tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post641439446122501941..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: Louis Jenkins Karen Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-45891131887129668552014-10-20T12:40:13.303-05:002014-10-20T12:40:13.303-05:00Love the way Jenkins captures a sense of place and...Love the way Jenkins captures a sense of place and community, and the passage of time. Thanks for sharing this one.Buffy Silvermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223895917772531703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-50453430474898017372014-10-20T06:22:26.793-05:002014-10-20T06:22:26.793-05:00Thanks so much, everyone! So glad you enjoyed this...Thanks so much, everyone! So glad you enjoyed this one as much as I did. Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-59465118156326123692014-10-19T14:04:53.727-05:002014-10-19T14:04:53.727-05:00Thanks for this little slice of your life and Loui...Thanks for this little slice of your life and Louis Jenkins' life. He captured these exchanges perfectly. = )Bridget Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185985167366724404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-60404236332075921852014-10-18T17:19:50.711-05:002014-10-18T17:19:50.711-05:00Karen,
Thanks for the Louis Jenkins poem. He i...Karen,<br /> Thanks for the Louis Jenkins poem. He is so good at writing prose poems. I met him once at a Split Rock workshop taught by Michael Dennis Brown and Jenkins certainly was inspiring.<br />I enjoyed your post. Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01825251724115541708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-7039095768185239652014-10-18T16:37:34.532-05:002014-10-18T16:37:34.532-05:00(Your ditty was perfectly apropos, by the way!)
T...(Your ditty was perfectly apropos, by the way!)<br /><br />This is what it sounds like when my mom is trying to remind me of someplace or someone I've long ago forgotten from our tiny hometown (where she still lives).Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-73806314901759408462014-10-17T19:42:42.714-05:002014-10-17T19:42:42.714-05:00"It's like the words to an old song,
la, ..."It's like the words to an old song,<br />la, la, la, some of which you remember." Nicely put. I am always surprised when I run across prose poems-- I think they are like old friends that I have forgotten about! <br />Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-7539523070931837192014-10-17T18:09:16.967-05:002014-10-17T18:09:16.967-05:00Trust Louis Jenkins to put this familiar experienc...Trust Louis Jenkins to put this familiar experience in a poem. Thanks! I could so relate!Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-4814447008724669682014-10-17T13:57:10.504-05:002014-10-17T13:57:10.504-05:00Such comforting familiarity in this poem. It made ...Such comforting familiarity in this poem. It made me smile.Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-88433146038901892182014-10-17T10:38:41.696-05:002014-10-17T10:38:41.696-05:00I miss the "old friends" kind of exchang...I miss the "old friends" kind of exchanges. I think so many of us are transplants that we yearn for them. jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-36913403212919345792014-10-17T08:13:48.844-05:002014-10-17T08:13:48.844-05:00My pleasure, Becky!
I think I just mentally count...My pleasure, Becky! <br />I think I just mentally counted at least 20 addresses in my lifetime (though a number of those were in the state where I still live.) <br /><br />Still, I know what you mean, and I'm happy to oblige today! :) Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-5151918974802124052014-10-17T07:54:39.843-05:002014-10-17T07:54:39.843-05:00This really struck a chord with me, Karen. I think...This really struck a chord with me, Karen. I think it is because I have always longed to live in one place long enough to have really, really OLD friends. This kind of connection is becoming less and less prevalent in today's always-on-the-move society. Thank you so much for sharing this enriching poem!Becky Shillingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185515854304384764noreply@blogger.com