tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post6096522148380486544..comments2024-02-17T08:14:14.308-06:00Comments on imaginary garden with real toads: Kenia's Wednesday ChallengeSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-52395325898618165202012-07-18T12:46:10.359-05:002012-07-18T12:46:10.359-05:00loved hilst.
mine is late, and doesn't really...loved hilst. <br />mine is late, and doesn't really follow the rules. <br /><br />alas.shawnacyhttp://shawnacykiker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-69443948645853705682012-07-13T23:36:39.589-05:002012-07-13T23:36:39.589-05:00I really think this was an awesome idea! ...but I...I really think this was an awesome idea! ...but I am running behind and am packing for SUMMER VACATION! So, I will have to not participate in this prompt. I will try and swing 'round, though, and read all the ones who did early next week when I'm chillaxin' at the beach :)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-3928150052725833892012-07-13T00:41:28.124-05:002012-07-13T00:41:28.124-05:00Hilda, what a dynamic, inspiring person! Of cours...Hilda, what a dynamic, inspiring person! Of course they Mary Magdalened her during her life... men are often threatened by outspoken women, and they controlled the press, etc...<br /><br />I am proud to have my 500th post be at your blog. Thanks so much for all the opportunities! Amy<br />http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/07/13/twofer-serenity-leaders-and-bleeders/Sharp Little Pencilhttp://sharplittlepencil.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-27015137465399743862012-07-12T20:27:38.030-05:002012-07-12T20:27:38.030-05:00I may have my part 1-6 of the 7-10 about water sca...I may have my part 1-6 of the 7-10 about water scarcity (and now also growing up)! I am pretty excited!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-84667263888694989842012-07-12T17:35:30.191-05:002012-07-12T17:35:30.191-05:00I'm still caught somewhere in the stars from m...I'm still caught somewhere in the stars from my last poem, so my poem for this challenge continues some of those images. I loved reading this poet's work, Kenia. Thanks for the inspiration!Mary Ann Potterhttp://www.fromthestarcatcher.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-2539908911807898732012-07-12T09:47:38.728-05:002012-07-12T09:47:38.728-05:00Hi Kenia - good luck in Sao Paulo - I traveled thr...Hi Kenia - good luck in Sao Paulo - I traveled through there once on the way to Rio Preto - I just remember grey buildings! - I was super sick that day, and so so happy to get to the countryside. <br /><br />I don't know if my poem fits the bill - it is not political, but is about disagreement, irregularity of a sort. Thanks much. k.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-74087447786346201582012-07-11T22:19:48.442-05:002012-07-11T22:19:48.442-05:00Yeah...um when you said "local problem,"...Yeah...um when you said "local problem," Kenia this is where my poem sprang (sprung?) from...very local...backyard in fact! Ha ha! Hope it meets the challenge, if not it was a good vent! <br /><br />Thank you for introducing us to Hilda, too!! <br />:)'sHannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-36780962829537639492012-07-11T18:05:11.301-05:002012-07-11T18:05:11.301-05:00Undoubtedly, I wouldn't have written this if n...Undoubtedly, I wouldn't have written this if not for this prompt. <br /><br />Thanks, Kenia!<br /><br />I'll come back in the morning to reply to the poems submitted. It's almost 4:30 am at my place. <br /><br />Have a great day, everyone. :)Vaishali Jainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05534545110306124811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-59220584686544493682012-07-11T16:08:16.502-05:002012-07-11T16:08:16.502-05:00I'm sure mine is not at all what you had in mi...I'm sure mine is not at all what you had in mind.flipside recordshttp://flipsiderecords.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-74987711959304195572012-07-11T15:41:32.422-05:002012-07-11T15:41:32.422-05:00Unbelievable work:
"I come from your roots, ...Unbelievable work:<br /><br />"I come from your roots, breaths of you,<br />And I love you tiredly now, blood, wine<br />Unreal cups corroded by time."<br /><br />"I love you small like one who wants MORE"<br /><br />"Brother of my moment"<br /><br />"Because such perfect forms of beauty<br />Spring from the glare of shadows"<br /><br />"And may I<br />Shrink before so many weaknesses. Small and soft<br />Like spiders and ants."<br /><br />~Shawnaflipside recordshttp://flipsiderecords.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-51257448994632319652012-07-11T11:45:06.009-05:002012-07-11T11:45:06.009-05:00First? or Not? here is a new kind of poem for me...First? or Not? here is a new kind of poem for me in response to your fine challenge, Kenia. I am moved by Hilda Hilst's poetry, by this glorious day, by the glass of tap water in my hand, and by mingling in the garden with other toads.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-14993879652638673022012-07-11T09:49:13.721-05:002012-07-11T09:49:13.721-05:00What a sublime poet. Thanks for the introduction t...What a sublime poet. Thanks for the introduction to a woman of such gift and character. Her poetry indeed seems like something attached to an infinite ongoing mystery.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-42374091377681670922012-07-11T08:37:13.198-05:002012-07-11T08:37:13.198-05:00Startling new expressions to me--and gorgeous musi...Startling new expressions to me--and gorgeous music. Thank you.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-4838107970677371972012-07-11T07:56:00.965-05:002012-07-11T07:56:00.965-05:00Wonderful prompt. Enjoy your trip.Wonderful prompt. Enjoy your trip.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-19513281074331843142012-07-11T06:48:42.466-05:002012-07-11T06:48:42.466-05:00Huh! What is taboo today? I'm putting my thi...Huh! What is taboo today? I'm putting my thinking cap on...Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-40828052495474151632012-07-11T03:01:45.681-05:002012-07-11T03:01:45.681-05:00I just love the forthright style in which she expr...I just love the forthright style in which she expresses herself. Perhaps that is due in part to the translation but it strikes me as sparse, direct and true. That you for gifting us with another wonderful poet and her world.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.com