Comments on: Darn Good Poetry: the life factor

By: L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:36:28 +0000

Oh, and I should ask… if you’re not all those people… well, who are you? ; – )

By: L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:35:29 +0000

I told Megan that our mail system sometimes doesn’t forward things in a timely manner. She was so gracious! As for me, I’m always up for a good poem, whenever it happens to call.

By: Marcus Goodyear

Marcus Goodyear — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:59:04 +0000

LL, thanks so much for posting Megan’s poem! I’d have to say…

I’m not Jesus. I’m not Peter. I’m not David. I’m not John the Baptist or John the revelator. I’m certainly not Mary or Martha.

By: L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:34:48 +0000

A stray poem we found in our email (belatedly, the finding, that is) from Megan Willome for the “Apophasis” prompt. But we’ll happily take it in…

APOPHASIS

I’m not Emily Dickinson
Not Ann Patchett
Not Marilynne Robinson
Nor Virginia Woolf

I’m not J.K. Rowling
Not L.M. Montgomery
Not Louisa May Alcott
Nor Madeline L’Engle

I’m not Anne Lamott
Not Annie Dillard
Not Lauren Winner
Nor Olga Davis

I’m not Ursula LeGuin
Not Doris Kearns Goodwin
Not Barbara Park
Not Beatrix Potter

I’m just me, Megan
A nobody, like you.

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:48:27 +0000

Megan thriving through cancer is an oxymoron at best. So well captured. Tragic yet it breathes life.

By: Laure

Laure — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:24:50 +0000

you have a beautiful eye …

the last two lines are silencing.

By: Andrew Kippley is God's Workmanship | HighCallingBlogs.com

Andrew Kippley is God's Workmanship | HighCallingBlogs.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:14:33 +0000

[...] Megan’s Stubborn Bluebonnet [...]

By: Poem - The Garden in Drought

Poem - The Garden in Drought — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:15:17 +0000

[...] Instead, I’m submitting it to HighCallingBlogs.com weekly Random Acts of Poetry. [...]

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:31:14 +0000

This was a fun one–I immediately thought of my walk through the woods of CO with my 2-year old daughter that morning, and how I almost slipped while looking at all the wild strawberry plants growing along the path. Here’s the link: http://evenifiambeingpoured.blogspot.com/2009/07/walk-in-woods-with-my-toddler.html

By: L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:30:15 +0000

Megan…

just…

shivering.