tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post2850759794601828807..comments2023-10-19T10:51:43.826-04:00Comments on Author Amok: Poetry Postcard 8Author Amokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-61907227635272014602013-01-16T09:45:41.099-05:002013-01-16T09:45:41.099-05:00Linda, I simply adore this poem and all of the wor...Linda, I simply adore this poem and all of the words in it. There is something about the concreteness of nouns here - I feel I am touching the poem - hedgehog, pork rolls, cloth serviettes, clay pigeons, cups of tea,kerchief...all of it. You bring this hedgehog (with her "foxgloves curlered hair"!) truly to life. And yes, "I could believe almost anything we were so removed from our other ordinary life." Yes. I am a lucky recipient of htis card. Thank you...and wishes for a wonderful year of more postcard gifts.Amy LVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625469276544426664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-61284165246725300852013-01-12T11:20:45.811-05:002013-01-12T11:20:45.811-05:00Hi, Linda. Thank you so much for sharing this stor...Hi, Linda. Thank you so much for sharing this story about your family. I would love to read some of your poems about your father and grandparents.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-64181677598463446922013-01-11T22:57:39.460-05:002013-01-11T22:57:39.460-05:00My childhood visiting a grandmother was different,...My childhood visiting a grandmother was different, but much the same as I was able to visit one set of grandparents only once a year, a few weeks each summer. My father was killed in WWII & these were his parents. I have written much about them, and the time was magical, which I connected to your poem. Someday perhaps I'll write & share some other poems about that time. Your poem reminded me so much of that time, picnics & forests & creatures all rolled up into one, & a 'proper' grandmother, "so removed <br />from our other ordinary life ". Thanks Laura, & thanks too for the other links & recommendations to contemporary books, too.(Love Susan Cooper!)Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.com