On the Shoulders of Giants by Kelly Ramsdell Fineman - a Poetry Friday post

[kellyrfineman]

If it's the first Friday of the month, it must be time to post a poem from my ongoing project with my poetry sisters. Have I mentioned how very glad I am to have them all in my life, and how much I enjoy these monthly challenges? Because I do, even when the challenges are difficult. Maybe especially then

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Stanza IV is just breath-taking. Kelly, really, this is an amazing work!! Bravo!!

[kellyrfineman]

Aw, thanks so much, Andi!

[lpsalas]

Tried to comment earlier, but it disappeared. I wanted to pick a favorite section, Kelly, but I couldn't choose between 3, 4, and 5! Those dark secret colors of motherhood are what grip my heart and squeeze it, though...lovely! Laura PS

[kellyrfineman]

Thanks so much, Laura!

[ext_1476872]

Wow. I'm in love with this poem. I agree with what Liz said about the walking around. I don't know if there's such a thing as double ekphrasis, but you achieved it by using both his art and his words. Jealously, I'm GLAD you published it here so that we got to see it first...but hopefully there will be another venue where it can live on and wow even more readers!

[kellyrfineman]

Thank you so much, Mary Lee. Your words made me so happy when I read them!

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[myra_gb]

I always find that the narrative behind the poem is often as fascinating as the poem itself. Thank you for sharing all these.