tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post4253071763721992144..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: I Don't Mind FailingMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-48311986266050443332017-04-18T03:32:36.572-04:002017-04-18T03:32:36.572-04:00Though the dandelion failed the flower test misera...Though the dandelion failed the flower test miserably, it has tenaciously succeeded in covering the lawn, while others more cultivated, have stayed within their assigned areas, spaced evenly, at successive, orderly heights, and are flowering as predicted within a limited blooming cycle. The renegade dandelion appears to have begun blooming in April and has plans to be around until the snow flies.<br />Efforts to eradicate this pest of a test taker have failed. Wait...now we're the failure??Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-35753804567973329212017-04-16T17:07:32.202-04:002017-04-16T17:07:32.202-04:00Love this play on plums. Love this play on plums. Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-61316899082002496262017-04-15T21:08:48.746-04:002017-04-15T21:08:48.746-04:00Mary Lee! I've been following your Malvina pos...Mary Lee! I've been following your Malvina posts (but for some reason I can't comment on my phone.) I've been entertained by and inspired by her songs since the '70s. Thank you for all the information you've unearthed--she's a more three dimensional person to me now.<br /><br />I love the poem you wrote today--really wonderful. What a wonderful teacher you are.<br /><br />xox<br />April April Halprin Waylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128192997917583478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-91129493540059699962017-04-15T16:26:41.987-04:002017-04-15T16:26:41.987-04:00I love, love, love this! May we all "refuse t...I love, love, love this! May we all "refuse the labels" that try to pigeonhole us.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-85599406017323949662017-04-15T13:59:05.148-04:002017-04-15T13:59:05.148-04:00Most of us can only succeed BECAUSE of our failure...Most of us can only succeed BECAUSE of our failures...thanks for sharing both of these!Matt Forrest Esenwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230063389130167424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-64238982945031895542017-04-15T11:36:46.526-04:002017-04-15T11:36:46.526-04:00There a lot of anger under her lyrics. I like that...There a lot of anger under her lyrics. I like that you used humor. I think humor is more subversive and successful than anger and sarcasm. Brenda at FriendlyFairyTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368709489341876324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-89991186651897530742017-04-15T09:23:21.534-04:002017-04-15T09:23:21.534-04:00Odd...I get Malvina singing Little Boxes every tim...Odd...I get Malvina singing Little Boxes every time I click the link either here or at Poetrepository. Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-27278447069910967652017-04-15T08:32:22.303-04:002017-04-15T08:32:22.303-04:00Oh, this one is perfect in every way. Amen to all...Oh, this one is perfect in every way. Amen to all the previous commenters. I, too, adore the last three lines. Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929914252480696798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-22301921733056039942017-04-15T08:07:04.125-04:002017-04-15T08:07:04.125-04:00Yes, and juicy and not cold at all. I'm lovin...Yes, and juicy and not cold at all. I'm loving your riffs on other things. Incidentally, speaking of failing tests, when I followed the link to "Little Boxes" I got a very long kind of scary trailer for "The Thinning" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FbQoI8P7c4 Yikes.Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-8091484132685794942017-04-14T20:57:29.019-04:002017-04-14T20:57:29.019-04:00I agree, that last line is the clincher. Here'...I agree, that last line is the clincher. Here's to being "deliciously worthy and capable!" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-17093450153788167782017-04-14T20:31:13.130-04:002017-04-14T20:31:13.130-04:00Wonderful poem! We should all be failures.Wonderful poem! We should all be failures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-33875340344934185722017-04-14T19:28:41.484-04:002017-04-14T19:28:41.484-04:00"Deliciously worthy and capable!" Love ..."Deliciously worthy and capable!" Love it!Molly Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975100905434379155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-30185447785016473612017-04-14T18:49:06.821-04:002017-04-14T18:49:06.821-04:00This is my song of the week, and your poem is the ...This is my song of the week, and your poem is the icing on the cross-bun. ♥tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-10640222041718468672017-04-14T17:08:36.185-04:002017-04-14T17:08:36.185-04:00You are deliciously worthy and capable, Mary Lee. ...You are deliciously worthy and capable, Mary Lee. Love this one!Buffy Silvermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223895917772531703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-2809940141991708822017-04-14T16:49:03.974-04:002017-04-14T16:49:03.974-04:00"I am deliciously
worthy and capable" is..."I am deliciously<br />worthy and capable" is worth copying out for my bulletin board. <br /><br />Appreciations, for lighting the way.jan godown anninohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091996699597066230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-85344064890650067472017-04-14T14:59:19.264-04:002017-04-14T14:59:19.264-04:00I love both the sentiment in this song and your de...I love both the sentiment in this song and your delicious response to it, especially "which you were probably planning to use to pigeonhole me." Thanks for the reminder that one person's "failure" is another's success.JoAnn Early Mackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812079420917080829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-59889354940867045532017-04-14T13:18:16.529-04:002017-04-14T13:18:16.529-04:00I love that 'hint' of food in 'delicio...I love that 'hint' of food in 'deliciously', Mary Lee. Another good one for Malvina.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-52303784250041856412017-04-14T13:00:39.471-04:002017-04-14T13:00:39.471-04:00"I have failed
the test
that measures
my wort..."I have failed<br />the test<br />that measures<br />my worth"<br /><br />I cannot love this poem enough. What a wonderful cry to challenge society's norms and expectations. The world is so quick, so desperate to assign labels, to put people into categories and fit them in boxes, when we are all so much more complex and incredible than any label could possibly capture.Jane @ www.raincitylibrarian.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721142460522914540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-8751594118299670262017-04-14T12:53:00.277-04:002017-04-14T12:53:00.277-04:00Anyone or anything that tests you or labels you is...Anyone or anything that tests you or labels you isn't worthy. :)Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-39108293513070664062017-04-14T12:13:36.172-04:002017-04-14T12:13:36.172-04:00Love the song, your poem, and the declaration that...Love the song, your poem, and the declaration that the term "failing" is relative and subjective. Hooray for being "deliciously worthy and capable"!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-36324835526469713942017-04-14T10:55:57.475-04:002017-04-14T10:55:57.475-04:00Or maybe we need to redefine what "failing&qu...Or maybe we need to redefine what "failing" means. I EMBRACE the parts of my life that might look like failures in someone else's eyes. I think that's what Malvina was saying in her song, too.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-66897397214944972942017-04-14T10:13:20.003-04:002017-04-14T10:13:20.003-04:00Yes to being capable, bright, and creative despite...Yes to being capable, bright, and creative despite failing in this world. Got to stop pigeonholing our students! Right on, Mary Lee!<br /><br /><br />Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-73318655215883222492017-04-14T08:45:15.569-04:002017-04-14T08:45:15.569-04:00"I refuse your labels." Love!"I refuse your labels." Love!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.com