tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post2763015377065008134..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Poetry Friday: Late, But Here!Sarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-57163861580118515862007-08-06T14:09:00.000-07:002007-08-06T14:09:00.000-07:00Heh...heh.Fortunately for us, Alkelda, the 'defami...Heh...heh.<BR/>Fortunately for us, Alkelda, the 'defaming' is what <I>I</I> think to be defamation! I love that story -- and I'm sure your Lilliput gets that from Gramma. (Or did you mean <I>you??</I>)<BR/><BR/>My very favorite poetry professor in college recited this to us one very hot day... and it has stuck with me ever since - cool plums, the flavor of longing - and of having. Yum.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-22581209965006747282007-08-06T08:31:00.000-07:002007-08-06T08:31:00.000-07:00P.S. Now I wonder if my mom would consider that co...P.S. Now I wonder if my mom would consider that comment "defaming" and insist you delete it...Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-78118053118813361472007-08-06T08:30:00.000-07:002007-08-06T08:30:00.000-07:00Whenever I read the WCW poem about plums, I have t...Whenever I read the WCW poem about plums, I have to laugh, because the poem reminds me so much of my mother. She only apologizes profusely when she's innocent... when she's guilty as all getout, she revels in it. She reminds me of someone I know.:)Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-38096483649313449492007-08-04T18:50:00.000-07:002007-08-04T18:50:00.000-07:00You have never eaten a plum by itself? We must dra...You have never eaten a plum by itself? We must drag you to the country and away from the city! You must try all manner of things, fresh from the trees!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-47061391087992475892007-08-04T18:47:00.000-07:002007-08-04T18:47:00.000-07:00I didn't TELL THEM I WON, MotherReader. THAT was w...I didn't TELL THEM I WON, MotherReader. THAT was what made me have to say it: She asked about it ALL BY HERSELF!! No prompting!!! How cool is that????<BR/><BR/>We must invite her to join us in something. She is quite cool, and quirky and funny.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-15983782250588475532007-08-04T10:27:00.000-07:002007-08-04T10:27:00.000-07:00I just gasped out loud. Tamora Pierce asked questi...I just gasped out loud. Tamora Pierce asked questions about the 48 Hour Book Challenge! OMG, that's my baby! Of course, you were a winner so I'm happy to share the glory that is the 48HBC.<BR/><BR/>Glad that the conference was so much fun.MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-7971014403481533362007-08-04T10:04:00.000-07:002007-08-04T10:04:00.000-07:00I am SO glad that yesterday went so well. Thank yo...I am SO glad that yesterday went so well. Thank you, thank you! :)<BR/><BR/>I have never eaten a plum by itself, chilled or otherwise.Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-12275400201660437322007-08-04T06:49:00.000-07:002007-08-04T06:49:00.000-07:00Great comparisons, diane! I do love that poem, and...Great comparisons, diane! I do love that poem, and I'm always amazed that William Carlos Williams was a practicing physician as well...multitalented!Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-39586739491619523382007-08-04T05:36:00.000-07:002007-08-04T05:36:00.000-07:00I love the contrast between William Carlos William...I love the contrast between William Carlos Williams and T.S. Eliot in describing the eating of fruit!<BR/><BR/>While J. Alfred Prufrock worries "Do I dare to eat a peach?" Williams' "To A Poor Old Woman" shows us an individual still able to savor the sweetness of plums, and life. Not so "poor" after all!dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292813474160548707noreply@blogger.com