tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post6381703999734652298..comments2024-03-01T00:32:17.498-05:00Comments on Read Write Believe: Poetry Friday: Exchange StudentSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-19410510692020033772011-09-30T10:03:53.649-04:002011-09-30T10:03:53.649-04:00Oh, god. Being lonely abroad. It is so hard. Sara....Oh, god. Being lonely abroad. It is so hard. Sara... Rebecca is a lovely, lovely poet -- which is no surprise, considering -- and I'm grateful for this...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-76713356522442552902011-02-26T10:44:59.995-05:002011-02-26T10:44:59.995-05:00I loved Rebecca's poem, which is a little sad,...I loved Rebecca's poem, which is a little sad, but I didn't have to read it as a mom so for me it carried a whiff of my own loneliness at that age, and the spirit of an adventurer. Lovely.Jeannine Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886966069866356470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-6360876621231246452011-02-25T21:46:59.566-05:002011-02-25T21:46:59.566-05:00Thank you for hosting poetry Friday, great way to ...Thank you for hosting poetry Friday, great way to end the week!Diane McPharlinhttp://pearlygirltoo.xanga.com/742188278/whole-paycheck/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-83873415413676423862011-02-25T19:52:13.675-05:002011-02-25T19:52:13.675-05:00Thank you for hosting, Sara...and for putting up m...Thank you for hosting, Sara...and for putting up my link because I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off today! <br /><br />My son will be a senior in college next year...how can that be? Where did our Mom-ness end and our friendships slip in?<br /><br />And ah...their travels. Flying to another country is as easy to them as taking a bus to another part of town. My hat is off to the next generation and to making this little blue marble smaller.<br /><br />*sigh*April Halprin Waylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760393691320267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-26023078406858460492011-02-25T17:25:28.136-05:002011-02-25T17:25:28.136-05:00I'm so sorry your daughter had a tough time of...I'm so sorry your daughter had a tough time of it in digs. Reminds me of my landlady in Siena when I was a student. We called her La Strega... And I'm very glad she was scooped up and taken home by friends to show her proper hospitality - as also happened to me. She has written about it beautifully and poignantly. I hope she shared it with her friend too - and thanks for putting it up here.Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12143499864104883745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-49955761017573730732011-02-25T17:16:40.321-05:002011-02-25T17:16:40.321-05:00Thanks for hosting! You must be proud of your daug...Thanks for hosting! You must be proud of your daughter's eloquence. I can't wait until my kids write poetry!<br /><br />I stole from Shakespeare this week -- some favorite lines on opportunity from Julius Caesar. Maybe not technically poetry, but ...Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034180396689442335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-80533617481073289412011-02-25T14:34:09.872-05:002011-02-25T14:34:09.872-05:00Congratulations on Rebecca's upcoming graduati...Congratulations on Rebecca's upcoming graduation. She is very talented! I love that she has interests in both science and poetry, too. Sometimes that left side of the brain really needs a break! Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday. I'm looking forward to reading the posts...Kerry Aradhyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099941502319174759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-41339356465373459392011-02-25T13:49:30.685-05:002011-02-25T13:49:30.685-05:00Sara, thanks for hosting. And for sharing this lov...Sara, thanks for hosting. And for sharing this lovely poem. Your daughter has done a beautiful job. <br /><br />We had an exchange student from Kazakhstan live with us when my children were teenagers. It was quite an experience. And our memories and his are not always the same. It was a challenging time. But he remembers it as a landmark year in his life. We recently connected after over ten years and he's planning a visit soon. We look forward to knowing the person he has become. So, whether we remember all of the experience as good or not, it is always life changing. I'm sure it was for your daughter, too. And I love her comment about being dramatic for the poem. Fun.Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-43630622805960983122011-02-25T12:48:58.206-05:002011-02-25T12:48:58.206-05:00thanks for hosting, and to rebecca for sharing wit...thanks for hosting, and to rebecca for sharing with you, with us. <br /><br />i have to say i had a strangely similar "more dramatic" experience recently when my younger daughter shared a biography project for english and she's embellished some family details. "it's just an assignment."<br /><br />anyway, again, thanks.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-44960649533750891542011-02-25T12:44:10.017-05:002011-02-25T12:44:10.017-05:00What a lovely poem! Makes me want to dry apples ov...What a lovely poem! Makes me want to dry apples over my stove and go to Dublin. I especially love the double use of the word "curing" in the beginning of the poem. A cure like a solution and curing as in drying food. Very evocative.Carliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992805076865220524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-12768252246513511852011-02-25T12:04:39.573-05:002011-02-25T12:04:39.573-05:00What an exciting time for you and and your daughte...What an exciting time for you and and your daughter. I loved her poem--it brought back memories of the two solid years I slept on my big sister's floor, by choice. Great evocation of mood--so many reasons for you to be proud of her!<br /><br />Thanks for hosting, Sara!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-15848866647967795742011-02-25T10:53:02.102-05:002011-02-25T10:53:02.102-05:00OOOOOOPPPPPPPSSSS!!!
