Poetry Month as Poetry Week

[bedora]

Hey Campers

Comments

[mrs_talksalot]

Is the kumquat tree still there??

Kumquat

[bedora]

Nope, we never had a kumquat tree. It was at the Carlson's next door from which we plifered freely.

[iammightee]

Boy, I enjoy your writing!

I'd say here the first and the last affected me most powerfully. The first, not just because it's personal and relatable (as a Symons and as a Floridian gardener), but because of the contrasts. The last... well, I read it with sort of a sense of melancholy combined with the whimsy, but maybe that's just me. (Also, it reminds me of Heroes, a favorite show. I make no apologies for being shallow.)

[iammightee]

P.S. I may've, just maybe, printed the last one and pinned it up next to my Superman-in-flight figurine.

Maybe?

[iammightee]

Thanks sooo much for your responses. Yes, I think there was a hint of Heroes in there. I recently started watching it again--had lost interest not sure why. Liking the show makes you eclectic, not shallow (she says in justification of several even less substantial faves aka quilty pleasures [e.g. Entourage])!

Re: Maybe?

[bedora]

Now there's a great typo: Quilty pleasures!

[nerniner]

He there! Here through iammightee, she pointed me to your poem about flying. It's an incredible poem, I so completely relate. Thank you so much for that. You've certainly made me think, and that is a good thing.

[iammightee]

Yes, Auntie bedora, meet my best friend, nerniner. I loved this so much, I had to share.

Thanks

[bedora]

Thanks for making my day! Nice to meet you, nerniner :-)

[nerniner]

Would you mind if I re-publish your flying poem in my lj? (with credit of course!)

The Problems with Flying

[nerniner]

Sure!

Nerniner

[bedora]

Sure you can post it. I already wrote that but forgot to sign in so you got an anonymous so useless "sure." Sorry about that.