tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post4784872557368124632..comments2023-11-03T05:59:46.763-04:00Comments on Keeping Secrets: Joshua TreeKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-45151353464854654462013-01-22T05:09:36.701-05:002013-01-22T05:09:36.701-05:00Thanks to each of you who comments.
The "pr...Thanks to each of you who comments. <br /><br />The "problem" with blogging is that I want to answer everyone, visit your sites, comment there, and still have time to write and function in the real world. I get up earlier and earlier, but still there aren't enough hours to do all I want and need to do. Please know, though, that I truly do appreciate your comments.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-87878383165449637892013-01-21T19:49:29.001-05:002013-01-21T19:49:29.001-05:00I've been a terrible commenter lately, Karen, ...I've been a terrible commenter lately, Karen, but know that I've read and admired every single line you've posted in the last several months. Your facility with words and rhythm--and that particular quality of effortlessness you conjure--has only grown sharper over time. I'm in absolute awe of your loveliness.<br /><br />I love this poem. How something so alien and mysterious cannot be described, but somehow--through contrast and futility--IS, all the same. Sarah Hinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888406261817690010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-25439846062468329582013-01-21T19:47:14.939-05:002013-01-21T19:47:14.939-05:00It really, really is fabulous! Thank you so much f...It really, really is fabulous! Thank you so much for writing this and sharing it!Carolina Lintheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335905555994442416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-83169294798039836832013-01-21T01:32:31.330-05:002013-01-21T01:32:31.330-05:00So descriptive. I love it!So descriptive. I love it!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-33560921995640880152013-01-20T13:26:44.063-05:002013-01-20T13:26:44.063-05:00I've been near Joshua Trees all my life, yet n...I've been near Joshua Trees all my life, yet never tire of their unique starkness, their unparalleled sturdiness. You rightly honor them here.<br /><br />http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2013/01/20/from-the-other-side/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-36295491885866159872013-01-20T10:44:46.391-05:002013-01-20T10:44:46.391-05:00This is lovely..specially the colors and terse ima...This is lovely..specially the colors and terse images of the last 4 lines ~ Well penned ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-63097280402155092432013-01-20T00:51:25.081-05:002013-01-20T00:51:25.081-05:00I googled the image. "Scrubs the air with man...I googled the image. "Scrubs the air with many arms" is perfect. It is quite foreign to me as well... Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-63671472150344242552013-01-19T13:52:27.673-05:002013-01-19T13:52:27.673-05:00Wonderful tree-filled poem. I've seen the Josh...Wonderful tree-filled poem. I've seen the Joshua tree many times but have never tried to write about it. I can see now, through your poem, why it defied description by a native of the coastal Pacific Northwest. Thanks for this!<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-84214957926409094482013-01-19T08:30:07.539-05:002013-01-19T08:30:07.539-05:00ahh... so beautiful...ahh... so beautiful...Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-32061854504218694942013-01-19T06:49:04.641-05:002013-01-19T06:49:04.641-05:00Thank, everyone. I've felt as dry as that dese...Thank, everyone. I've felt as dry as that desert lately, so I am grateful to Real Toads for reminding me about the Joshua tree with their Friday prompt. <br /><br />One thing I love -- .maybe the thing I love most -- about my home is the variety of trees and the ever-changing scape of golden green, full bloom, berry and bounty, changing colors, falling leaves, and barren branches. The contrasts of evergreen and black branch against the winter sky lifts me !Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-86228006732816920792013-01-19T03:34:30.946-05:002013-01-19T03:34:30.946-05:00I loved the direction you took in this poem. The a...I loved the direction you took in this poem. The admission, the contrast of habitats, the fat crayons... it is all so well-crafted.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-75778315033258169402013-01-18T21:01:11.555-05:002013-01-18T21:01:11.555-05:00I like it, like it just escalates in each word unt...I like it, like it just escalates in each word until the end.ScottlBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147326078011352857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-85403515032495654252013-01-18T20:17:52.169-05:002013-01-18T20:17:52.169-05:00desert lilydesert lilyWAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-43006649345877394512013-01-18T17:18:32.197-05:002013-01-18T17:18:32.197-05:00I'm sorry I've been away for so long. Read...I'm sorry I've been away for so long. Reading your work makes me want to work harder. This is such a tactile, sense-full piece. Amazing.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-46887123146444780142013-01-18T16:47:13.261-05:002013-01-18T16:47:13.261-05:00very very cleververy very cleverLLM Callinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199375981896229914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-49390845876976853612013-01-18T12:36:34.221-05:002013-01-18T12:36:34.221-05:00Oh I so love this poem, with all of its fat succul...Oh I so love this poem, with all of its fat succulent descriptive words and names of other trees. Just a fabulous read!!!!!!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-88367408291147688922013-01-18T11:37:33.348-05:002013-01-18T11:37:33.348-05:00You conjure well, this Joshua Tree...I love the wa...You conjure well, this Joshua Tree...I love the way you play with color and this line, "Not these fat words I wrap my hands around," that you can't quite grasp it but in not grasping it is gathered in perfectly. Love:"persimmon" and "Flintstone desert plant," great descriptions. <br /><br />Thank you for joining Real Toads TF!! Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-14130475743988471382013-01-18T10:46:33.126-05:002013-01-18T10:46:33.126-05:00Love it!
Very well done.Love it!<br />Very well done.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755765032863116511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-62631050056371909322013-01-18T10:24:49.715-05:002013-01-18T10:24:49.715-05:00Not "it" but "them."Not "it" but "them."Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-53453688027031164742013-01-18T10:24:10.694-05:002013-01-18T10:24:10.694-05:00I Love this! I saw Joshua Trees in my one visit/d...I Love this! I saw Joshua Trees in my one visit/drive dowm into the desert from SF, and immediately wanted to write about it, talk to it, see as it saw. But didn't. This poem speaks to its foreignness and its draw. Great!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-38580011705859746242013-01-18T10:23:36.543-05:002013-01-18T10:23:36.543-05:00Beautifully done. I want to look up Joshua Tree no...Beautifully done. I want to look up Joshua Tree now and learn more. I saw it for the first time ten years ago and never dis that. Judy Roneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439992575221937268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-31086451279462173042013-01-18T09:25:32.306-05:002013-01-18T09:25:32.306-05:00Really nicely, flowingly done.Really nicely, flowingly done.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-26633304195323539712013-01-18T08:54:12.489-05:002013-01-18T08:54:12.489-05:00ha. nice...well built, i like all the tree refs......ha. nice...well built, i like all the tree refs....describing what it is not you pay reverence to it...and i like the thought of using crayon...smiles.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-2147897425758378242013-01-18T08:17:19.800-05:002013-01-18T08:17:19.800-05:00This is wonderful!This is wonderful!Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721358814229182218noreply@blogger.com