tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post4412774146391575567..comments2024-03-27T10:13:30.647-04:00Comments on Bug's Eye View: The Pecan TreeThe Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-86266674653272909972012-03-23T23:47:28.069-04:002012-03-23T23:47:28.069-04:00Superb! I agree with Margaret's every word.Superb! I agree with Margaret's every word.Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-14222421614210764042012-03-23T05:24:30.179-04:002012-03-23T05:24:30.179-04:00Poignantly observed view of the dark PatriarchyPoignantly observed view of the dark PatriarchySilent Otto https://www.blogger.com/profile/00475494332523156366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-79904023221317005302012-03-21T13:42:26.911-04:002012-03-21T13:42:26.911-04:00wanting to fashion a breastplate
from my own bones...wanting to fashion a breastplate<br />from my own bones to keep you whole.<br /><br />This is inspiring... making me want to scrap everything I have ever written and learn to dig deeper, think more imaginatively. <br /><br />Just beautiful! I love your poems.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-85363437821182894072012-03-20T21:16:55.938-04:002012-03-20T21:16:55.938-04:00I am in awe dear Bug, that you can take two totall...I am in awe dear Bug, that you can take two totally different prompts and crochet their voices together into such an incredible poem! You could publish this. You should publish this. Brilliant work. Thank you for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-90965437894473523432012-03-20T20:58:51.465-04:002012-03-20T20:58:51.465-04:00Oh this is just wonderful from start to finish, bu...Oh this is just wonderful from start to finish, but I especially love<br /><br />"Despair is watching you try to<br />mend your heart day after day.<br />It is wanting to fashion a breastplate<br />from my own bones to keep you whole."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-36203822457848173692012-03-20T20:00:40.679-04:002012-03-20T20:00:40.679-04:00I like this one very much--good response to the Ja...I like this one very much--good response to the Jam prompt! I like the images of the breastplate and the earth flinging up the tree. Also I like the photo with the clippers behind you blog title.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811244438243200435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-38764356394376819432012-03-20T19:58:36.785-04:002012-03-20T19:58:36.785-04:00I love this. The images and the earthiness of enti...I love this. The images and the earthiness of entire poem root us in the speaker's despair. The longing is palpable.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-60314551317468503702012-03-20T17:46:03.109-04:002012-03-20T17:46:03.109-04:00Very lovely...I like the use of the pecan tree as ...Very lovely...I like the use of the pecan tree as your vessel for your emotions ~<br /><br />Well done ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-88578552227497139682012-03-20T17:23:04.276-04:002012-03-20T17:23:04.276-04:00I really love this... so beautiful.I really love this... so beautiful.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-5470945606727620932012-03-20T17:11:06.361-04:002012-03-20T17:11:06.361-04:00Aww.. this is dark, dreary and yet, filled with ho...Aww.. this is dark, dreary and yet, filled with hope too. The tree is life and yes, it reaches for the sky, as does our hope too.<br />Lovely.Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139175719967937843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-83286901284482797652012-03-20T16:37:01.704-04:002012-03-20T16:37:01.704-04:00lovely mood to this, goes perfectly with the image...lovely mood to this, goes perfectly with the image tooNiamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-56627916627032956982012-03-20T12:01:41.193-04:002012-03-20T12:01:41.193-04:00Deliciously evocative...full of earthiness and des...Deliciously evocative...full of earthiness and despair...I love the touch of the earth on your hands...so symbolic...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-57059164531039819122012-03-20T11:59:45.816-04:002012-03-20T11:59:45.816-04:00Perfect for the Jam and the Mag!!!Perfect for the Jam and the Mag!!!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-81298503670851836732012-03-20T09:00:32.355-04:002012-03-20T09:00:32.355-04:00Some very intriguing imagery.Some very intriguing imagery.Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-78683979060890514252012-03-20T08:50:59.596-04:002012-03-20T08:50:59.596-04:00Really enjoyed this poem, thanks!Really enjoyed this poem, thanks!izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379007428464069723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-41570052967701731972012-03-20T05:59:00.788-04:002012-03-20T05:59:00.788-04:00it is like communion, with love, with nature and w...it is like communion, with love, with nature and with life. LovelyKristen Haskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481526316071592146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-73465291820437844112012-03-20T04:26:05.769-04:002012-03-20T04:26:05.769-04:00Dark and mysterious, the earth
flings the tree tow...Dark and mysterious, the earth<br />flings the tree toward the sky.<br /><br />Powerful sense of movement made my mind follow these words up into unknown realms...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-41056620337771430252012-03-19T21:21:49.773-04:002012-03-19T21:21:49.773-04:00Love this, Bug. Great jamming.Love this, Bug. Great jamming.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-70591051815464415742012-03-19T20:37:21.820-04:002012-03-19T20:37:21.820-04:00Beautiful!Beautiful!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061517211101084120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-86365346751963540702012-03-19T18:22:16.817-04:002012-03-19T18:22:16.817-04:00Thought provoking and beautifully written!! Perfec...Thought provoking and beautifully written!! Perfect for both prompts!Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-6056531816825744362012-03-19T14:38:38.886-04:002012-03-19T14:38:38.886-04:00wow great one ma'am...i particularly like...
...wow great one ma'am...i particularly like...<br /><br />It is wanting to fashion a breastplate<br />from my own bones to keep you whole<br /><br />tight, and that the earth flings the tree to the sky...<br /><br />great capture of despair...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-39410146042709467352012-03-19T14:07:07.921-04:002012-03-19T14:07:07.921-04:00Such a beautiful, heartfelt poem, wonderful imager...Such a beautiful, heartfelt poem, wonderful imagery:)Brigid O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646687391409208367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-50820307250514571872012-03-19T12:43:29.400-04:002012-03-19T12:43:29.400-04:00"...a breastplate from my own bones to keep y..."...a breastplate from my own bones to keep you whole." Just wonderful!stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-25930027437596362062012-03-19T12:11:50.062-04:002012-03-19T12:11:50.062-04:00"The earth flings the tree towards the sky&qu..."The earth flings the tree towards the sky". Wow, you've really plumbed the depths here, Bug. Nice one, but sad.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686754906089902443.post-36827110784196469752012-03-19T11:58:13.162-04:002012-03-19T11:58:13.162-04:00What a beautiful and apt description of despair, B...What a beautiful and apt description of despair, Bug!<br /><br />I love the image of the earth "flinging" the tree skyward. <br /><br />Healing is a funny process...sometimes it occurs spontaneously, and sometimes it takes years. <br /><br />We may occasionally help healing along but there are many other times we can't, no matter how hard we try. <br /><br />It is excruciating to Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.com