tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post6732145709157415584..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: the new orderTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-27902708814611140242010-06-26T10:36:44.680-04:002010-06-26T10:36:44.680-04:00A fitting poem for your photo, referencing yet ano...A fitting poem for your photo, referencing yet another movie I have yet to see that I would love to see. Can I substitute "Cinderella man" instead?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712046924863763290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-84454658029064661522010-06-16T23:13:22.202-04:002010-06-16T23:13:22.202-04:00Your reference to 'The Quiet Man' fits so ...Your reference to 'The Quiet Man' fits so well. I am a habitue of thrift stores. I often buy pieces of porcelain and the like and find special places for them in my house because I know they would have been special to someone way back when. Your poem has actually really moved me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-23612204256799097132010-06-16T11:44:31.909-04:002010-06-16T11:44:31.909-04:00So well written that now I feel I must do a bit of...So well written that now I feel I must do a bit of cleaning out. I especially loved the last stanza.susan m hinckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073318305866251569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-30169832973185336922010-06-15T15:41:42.925-04:002010-06-15T15:41:42.925-04:00You - 'dowerless in a thrift store of dirt'...You - 'dowerless in a thrift store of dirt' I doubt it.<br /><br />Lovely piece Willow/Magpie.Steve Capelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14838386764407644146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-55604738176919566632010-06-15T13:49:58.416-04:002010-06-15T13:49:58.416-04:00As always, a beautifully written Magpie! My adora...As always, a beautifully written Magpie! My adorable mother was a bit of a hoarder ~ creating in me the need to simplify. Hopefully not in the extreme.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-64747959680628508252010-06-15T10:41:45.929-04:002010-06-15T10:41:45.929-04:00Willow, it's so often true that those items we...Willow, it's so often true that those items we hold dearest are discarded by our loved ones once we are gone. I, like you, attach feelings to certain items which may not have a great value on their own. Sadly I connect with your poem, having been a child who disposed of items held dear by my parents. I regret my irreversible actions all these years later. <br /><br />Awesome read. Truly enlightening. BTW, you have a dark side too!CHummelKornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862056292807754590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-24031650318817964902010-06-15T09:23:27.558-04:002010-06-15T09:23:27.558-04:00I am truly inspired by you, Willow.
what a wonderf...I am truly inspired by you, Willow.<br />what a wonderful read.<br />hugs<br />shakiraAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264352891639027269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-80453302982571419102010-06-15T08:20:40.885-04:002010-06-15T08:20:40.885-04:00So beautiful, you have mad skills! I can tell you ...So beautiful, you have mad skills! I can tell you put so much energy into each line, each one pulses with vibrancy. My fave though is 'My fleshy nest is feathered in flotsam.' 'fleshy nest,' is wonderful, I love this image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-22720977248002835022010-06-15T05:00:17.769-04:002010-06-15T05:00:17.769-04:00Willow,
A magpie from beginning to end.
Nice!
When...Willow,<br />A magpie from beginning to end.<br />Nice!<br />When I arrived home Friday last there was a similar souvenir waiting for my perusal.<br />relrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030572981830789370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-47738776882788164512010-06-15T03:07:44.170-04:002010-06-15T03:07:44.170-04:00Wow, really amazing poem. Now that's a gift wi...Wow, really amazing poem. Now that's a gift with words.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034759853236826891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-79265614727001986332010-06-15T02:09:10.413-04:002010-06-15T02:09:10.413-04:00Ah, your words light a fire in my soul! The last s...Ah, your words light a fire in my soul! The last stanza gave me chills.alexis nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701177402195968414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-20112499353498871392010-06-15T02:02:15.954-04:002010-06-15T02:02:15.954-04:00Crisp, powerful, gorgeous. Very well done.Crisp, powerful, gorgeous. Very well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-16179608530649652572010-06-14T22:07:35.759-04:002010-06-14T22:07:35.759-04:00"assorted secrets and stories"..I'm ..."assorted secrets and stories"..I'm glad boxes can't talk! You have classically represented the romantic drama of threshing through pieces of time we all perch on shelves.showmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858999587498974794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-34121444095314600032010-06-14T16:42:08.517-04:002010-06-14T16:42:08.517-04:00A fabulous read! My mind kept reminding me of The ...A fabulous read! My mind kept reminding me of The Quiet Man. One of my favourite films!.... Prompting outside the box, too! lolHelenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447013188405986054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-45504134965966310212010-06-14T09:09:51.576-04:002010-06-14T09:09:51.576-04:00Niamh, yes, isn't it a thrilling, yet haunting...Niamh, yes, isn't it a thrilling, yet haunting thought that our writing can endure beyond us?Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-70068258575594783952010-06-14T08:34:11.996-04:002010-06-14T08:34:11.996-04:00This poem gives me new meanings each time I read i...This poem gives me new meanings each time I read it.<br />"My fleshy nest is feathered in flotsam" is a favorite line. Doesn't the act of writing, the poem itself, work in defiance of being "discreetly forgotten"? Hope so! I loved this poem.Niamhhttp://niamhboyce.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-71248223118482566592010-06-14T08:21:24.563-04:002010-06-14T08:21:24.563-04:00Only when moving does one realize all the stuff th...Only when moving does one realize all the stuff that has been accumulated. And, yet, that flotsam is the life blood of daily events. There is a gradual letting go?Paul Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836602667355512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-21237696510594256532010-06-14T07:36:51.064-04:002010-06-14T07:36:51.064-04:00Dear Willow: Your poems is evocative of my mood la...Dear Willow: Your poems is evocative of my mood lately. Those things we dreamed and are now, and wont be. Total Tingle Time! Up the Spine! Brrrr.. Mary Kate Danaher! Yes! The Quiet Man! To get over this remember The Quiet Man's embrace that should settle this! Do not worry; I've been taking this kind of inventory too. The M card in the near future. If we don't have it in the heart it will never be anywhere. Things are nice; people are nicer! For sure I get your point and then the cold cold ground. I think place your sights on things not of this world works for any age. Sage Biblical advice. It can be quite physical and very spiritually challenging when we question the big "?". I try not to question too much anymore. Let it go child, let it go I hear Hans Christian King say in my earworm defence when I get too maudlin. This happens at this age magpies!Lovely thought provoking, eloquent poem! Most Excellent Willow!Jane JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-69083416680495842572010-06-14T06:38:55.383-04:002010-06-14T06:38:55.383-04:00Willow, this is beautiful, beautifully sad.Willow, this is beautiful, beautifully sad.Umahttp://umaathreya.blogsome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-47184022919255877282010-06-14T03:30:25.464-04:002010-06-14T03:30:25.464-04:00Good stuff. Last stanza is the ever repeating huma...Good stuff. Last stanza is the ever repeating human tragedy. So much wisdom is buried with each passing. So write, girl write!Stafford Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048757515249725540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-6869388394159628362010-06-14T00:52:30.973-04:002010-06-14T00:52:30.973-04:00Willow,
How beautiful. I feel I know you more. An...Willow,<br />How beautiful. I feel I know you more. And I know more why I connect with you: "I, too, am carefully wrapped, boxed, and labeled, "assorted secrets and stories," a discreetly forgotten casket, stowed dowerless, in a thrift store of dirt."Jenniferhttp://www.jensrealia.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-67431529796619543092010-06-14T00:29:06.523-04:002010-06-14T00:29:06.523-04:00Your reference to Mary Kate Danaher just thrilled ...Your reference to Mary Kate Danaher just thrilled me. So much of your poem is coming true for me IRL. When my husband gets too pushy about the pruning of the house goods, I'll pull my Mary Kate card. That should slow him down a bit.Annie Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415548089882625246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-50221300873717357802010-06-14T00:10:25.489-04:002010-06-14T00:10:25.489-04:00Wow. I'm glad I read through the comments, bec...Wow. I'm glad I read through the comments, because I was taking a very different meaning from this than what you intended. It is a great poem--love the curios/curious connection. Thank you for sharing it.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-12610305619196415632010-06-13T21:38:37.583-04:002010-06-13T21:38:37.583-04:00Poignant and powerful. The leaving is palpable. Wo...Poignant and powerful. The leaving is palpable. Wonderful piece!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-84827755001691354282010-06-13T21:34:24.875-04:002010-06-13T21:34:24.875-04:00I loved Mary Kate Danaher. I think I love you, to...I loved Mary Kate Danaher. I think I love you, too.RLM Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218851852114927602noreply@blogger.com