tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post3325352601935356533..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Pumpkin; Autumn.Mary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-61373491880764687642011-10-01T10:45:25.771-04:002011-10-01T10:45:25.771-04:00Thank you for introducing me to Linda Pastan. I lo...Thank you for introducing me to Linda Pastan. I love discovering poets new to me on Poetry Friday. <br /><br />Let the eye enlarge<br />with all it beholds.<br /><br />These lines will remind me to drink in beauty.Joyce Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905709719444916488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-5382443724932634452011-10-01T09:56:42.516-04:002011-10-01T09:56:42.516-04:00lovely lines...nicely crafted words!lovely lines...nicely crafted words!Kalyan Panjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806730473428069202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-89131719810243890882011-10-01T09:43:20.979-04:002011-10-01T09:43:20.979-04:00I am finally going through and reading all the poe...I am finally going through and reading all the poems. Linda Pastan is a favorite, so thank you for sharing still another of her beauties. When we think autumn is a 'blaze of color', she writes 'flickers like a match/held to a dry branch, and the whole world goes up/in orange and gold." Wonderful!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-1210246462820650722011-09-30T21:06:02.287-04:002011-09-30T21:06:02.287-04:00What a wonderful blog. I am a third and fourth gr...What a wonderful blog. I am a third and fourth grade teacher and love the book recommendation and poems. I look forward to looking through past post. Thanks! :)Amy Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660198270969034081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-76647527213664651192011-09-30T17:10:43.380-04:002011-09-30T17:10:43.380-04:00Love this and the celebration of life in autumn...Love this and the celebration of life in autumn's colors. Thanks for sharing it!Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-65368062664380318882011-09-30T15:47:39.524-04:002011-09-30T15:47:39.524-04:00Glorious.
On a side note, I live for Saturdays a...Glorious. <br /><br />On a side note, I live for Saturdays and my local farmer's market. Those apples! Those pumpkins! Those shocks of leafy kale! My bag is never big enough.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-44026048717281065162011-09-30T11:18:39.910-04:002011-09-30T11:18:39.910-04:00Thank you, Mary Lee - what a perfect poem for this...Thank you, Mary Lee - what a perfect poem for this change of seasons. I have a Linda Pastan poem for today, too! :0)Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-85516257112359861852011-09-30T11:09:50.706-04:002011-09-30T11:09:50.706-04:00Wonderful poem, hadn't seen it before. Autumn ...Wonderful poem, hadn't seen it before. Autumn is prone to melancholy; there is more depth in its beauty. :)jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-79808698090922687212011-09-30T06:58:57.719-04:002011-09-30T06:58:57.719-04:00You're right. No need for a commentary. The lo...You're right. No need for a commentary. The lovely poem speaks for itself. My favorite lines:<br /><br />"I want to celebrate<br />color, how one red leaf<br /><br />flickers like a match<br />held to a dry branch, <br />and the whole world goes up<br />in orange and gold."<br /><br />My heart is captured. :)GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.com