Whirl here today. Happy week to All! :)xxhumbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106270909713851811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-63160641765489331822014-04-28T07:14:19.722-05:002014-04-28T07:14:19.722-05:00Hi Kerry ~~ I'm glad you made the challenge. ...Hi Kerry ~~ I'm glad you made the challenge. I didn't dare try as we are on the road. It was a challenge to write and post this one, we are docked at Cork, <br />Ireland at the moment.<br />Just a tale of yesterday's good fortune for those who care to read it.<br />Thank you once more, Jim<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-14951048757566405312014-04-28T03:22:00.657-05:002014-04-28T03:22:00.657-05:00Thanks Kerry -- like many, I too have so resonated...Thanks Kerry -- like many, I too have so resonated with Rilke's Letters, so much so that verse letters -- to a dead Shaman, to my dead brother, to abandoned loves and the deep dead -- have become a trusty scythe in the bardic barn. <br /><br />I've always been so moved and vastly troubled what follows in the letter you quote: <br /><br />"Dig deep into yourself for a true answer. And if it should ring its assent, if you can confidently meet this serious question with a simple, 'I must,' then build your life upon it. It has become your necessity. Your life, in even the most mundane and least significant hour, must become a sign, a testimony to this urge ... " <br /><br />Rilke was perhaps the only poet EVER to entirely exist upon his writing of poems -- never taught, had any day job, nothing but writing poems. Few can live even close to his example. A god? Perhaps, but certainly a bell on Sunday ever reminding us of this love, this task, this burden inconsequential to everything else a human exists for. Who else can we address such things to except the poets in each of ut, and the ancient one deep down inside who bid us Write?<br /><br />Anyhoo, thanks Kerry for the great lead and for your next Blakean ode. Headed there now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-82180533382340280012014-04-28T02:55:38.486-05:002014-04-28T02:55:38.486-05:00My final chapter in the Blake series I began at th...My final chapter in the Blake series I began at the beginning of April. I feel it has come full circle now. Many thanks to those who have already read it and left your most valuable comments.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-26435507052104237352014-04-28T01:55:31.854-05:002014-04-28T01:55:31.854-05:00Hey Kerry and all! Excited to see a section of &q...Hey Kerry and all! Excited to see a section of "Letters to a Young Poet" here. I have given copies of this book to all my friends! Today I am posting a little piece from yesterday's challenge. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-30741762740638636452014-04-28T01:34:32.594-05:002014-04-28T01:34:32.594-05:00To be honest I'd never read this letter before...To be honest I'd never read this letter before (and very little Rilke at all), but it set off a whole train of thoughts in my head. Thank you so much for this inspiration, and thank you to all Toads for the amazing work you do keeping this garden so creative and welcoming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-48339302721319685412014-04-28T00:20:17.227-05:002014-04-28T00:20:17.227-05:00A passage from Rilke I've always felt very clo...A passage from Rilke I've always felt very close to, Kerry. If you aren't writing for the sake of it, because the alternative is silence,you are not looking in the right place. A very heartfelt thanks for all the inspiration this month, and all the support from everyone here at the Garden.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com