tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post3226371163303322019..comments2023-10-19T10:51:43.826-04:00Comments on Author Amok: Olympic Poetry FridayAuthor Amokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-70263372206682747052012-07-28T12:24:51.523-04:002012-07-28T12:24:51.523-04:00I took a look at the concrete poem. It took my bre...I took a look at the concrete poem. It took my breath away - quite literally. Thanks for posting these interesting poems on the Olympics opening ceremonies day!Violet N.http://vnesdolypoems.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-26032169755266470092012-07-28T07:12:30.750-04:002012-07-28T07:12:30.750-04:00Laura Salas snagged my favorite part at the starti...Laura Salas snagged my favorite part at the starting line of the comments.<br /><br />Thank you for a group of poems to accompany me in my recent return to lap swimming. It is a remarkably spiritual thing, being in water, finding a rhythm, the mantra of the lap count...Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-73123053694749987592012-07-27T12:34:47.374-04:002012-07-27T12:34:47.374-04:00Hi, All. I love the spirituality the water brings ...Hi, All. I love the spirituality the water brings to the speaker:<br /><br />"Each time I tear this seam to enter,<br />all that I carry is taken from me"<br /><br />Katya, thanks for trying and confirming that there's a problem. I was happy for the unexpected nomination, so whatever the outcome, it's all good!Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-3390009634880041402012-07-27T12:21:02.871-04:002012-07-27T12:21:02.871-04:00What a poem! Going to save that one. I saw a billb...What a poem! Going to save that one. I saw a billboard of Michael Phelps the last time I was in Baltimore. We will be rooting for him!Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-1031003007504292032012-07-27T09:30:06.343-04:002012-07-27T09:30:06.343-04:00I'm reasonably tech savvy and I couldn't f...I'm reasonably tech savvy and I couldn't figure out how to vote, either! <br />There is supposed to be a list, under comments, when you go to the Google+ page, but most of the contests don't have a list posted yet even though voting ends this weekend. Very, very, very confusing.Katyahttp://www.katyaczaja.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-14305361360104609982012-07-27T08:12:07.545-04:002012-07-27T08:12:07.545-04:00Hi, Laura! Such a perfect post for this opening c...Hi, Laura! Such a perfect post for this opening ceremony day. Love these lines:<br /><br />all that I carry is taken from me, <br /><br />shucked in the dive<br /><br />Welcome home from your British excursion; I've really enjoyed spying on your pictures etc. And being jealous.Robyn Hood Blackhttp://www.robynhoodblack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-46514799443089192002012-07-27T07:03:57.774-04:002012-07-27T07:03:57.774-04:00I love
gliding back and forth
erasing my own st...I love<br /><br />gliding back and forth <br /><br />erasing my own stitch marks in this lane? <br /><br />My younger daughter just was at UT-Knoxville for a weeklong conference and got to swim in the pool Phelps supposedly trained in. She's not a sports or Olympics fan, really, but the aura impressed even her:>)laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.com