Comments on: LET’S BUY MORE POETRY http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/ Famous Among Dozens Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Angry Medic http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44476 The Angry Medic Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:10:42 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44476 Well, I've got a cabbage in my skull right where my brain used to reside, thanks to medical school. Does that count? :) Naomi Shihab Nye sounds like a great poet though. Now I have to go dig up some Jane Kenyon too for comparison. Thanks for giving me more stuff to procrastinate with :P Well, I’ve got a cabbage in my skull right where my brain used to reside, thanks to medical school. Does that count? :)

Naomi Shihab Nye sounds like a great poet though. Now I have to go dig up some Jane Kenyon too for comparison. Thanks for giving me more stuff to procrastinate with :P

]]> By: J. Bo http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44182 J. Bo Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:16:38 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44182 I've been forwarding this morning's Writer's Almanac e-mail to EVERYONE today! So cool that you posted the wonderful poem... I’ve been forwarding this morning’s Writer’s Almanac e-mail to EVERYONE today! So cool that you posted the wonderful poem…

]]> By: Lee http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44161 Lee Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:20:56 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44161 i read this on WA this morning, and wanted to spend more time with it than the crazy day allowed...thanks for giving me a second shot! i read this on WA this morning, and wanted to spend more time with it than the crazy day allowed…thanks for giving me a second shot!

]]> By: jana http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44153 jana Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:58:46 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44153 Love Naomi Shihab Nye. Love Jane Kenyon. Try reading some Julia Kasdorf...she's amazing. Love Naomi Shihab Nye. Love Jane Kenyon. Try reading some Julia Kasdorf…she’s amazing.

]]> By: Tori http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44138 Tori Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:18:02 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44138 You have just introduced me to a new poet. Thank you. I love it!!! You have just introduced me to a new poet.
Thank you. I love it!!!

]]> By: sonnetj http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44132 sonnetj Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:01:47 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44132 She might be my favorite poet. I've gotten to meet her and hear her read several times. Her poems feel like something sprouting inside. So simple, so beautiful. She might be my favorite poet. I’ve gotten to meet her and hear her read several times. Her poems feel like something sprouting inside. So simple, so beautiful.

]]> By: megan too http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44124 megan too Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:41:30 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44124 Oh my god. Totally. Oh my god. Totally.

]]> By: Twomato Retread http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44093 Twomato Retread Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:07:21 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44093 I'm sauerkraut I’m sauerkraut

]]> By: Megan http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44043 Megan Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:51:17 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44043 More poetry? Please start with Kay Ryan. Her poems are smart, funny and accessible and...great. Just great. It's Always Darkest Just Before the Dawn But how dark is darkest? Does it get jet - or tar - black; does it glint and increase in hardness or turn viscous? Are there stages of darkness and chips to match against its increments, holding them up to our blindness, estimating when we'll have the night behind us? More poetry? Please start with Kay Ryan. Her poems are smart, funny and accessible and…great. Just great.

It’s Always Darkest Just Before the Dawn

But how dark
is darkest?
Does it get
jet – or tar -
black; does it
glint and increase
in hardness
or turn viscous?
Are there stages of darkness
and chips
to match against
its increments,
holding them
up to our blindness,
estimating when
we’ll have the
night behind us?

]]> By: Vikki http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-44030 Vikki Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:08:55 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2007/03/29/lets-buy-more-poetry/#comment-44030 I actually do become a cabbage most of the time but always feel that I should be less of one. I actually do become a cabbage most of the time but always feel that I should be less of one.

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