tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post1676653895182033596..comments2024-01-11T10:08:36.567-05:00Comments on Of Verse, Poesy & Odes : IGWRT Sunday Challenge - "Reservoir of Strength"Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-39968120029413362732012-02-20T02:45:38.807-05:002012-02-20T02:45:38.807-05:00Well done. It's hard to believe you wrote it ...Well done. It's hard to believe you wrote it that fast. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/" rel="nofollow">Madeleine Begun Kane</a>Madeleine Begun Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290268300271622956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-69861326573481537182012-02-19T22:45:43.295-05:002012-02-19T22:45:43.295-05:00What a wonderful quick write. That reservoir cert...What a wonderful quick write. That reservoir certainly does need to stay strong in our mind's eye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-68997042570396897782012-02-19T18:32:55.345-05:002012-02-19T18:32:55.345-05:00Another gorgeous write. You capture the aura of th...Another gorgeous write. You capture the aura of the tenderness perfectly! Oh so many great lines, but I loved this one esp. 'obscure dreams reshaping in endless cerulean-blue.'<br /><br />Thank-you. This is the photo that I kept returning to as well.Janet Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-7542923596272272682012-02-19T18:28:19.299-05:002012-02-19T18:28:19.299-05:00This sweet potpourri of hope I often scoop up...I ...This sweet potpourri of hope I often scoop up...I love this line. What a beautiful poem.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-23118957673392836742012-02-19T18:08:27.919-05:002012-02-19T18:08:27.919-05:00Lovely, I also think for something hastily written...Lovely, I also think for something hastily written up it is an excellent write.<br />I loved this line:<br />'This sweet potpourri of hope I often scoop up'Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139175719967937843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-81130606316176216082012-02-19T15:40:54.332-05:002012-02-19T15:40:54.332-05:00Hastily written?! Margaret, this is absolutely be...Hastily written?! Margaret, this is absolutely beautiful, and it took me back again to grandma's house in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She'd be honored by this, too. I thank you from the bottom of my heart (really!) for the sweet nostalgia prompted by my photo. It means so much.Mary Ann Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10859843676283396203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-72452871686503906152012-02-19T14:59:16.061-05:002012-02-19T14:59:16.061-05:00Wonderful ending to this poem. I doubt your reser...Wonderful ending to this poem. I doubt your reservoir will EVER run dry.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-68911931747545380662012-02-19T14:49:46.240-05:002012-02-19T14:49:46.240-05:00Such a wonderful mood of reminiscence. I love the ...Such a wonderful mood of reminiscence. I love the 3-line bridging stanza - it really tapped into the emotions.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-72070897923325025552012-02-19T13:56:45.999-05:002012-02-19T13:56:45.999-05:00I so enjoyed this, took me back to my own grandmot...I so enjoyed this, took me back to my own grandmothers house...and what really got to me was "This sweet potpourri of hope I often scoop up,<br />splash upon face, shoulders, mind, inhale the dreams<br />of childhood long ago", that is so beautiful and so right on the mark!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339861568095648652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-18359626569363048902012-02-19T13:06:07.895-05:002012-02-19T13:06:07.895-05:00I too like the book at an odd angle line. Coming b...I too like the book at an odd angle line. Coming back, everything always seems so much smaller than when you were a child. Gret writing...loved it.Herotomosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486093602914824276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-87030920347531834642012-02-19T12:49:21.035-05:002012-02-19T12:49:21.035-05:00I hope your reservoir never runs dry, Margaret, be...I hope your reservoir never runs dry, Margaret, because it is full of wonderful creativity.<br />This poem could have been about my youth, too. The tree, the book, the dreams...so perfect.<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-41372399786546545092012-02-19T12:08:42.406-05:002012-02-19T12:08:42.406-05:00Margaret I love this poem and definitely your phot...Margaret I love this poem and definitely your photo also! Really speaks to me of how powerful these sweet remembrances are!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08282631333469688624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-34297621509896248702012-02-19T12:05:47.329-05:002012-02-19T12:05:47.329-05:00p.s. I love your "reservoir of strength"...p.s. I love your "reservoir of strength" very much!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-42387848472231748512012-02-19T12:05:20.927-05:002012-02-19T12:05:20.927-05:00Oh this poem took me right back to my grandma'...Oh this poem took me right back to my grandma's yard, where my childhood found its safety. This was a beautiful read, reminded me of summer days reading in the hammock.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-52938302509272027472012-02-19T11:22:47.437-05:002012-02-19T11:22:47.437-05:00The book, at its odd angle, made this for me. It b...The book, at its odd angle, made this for me. It brought the whole scene alive for me, somehow.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-18251581185245189242012-02-19T11:17:51.185-05:002012-02-19T11:17:51.185-05:00i love the last paragraph. so true...i love the last paragraph. so true...TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.com