tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post7250949834483009847..comments2023-11-03T05:59:46.763-04:00Comments on Keeping Secrets: The Bluest BirdKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-2584905530685945592010-06-21T00:00:22.052-04:002010-06-21T00:00:22.052-04:00This poem contains the most powerful bluebird imag...This poem contains the most powerful bluebird image I have ever read. No kidding. I've read a lot of bluebird poems. I can't remember a lot of them. This one will stay with me. It is so beautiful. Again, I am thrilled by your unique eye.Juliehttp://juliebuff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-72641507931587030942010-06-09T05:27:23.263-04:002010-06-09T05:27:23.263-04:00Karen: have very belatedly noticed you'd like ...Karen: have very belatedly noticed you'd like a copy of "The Fat Plant". E-mail me your address at TitusmckayATaolDOTcom and we'll sort something out!Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-8790049115548130512010-06-08T19:39:48.971-04:002010-06-08T19:39:48.971-04:00Willow - Thanks. Luckily, this little guy was able...Willow - Thanks. Luckily, this little guy was able to fly quickly enough to chirp another day!<br /><br />Other person - I know what it means, but not how it applies. Oh, well. Glad to have ya here!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-34762092904478297062010-06-07T22:37:22.675-04:002010-06-07T22:37:22.675-04:00Beautiful piece. I've heard it said that seein...Beautiful piece. I've heard it said that seeing a dead blue bird is a foreshadowing of death.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-15980581448320947552010-06-07T21:54:22.053-04:002010-06-07T21:54:22.053-04:00jason - Unfortunately, yes.
Annie - Biking and hi...jason - Unfortunately, yes.<br /><br />Annie - Biking and hiking are wonderful ways to get yourself into nature. My husband and I used to walk on a lovely country road every day. Lately, we've been too busy, and we both miss the benefits, physical and spiritual. Spiritual most of all.<br /><br />Quackster - True story, I'm afraid. Ashamed, really.<br /><br />jack sender - Thanks. See my comment to Quackster. Unfortunately true.<br /><br />Person whose name I cannot decipher - Thanks for commenting here. I apologize that I do not know your name.<br /><br />Juliet - Unfortunately, we don't have public transport here, so driving is a necessity. I do live in the country, which is a wonderful thing. <br /><br />Sarah - Thank you. As always, your comments are more eloquent than my poetry! <br /><br />Poetikat - Catch-22 is a good description of it, Kat. I want to be a passenger, too!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-13177893130870254392010-06-07T17:39:05.902-04:002010-06-07T17:39:05.902-04:00I like being the passenger. That way I get to see ...I like being the passenger. That way I get to see all the things I want with no worry of hitting anything. When I do drive, I still try to sneak in as much as I can.<br />You've managed to capture this catch-22 very well, Karen.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-47814100012961262462010-06-06T15:21:48.088-04:002010-06-06T15:21:48.088-04:00Karen, I love how you squeeze down on moments that...Karen, I love how you squeeze down on moments that fly by most of us. Even here, when you're lamenting the "quick flit," you're slowing down, with reflection, and capturing it like any great photographer of time, scene, and memory. You imprinted the bluest of blues in those feathers for the rest of us to linger over.<br /><br />I found the last three lines particularly poignant. To know the music is there--and not to hear it--is the truest regret. Beautiful.Sarah Hinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888406261817690010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-32762954795993561582010-06-06T11:52:21.441-04:002010-06-06T11:52:21.441-04:00difficult to birdwatch while driving I imagine, I ...difficult to birdwatch while driving I imagine, I don't drive myself though... I enjoyed the poem!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-68346101343489558472010-06-05T16:18:02.123-04:002010-06-05T16:18:02.123-04:00This poem was the bluest of the blues.
