tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post6255021379453323200..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: Anne PorterKaren Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-48143178284144469902009-05-08T14:03:00.000-05:002009-05-08T14:03:00.000-05:00Really lovely, and such a perfect explanation for ...Really lovely, and such a perfect explanation for why music moves us so. Thank you!Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-83655819419365510652009-05-08T13:19:00.000-05:002009-05-08T13:19:00.000-05:00Oh beautiful! She's new to me too. What a find!Oh beautiful! She's new to me too. What a find!Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-11265695298025036522009-05-08T11:35:00.000-05:002009-05-08T11:35:00.000-05:00Anne's second book was released around a year ago....Anne's second book was released around a year ago. It contains all the poems from An Altogether Different Language plus several new poems. I have been buying copies of her first at every opportunity and hording them for gifts! She's absolutely my favorite poet.tp lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06178226786411173064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-73861541332013092312009-05-08T09:47:00.000-05:002009-05-08T09:47:00.000-05:00My Mom died shortly after Christmas and as we sat ...My Mom died shortly after Christmas and as we sat with her hour after hour through the night I ran out of words to say to her. In the morning they brought us a hymnbook, and we could sing to her, which we did, for hours and hours, "singing her over." When I first read this poem last week, what a wonderful confrimation it was that we had done exactly the right thing.<br /><br />And shining at the heart of it<br />Is the longed-for beauty<br />Of the One who waits for us<br />Who will always wait for us<br />In those radiant meadows<br /><br />Yet also came to live with us<br />And wanders where we wander<br /><br />Thank youLindsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-72684157870291288792009-05-08T09:19:00.000-05:002009-05-08T09:19:00.000-05:00She capture it perfectly. Beauty in music as desol...She capture it perfectly. Beauty in music as desolation.Yat-Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028075516122778317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-82259780398130141532009-05-08T08:39:00.000-05:002009-05-08T08:39:00.000-05:00I love this poem so much! It's so true. Like you, ...I love this poem so much! It's so true. Like you, I'm wondering why I hadn't heard of Anne's work before. Thanks so much for introducing her to me. Wow. Love the photographs, too :).<br /><br />P.S. Congratulations on the release of your new book! *thunderous applause*jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.com