tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post919783155853202924..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: Anne PorterKaren Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-19256324065193489332011-02-07T14:42:02.122-06:002011-02-07T14:42:02.122-06:00That is some poem. Thanks for posting it.That is some poem. Thanks for posting it.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-21044664827148142282011-02-05T08:28:44.856-06:002011-02-05T08:28:44.856-06:00"lives I may have withered around me..."..."lives I may have withered around me..." I too, feel a responsibility and need for forgiveness after reading these words.Amy L Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830987204619914326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-81261173389867748462011-02-05T07:32:58.391-06:002011-02-05T07:32:58.391-06:00Oh so lovely! What a gift. Thank you, Karen.
&qu...Oh so lovely! What a gift. Thank you, Karen.<br /><br /><br />"Whom I have roughly dismissed<br />As if I were not one of them."<br /><br />Ouch! That cuts to the bone doesn't it?<br /><br />But that final stanza... Here in the midst of February it has extra poignancy I think as we wait for the unimaginable spring.Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-21158886652936908352011-02-05T06:15:59.265-06:002011-02-05T06:15:59.265-06:00Ouch. I have failed so many. I need to make repair...Ouch. I have failed so many. I need to make repairs of my own.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-91997980430027486522011-02-04T13:21:06.619-06:002011-02-04T13:21:06.619-06:00This is simply lovely. I have not read it before t...This is simply lovely. I have not read it before today but now I know the perfect person to send it to. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-13329360221939710862011-02-04T11:40:29.958-06:002011-02-04T11:40:29.958-06:00Lovely! I think the above poster is right, the key...Lovely! I think the above poster is right, the key is in that beautiful ending.Carliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992805076865220524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-79383991004809507282011-02-04T08:58:50.035-06:002011-02-04T08:58:50.035-06:00Very lovely, Karen. This is an old favorite of min...Very lovely, Karen. This is an old favorite of mine. Thank you for the reminder.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-64656800773538540492011-02-04T08:28:06.752-06:002011-02-04T08:28:06.752-06:00Ohh, do I love this one. Unimaginable promises, an...Ohh, do I love this one. <i>Unimaginable promises</i>, and <i>death's bare branches</i> are so starkly evocative. Lovely, as Porter always is...tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com