Spelling error on my last co...OOOOOOPPPPPPPSSSS!!!<br /><br />Spelling error on my last comment! Shame on me. <br /><br />That first sentence should have read: YOUR daughter is definitely a talented poet!Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-17440560280206211582011-02-25T10:51:16.009-05:002011-02-25T10:51:16.009-05:00Sara,
You're daughter is most definitely a ta...Sara,<br /><br />You're daughter is most definitely a talented poet! That is a lovely poem. I am in awe of her writing ability.<br /><br />P.S. Thanks for doing the roundup this week.<br /><br />I have an original mask poem titled "Spider Speaks" over at Wild Rose Reader.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-69732529141218735372011-02-25T10:41:00.564-05:002011-02-25T10:41:00.564-05:00Thanks for hosting.
My selection is Caroline Kenne...Thanks for hosting.<br />My selection is Caroline Kennedy's "A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry For Children" illustrated by Jon J. Muth.Janet S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11473549444328276315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-54706217474525011612011-02-25T10:09:24.337-05:002011-02-25T10:09:24.337-05:00Sara, I love Rebecca's poem -- so lovely, and ...Sara, I love Rebecca's poem -- so lovely, and I love this image: <br />"ran until the flakes melted in the waves."<br /><br />Love that photo, too. <br /><br />Thanks for hosting today!Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-25597122441196525272011-02-25T09:44:59.834-05:002011-02-25T09:44:59.834-05:00Rebecca's poem reminded me of my time away fro...Rebecca's poem reminded me of my time away from home. It was the little things that got me through. <br />Thanks for sharing. I love the photo of the double helix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-65698663459751716202011-02-25T08:35:50.126-05:002011-02-25T08:35:50.126-05:00The Write Sisters wrap up Valentine month with Sha...The Write Sisters wrap up Valentine month with Shakespeare's Sonnet 116.Murhttp://www.thewritesisters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-19708739972292452932011-02-25T08:32:23.514-05:002011-02-25T08:32:23.514-05:00Wherever we go, the warmth comes not from the heat...Wherever we go, the warmth comes not from the heating system but from the human connections:<br />the icy inherited house, the high ceiling,/the apples drying over the stove that cured me,/the mince pies.<br /><br />It's the we encircling the I.<br />Thanks to Rebecca for a trip back to my exchange/au pair days...Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-65234072318079981562011-02-25T08:28:58.446-05:002011-02-25T08:28:58.446-05:00Love Rebecca's poem! Took me right back to vis...Love Rebecca's poem! Took me right back to visiting Dublin while on a school break. I was enamoured with Joyce and the Liffey, but found all was not so rosy in reality.<br /><br />Thanks for hosting today!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-83962435491066797202011-02-25T08:08:15.159-05:002011-02-25T08:08:15.159-05:00Your daughter's poem and her experience in Dub...Your daughter's poem and her experience in Dublin really spoke to me. Her lovely lines captured my own experience of living abroad as a student, quite alone; most importantly it reminds me of my daughter's experiences - you send your adventurous children on their way, and hope the kindness of strangers measures up to their exuberant expectations. Thanks for sharing...and hosting!Tarahttp://tmsteach.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-7057573216496303852011-02-25T07:44:17.459-05:002011-02-25T07:44:17.459-05:00Lovely poem that lets me enter in to all the senso...Lovely poem that lets me enter in to all the sensory details of comfort...Janethttp://acrossthepage.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-47366351688019014432011-02-25T06:33:45.599-05:002011-02-25T06:33:45.599-05:00In honor of your daughter's eloquent poem abou...In honor of your daughter's eloquent poem about her time in Ireland, I have the word verification "potat." The missing o is the sound I made when I finished reading her poem. Actually, it was more of an "ah," but I'll exaggerate for the sake of the word verification.<br /><br />Thanks for hosting!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-62984933160921458252011-02-25T05:41:20.152-05:002011-02-25T05:41:20.152-05:00What a sweet, sweet poem from your daughter! Lovel...What a sweet, sweet poem from your daughter! Lovely to get a sense of her longing for home mixed with gratitude for little warm kindnesses. It brings me comfort today.<br /><br />I am celebrating Black History Month with my fav Langston Hughes.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-30913878044414951892011-02-25T05:21:17.340-05:002011-02-25T05:21:17.340-05:00I love that your daughter writes poetry about scie...I love that your daughter writes poetry about science! That is very cool. I went back and read Rebecca's poem about hagfish -- perfect! Looking forward to future poems from her.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-55067857113948457432011-02-25T04:43:57.677-05:002011-02-25T04:43:57.677-05:00There are many such antidotes to the bitterness of...There are many such antidotes to the bitterness of being solitary and different in a strange land -- not every moment <i>can</i> be rosy. And yet, how wise is Becca to actually pay attention and recount them? I could not speak of mine so beautifully, for sure.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com