tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post1912359314329103388..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: After the FireMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-62786698758747572472019-04-19T09:32:10.952-04:002019-04-19T09:32:10.952-04:00Oh, Mary Lee, thanks for mentioning this - I hadn&...Oh, Mary Lee, thanks for mentioning this - I hadn't seen it yet. I love the way you've captured the way reality is - the "lucky" and the "unlucky" going on all at the same time. And your conversation with the little girl about holding science and faith in her head at the same time. Goose bumps. Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-20829900522516010452019-04-19T07:18:07.469-04:002019-04-19T07:18:07.469-04:00In this case, it was very much "flow." I...In this case, it was very much "flow." I dumped all the chips and started randomly fingering them. I set aside ones that spoke to me. Of course the fire and smoke made me think about Notre-Dame, but I was also remembering those two girls at recess. I decided to go with the contrast to say what I wanted to say about both the fire and the girls. Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-65543963712967811982019-04-18T21:27:38.311-04:002019-04-18T21:27:38.311-04:00So heartbreaking and so easy to picture.So heartbreaking and so easy to picture.Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-42907435139743087202019-04-18T20:41:59.470-04:002019-04-18T20:41:59.470-04:00You were certainly able to weave these words with ...You were certainly able to weave these words with skill into your poem. I am still getting over the images. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-12095696696263437172019-04-18T20:32:29.938-04:002019-04-18T20:32:29.938-04:00oh, my goodness...what a poem...what a convergence...oh, my goodness...what a poem...what a convergence of coincidence to see this poem come together in this way. Well done. I wish I had written this.Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-91431329399540535832019-04-18T18:19:49.661-04:002019-04-18T18:19:49.661-04:00This is poetry, Mary Lee. Juxtaposition of such op...This is poetry, Mary Lee. Juxtaposition of such opposites, and bringing these two images into our vision. A poem, like both events, I am not likely to forget any time soon. Did you do a random selection of the paint chips or did you choose them? I really admire this poem Mary Lee. Janet Clare F.skanny17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07488350213473016250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-80395146623173206372019-04-18T16:03:29.071-04:002019-04-18T16:03:29.071-04:00Those little girls - and their clovers - are such ...Those little girls - and their clovers - are such a subtly hopeful shift - grass after a burn, hope after loss. And I love that they're searching for luck.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-35463653134638263202019-04-18T10:22:17.386-04:002019-04-18T10:22:17.386-04:00Love the images here that lead to hope. Love the images here that lead to hope. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-91614024039505664192019-04-18T10:01:01.925-04:002019-04-18T10:01:01.925-04:00Wow! I can't believe you could write about suc...Wow! I can't believe you could write about such a serious subject, and juxtapose a very dark and very light image, and still "play with poetry." The images of dark and light in this poem are perfect!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-68304498368066512182019-04-18T08:02:05.479-04:002019-04-18T08:02:05.479-04:00I love the contrast you've set up here, Mary L...I love the contrast you've set up here, Mary Lee, and the echo of the rose windows in those four-leaf clovers.Catherine Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390699128046569127noreply@blogger.com