tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post5940435833254469844..comments2024-01-11T10:08:36.567-05:00Comments on Of Verse, Poesy & Odes : "Outside my Window" & "Wild Geese Take Flight"Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-35295787757423223422013-10-23T15:42:43.506-04:002013-10-23T15:42:43.506-04:00What a slight change in light can do to a tree! A...What a slight change in light can do to a tree! And we are compared to trees in the scriptures ~ Are we absorbing the right amount & type of saintly light? Wonderment is so elusive to me but, a child's smile, to me, holds the power of reaching eternity ~ Faithfully Debbie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-29486255735344159372013-10-22T21:56:41.417-04:002013-10-22T21:56:41.417-04:00Beautiful! I love the highlight of youth at the en...Beautiful! I love the highlight of youth at the end! We still can release our inner child-but it gets more n' more difficult~ Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-698681967534446342013-10-22T21:55:54.453-04:002013-10-22T21:55:54.453-04:00I love your first with your original ending especi...I love your first with your original ending especially, Margaret! Often times I think about what it would be like to be a tree... ♥Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-60517191627413409132013-10-22T20:53:54.915-04:002013-10-22T20:53:54.915-04:00A unique combination of nature and life's gold...A unique combination of nature and life's golden seasonSusie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-2540827696988141522013-10-22T18:11:52.596-04:002013-10-22T18:11:52.596-04:00Oh dear! These are lovely but the sense of aging ...Oh dear! These are lovely but the sense of aging too palpable for me! Well done. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-11342736325970008692013-10-22T12:21:54.883-04:002013-10-22T12:21:54.883-04:00I so enjoyed both endings to your Tree, Margaret. ...I so enjoyed both endings to your Tree, Margaret. And I am nothing less than melancholy over our inevitable loss of childish laughter. Life never tastes the same when that wonderful jewel leaves us... Truly beautiful and soul touching thoughts...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-34698804214178301222013-10-22T09:56:16.198-04:002013-10-22T09:56:16.198-04:00These are exceptional pieces, Margaret. Your theme...These are exceptional pieces, Margaret. Your theme of growing older is so gracefully woven into your imagery - so subtle yet deeply felt.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-62062943897246307282013-10-22T08:40:27.357-04:002013-10-22T08:40:27.357-04:00Always see those golden colors & hear the chil...Always see those golden colors & hear the children laughter ~ Lovely tanka dear ~ Thanks for the process notes as well ~<br /><br />Happy Tuesday~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-87947473633424769722013-10-22T05:25:05.621-04:002013-10-22T05:25:05.621-04:00To become rooted another season long after my rend...To become rooted another season long after my rendered crop of sap to maple syrup<br /><br />What laughter my song birds<br />in my branches as I sprout<br />thousand winged seeds<br />their trumpets to fade far<br />most fail some share your sweet light<br /><br />The empty swings sleepy calm point down in formation, shadows left on autumn twlight.L. Edgar Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525169618204198073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-70835054957331133192013-10-22T05:23:33.450-04:002013-10-22T05:23:33.450-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.L. Edgar Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525169618204198073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-40451342469877108622013-10-22T00:15:57.655-04:002013-10-22T00:15:57.655-04:00I don't care about form; it's the poem its...I don't care about form; it's the poem itself, the meaning that makes the difference for me.<br /><br />"Sainted with gold," rather than "painted," such a lovely choice of phrase. The image of that tree, hey, I wouldn't mind being that either.<br /><br />Both tanka resonate. Thanks so much for a graceful post, Margaret. AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-86089393901996069382013-10-21T22:56:39.272-04:002013-10-21T22:56:39.272-04:00Your poems are wonderful, and I love that picture ...Your poems are wonderful, and I love that picture of the tree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-83748218976071212262013-10-21T22:51:00.692-04:002013-10-21T22:51:00.692-04:00dont let that child light grow too dim...you know....dont let that child light grow too dim...you know...smiles.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-42366593355117013912013-10-21T21:38:35.001-04:002013-10-21T21:38:35.001-04:00These made me a bit melancholy, but perhaps that&#...These made me a bit melancholy, but perhaps that's because autumn brings it out in me! Just lovely!Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-17290017528519903852013-10-21T19:46:48.454-04:002013-10-21T19:46:48.454-04:00I loved the maple tree wishI loved the maple tree wishcosmos camihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558327124451076957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-29241105024389283042013-10-21T19:42:13.129-04:002013-10-21T19:42:13.129-04:00Those photographs are amazing. I wouldn't mind...Those photographs are amazing. I wouldn't mind being a maple tree, either!<br /><br />PS--I'm glad you liked my extraordinarily long non-tanka tanka lol. Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-54273398846975918662013-10-21T18:26:53.591-04:002013-10-21T18:26:53.591-04:00Such lovely words, images ... making me wish I was...Such lovely words, images ... making me wish I was a maple tree as well.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-55194807858709807722013-10-21T15:35:52.143-04:002013-10-21T15:35:52.143-04:00Both are beautiful Margaret... the first poem reso...Both are beautiful Margaret... the first poem resonated a bit more for me today... not sure why. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-59809636812042812122013-10-21T15:27:10.814-04:002013-10-21T15:27:10.814-04:00were you a maple, odd men with beards would come t...were you a maple, odd men with beards would come to take your sap, or carve initials of lost loves in your trunk. :)<br /><br />~ MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-61782980508427684782013-10-21T15:15:24.032-04:002013-10-21T15:15:24.032-04:00These made me smile, I love this time of year.These made me smile, I love this time of year.Kathryn Dychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175563748388497142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-39534418079554070602013-10-21T14:41:09.967-04:002013-10-21T14:41:09.967-04:00such a beauty is fall...such a beauty is fall...TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.com