tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post4432795594341948548..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: Writing in the margins of a Billy Collins poemKaren Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-44817582564528443192008-06-28T09:50:00.000-05:002008-06-28T09:50:00.000-05:00This is awesome! My favorite notes are the ones I ...This is awesome! <BR/><BR/>My favorite notes are the ones I find in my history books, large !!! written next to paragraphs.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024880986964198385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-55886678993352339652008-06-27T18:06:00.000-05:002008-06-27T18:06:00.000-05:00P.S. I forgot to say that my mom gave me her marke...P.S. I forgot to say that my mom gave me her marked-up copy of L'Engle's A Circle of Quiet when I became a mother, too.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-23442025054746632502008-06-27T14:46:00.000-05:002008-06-27T14:46:00.000-05:00Collins is the man! I fell in love with Ray Bradbu...Collins is the man! I fell in love with Ray Bradbury in Jr. Hi while reading my older brother's copy of Dandelion Wine that had been marked up by him and my older sister and maybe someone else before her...Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-5204767939778220302008-06-27T13:24:00.000-05:002008-06-27T13:24:00.000-05:00I love that one. And didn't recall reading it befo...I love that one. And didn't recall reading it before until I reached the egg salad.<BR/><BR/>And now, I'm wishing I had some egg salad. Perhaps I shall go boil some eggs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-65955530821664026852008-06-27T10:48:00.000-05:002008-06-27T10:48:00.000-05:00Oh, now you're making me wish I could write on the...Oh, now you're making me wish I could write on the computer screen: "Billy Collins! My man!"Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-88243668758841184632008-06-27T10:32:00.000-05:002008-06-27T10:32:00.000-05:00Billy Collins always makes me smile. Thanks!!Billy Collins always makes me smile. Thanks!!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-7351277266015068692008-06-27T08:55:00.000-05:002008-06-27T08:55:00.000-05:00Now I'm thinking of marginal comments I've seen. T...Now I'm thinking of marginal comments I've seen. The only ones I remember are from classmates' essay exams: "I need another beer" and "Pretty handwriting: D." So scathing!<BR/><BR/>The other thing I just love is to read inscriptions at the front of used books. They all tell a story, don't they? "May the poems of this Southern gentleman speak to a dear Southern lady," etc...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-27972901748142940442008-06-27T08:05:00.000-05:002008-06-27T08:05:00.000-05:00Thanks, Karen, I needed something to make me smile...Thanks, Karen, I needed something to make me smile today. I really need to seek out this poet! This poem took me away from the pain of a high anxiety week and a sunburned back, at least momentarily. I guess that weeding the garden in jeans that gape at the waist when you bend over isn't a hot idea if you didn't sunscreen said waist. I honestly thought my shirt was long enough to cover...(it hit my hip bones when I was standing up!). Anyway, thanks Billy for a couple of better moments.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127202199834183627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-8147210939053360982008-06-27T07:34:00.000-05:002008-06-27T07:34:00.000-05:00Yet another Collins masterpiece. Just what I neede...Yet another Collins masterpiece. Just what I needed today. Thanks! :)jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.com