tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post2402643911145291450..comments2024-01-11T10:08:36.567-05:00Comments on Of Verse, Poesy & Odes : LIfe's BloodMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-11692331983211500622019-03-04T16:58:53.164-05:002019-03-04T16:58:53.164-05:00Lovely, Ireland is a place I'd like to visitLovely, Ireland is a place I'd like to visitKBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621937316200868307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-39690941305018080512019-02-26T20:32:43.949-05:002019-02-26T20:32:43.949-05:00Love that last stanza Margaret. You created a won...Love that last stanza Margaret. You created a wonderful story from this photo.purplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-47740012562282022972019-02-26T19:09:31.104-05:002019-02-26T19:09:31.104-05:00Oh, I love the thought of infusing ancestors from ...Oh, I love the thought of infusing ancestors from the vine..Beautiful work!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-7196014457435275162019-02-26T17:31:42.281-05:002019-02-26T17:31:42.281-05:00The last stanza is beautiful
"the reds of au...The last stanza is beautiful<br /><br />"the reds of autumn,<br />which flushed my cheeks and spirit,<br />I've absorbed and my veins seek<br />another infusion of my ancestors<br />from this venerable, climbing vine."<br /><br />absorbing the blood seeking my ancestry.... LOVE IT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-71910303588736412812019-02-26T10:48:06.824-05:002019-02-26T10:48:06.824-05:00I luv that humbling opener. When the think of age ...I luv that humbling opener. When the think of age and aging, we do need to thknk back to those who had been there long before us.<br />Happy you dropped by my sumie Sunday<br /><br />Much😊loveGillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-56583094691612245622019-02-26T08:30:35.860-05:002019-02-26T08:30:35.860-05:00wonderful, lush imagery of a place that seems to h...wonderful, lush imagery of a place that seems to have stopped in time.<br />having lived in the city most of my life, it is so refreshing to read your poem.dsnake1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08724264906690080704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-9032391971413387182019-02-26T01:46:23.077-05:002019-02-26T01:46:23.077-05:00colonized with ivy... splendid imagery!colonized with ivy... splendid imagery!Thotpurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729170517164200003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-67704744101070977442019-02-25T18:01:20.173-05:002019-02-25T18:01:20.173-05:00A Quantum of Solace perhaps?A Quantum of Solace perhaps?Whitesnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681488364720396274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-84438402490261877312019-02-25T15:14:09.945-05:002019-02-25T15:14:09.945-05:00I love the way you find solace in the wall... it m...I love the way you find solace in the wall... it made me think of that first sun when you lean against a warm wall and just face the sun.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-78667017390229487772019-02-25T12:02:52.246-05:002019-02-25T12:02:52.246-05:00Such gorgeous imagery in this poem, Margaret! &quo...Such gorgeous imagery in this poem, Margaret! "the reds of autumn,<br />which flushed my cheeks and spirit,"... wow!!Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-27473609200434964732019-02-25T03:03:15.069-05:002019-02-25T03:03:15.069-05:00Thank you for the ramble along the stone wall, Mar...Thank you for the ramble along the stone wall, Margaret. Having lived in Ireland back in the eighties, I have an affinity for stone walls and the plants and creatures that live in and by them. These lines in particular took my breath away:<br />‘harbingers of light in the yawning days ahead’<br />and<br />‘…I bury myself<br />against noble wall, colonized with ivy<br />(a mad, victorious battle won long ago),<br />soak in the deep greens of February’.<br />Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-86065017356532051252019-02-25T02:27:17.058-05:002019-02-25T02:27:17.058-05:00How gorgeous! I love the way you paint the scene, ...How gorgeous! I love the way you paint the scene, detail by detail, and then put yourself in it too.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-78134772703354579472019-02-24T20:04:59.888-05:002019-02-24T20:04:59.888-05:00Love all the beautiful imagery in this poem Margar...Love all the beautiful imagery in this poem Margaret! I especially love the line, "harbingers of light in the yawning days ahead" Simply gorgeous writing!!Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-46815018488438642212019-02-24T19:25:50.842-05:002019-02-24T19:25:50.842-05:00Like the link with the ancestors. They are always ...Like the link with the ancestors. They are always lurking about in the background somewhere:)rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-13196085605635380132019-02-24T18:21:31.112-05:002019-02-24T18:21:31.112-05:00Very evocative writing. I like the imagery in thi...Very evocative writing. I like the imagery in this poem.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-37802505033691417152019-02-24T15:30:43.855-05:002019-02-24T15:30:43.855-05:00This is a lovely piece … wonderfully rendered and ...This is a lovely piece … wonderfully rendered and splendiferous to read. <br /><br />Your blog looks awesome and intriguing. I shall have to revisit it when I have more time to linger.Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-3970847697679124942019-02-24T15:25:28.118-05:002019-02-24T15:25:28.118-05:00Wonderful write, I loved the last stanza.Wonderful write, I loved the last stanza.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672155500954306779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-42821308698995854862019-02-24T14:12:00.933-05:002019-02-24T14:12:00.933-05:00This is so lush with imagery, Margaret, just a bea...This is so lush with imagery, Margaret, just a beautiful write. I love the gathering of rushes, and the taking of candles to be blessed. While I read, I inhabited another time. Just lovely.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-6293470498257090902019-02-24T14:00:44.937-05:002019-02-24T14:00:44.937-05:00Ireland in shades of red instead of green. I like ...Ireland in shades of red instead of green. I like tbis different POV.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.com