I liked it....This poem was the bluest of the blues.<br />I liked it.أحمد صـلاحhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645560547498507759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-40845082885583155342010-06-05T07:17:50.401-04:002010-06-05T07:17:50.401-04:00The details were inventive:
45 made for 15, the ot...The details were inventive:<br />45 made for 15, the other driver, reflection,<br />and it wasn't just a blue bird, <br />it was the bluest. <br /><br />I like that it a reasonable concept that takes me to fresh places.jack senderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935449260703670377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-14617488213015493702010-06-04T19:11:01.081-04:002010-06-04T19:11:01.081-04:00Interesting way to incorporate driving and seeing ...Interesting way to incorporate driving and seeing a blue bird. The picture by the way is fantastic. I'm a sucker for all things "blue."Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07774058959178034129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-24727484146411992212010-06-04T16:16:26.406-04:002010-06-04T16:16:26.406-04:00This poem is a great reminder of the benefits of s...This poem is a great reminder of the benefits of slowing down, not only in driving, but in life. My husband likes to ride a bike; I like to walk a trail, rather than ride, so I don't miss anything, and I can stop, if I hear a bird or the rustle of a creature, hoping I will see them. I enjoyed the poem, and your title, too, making something that could be commonplace, elusive.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-73423842771583074372010-06-04T08:01:51.809-04:002010-06-04T08:01:51.809-04:00So much is like that, isn't it? Gone before i...So much is like that, isn't it? Gone before it was really here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-90758061284360111282010-06-03T20:41:11.810-04:002010-06-03T20:41:11.810-04:00SzelsoFa - You are so right. Telling oneself and a...SzelsoFa - You are so right. Telling oneself and actually heeding one's own advice are two different things!<br /><br />Niamh B - Thank you!<br /><br />Naquillity - We know it, but we certainly don't do it often enough. I wish I could remember to remember!<br /><br />Titus - Thank you! <br /><br />Teressa - Mary Oliver is my all-time favorite poet, so you can only imagine my reaction to your comment. Ear to ear!<br /><br />John - Now to do it!<br /><br />joaquin - Do you think this is a curse of our modern age? I wonder if it was always thus. <br /><br />Thanks for your insightful comment on the ending.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-57822423903584342102010-06-03T18:07:31.137-04:002010-06-03T18:07:31.137-04:00i am so guilty of this - moving too fast, watching...i am so guilty of this - moving too fast, watching out for claptrap that might slow me down, missing the beautiful things worth slowing down for. it's a vicious cycle, isn't it?<br /><br />i also love the end - having not heard a note, but knowing they were there - a little salt in the wound.<br /><br />i'm also guilty of driving too fast. but i don't see that changing anytime soon.joaquin carvelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193680725157157864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-70264430358208724722010-06-03T17:56:36.245-04:002010-06-03T17:56:36.245-04:00A lovely poem--time to slow down & see the bea...A lovely poem--time to slow down & see the beauty around us!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-52380748005697902322010-06-03T16:24:20.322-04:002010-06-03T16:24:20.322-04:00This reads and breathes like a Mary Oliver poem. ...This reads and breathes like a Mary Oliver poem. I'm happily jealous of it!!*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-14568553405180229882010-06-03T15:24:37.776-04:002010-06-03T15:24:37.776-04:00Loved this. The movement, the movement through th...Loved this. The movement, the movement through the poem, the recurring blues and, as Niamh says, those glorious, insightful, moving final three lines.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-24948269140220214252010-06-03T13:01:06.795-04:002010-06-03T13:01:06.795-04:00i simply love this poem. sometimes we do miss that...i simply love this poem. sometimes we do miss that one thing and wish we hadn't, it stays with us- lingering. if only we'd slow down a bit we could hold that moment a little closer to our hearts. have a great day.Naquillityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784964201596357136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-41061934360135447302010-06-03T04:40:58.986-04:002010-06-03T04:40:58.986-04:00Nice poem. I especially like the last three lines...Nice poem. I especially like the last three lines, also the contrast with the natural and the man made blues!Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-5029470145762995162010-06-03T03:30:16.177-04:002010-06-03T03:30:16.177-04:00a sure sign to have to slow down is when you miss ...a sure sign to have to slow down is when you miss and trade a phenomenon like this for a man-made one.<br />especially when the path you're on was designed for a speed of 15 :P<br />take it literally or not, as you please<br />:))SzélsőFahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600289147447182465noreply@blogger.com