tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.comments2023-05-09T05:25:25.038-04:00stardust and rustsuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399438860376240075noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-81048029028859550142019-02-04T22:05:08.747-05:002019-02-04T22:05:08.747-05:00absolutely heartbreakingly beautiful...what love.....absolutely heartbreakingly beautiful...what love...Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-74133195781768665552019-02-01T00:02:27.203-05:002019-02-01T00:02:27.203-05:00Robin! I loved your question--and it made me thin...Robin! I loved your question--and it made me think! Why had I put 90 minutes--it was a great point and I'm glad you asked--Thank you!!!<br />suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399438860376240075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-34076251180048262592019-01-31T21:28:45.720-05:002019-01-31T21:28:45.720-05:00Sorry Suzanne, I had slipped out of poetry into my...Sorry Suzanne, I had slipped out of poetry into my former specialist self, and wondered if kids were not allowed to finish the writing tests if they needed more time. But not my worry any more! hehehehRobinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-35276431755956223872019-01-31T08:16:50.983-05:002019-01-31T08:16:50.983-05:00thank you, Robin. and: poetic license! we are g...thank you, Robin. and: poetic license! we are given such small boxes from which/and such great things are wished... 90 minutes was used because it can seem long or short, depending on perspective and purpose... but that it is a strictly timed, high-stakes, impossible construct--that is my truth :) suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399438860376240075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-58823621387722789192019-01-30T21:41:12.988-05:002019-01-30T21:41:12.988-05:00I love this. We need more portraits of our studen...I love this. We need more portraits of our students, and the parallel world in which they are living. But why the strictly timed 90 minutes for writing?Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-16316384629375902422019-01-15T18:26:25.889-05:002019-01-15T18:26:25.889-05:00YES! Hope is a necessary thing, but I want to exp...YES! Hope is a necessary thing, but I want to explore where faith and personal agency intersect--or do not, or are of a balance that I am not sure is balanced--the faithless/hopeless who plow ahead, and/or the faithful/hopeful, who seem to be on pause. I see many who seem to view these as dichotomous systems--. Why? suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399438860376240075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-7846456079246654672019-01-15T15:10:00.599-05:002019-01-15T15:10:00.599-05:00hope because the alternative?
hope because the alternative? <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812435382005537659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-59689951382031619832019-01-15T11:43:28.535-05:002019-01-15T11:43:28.535-05:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-55580454384841110862019-01-13T15:24:45.286-05:002019-01-13T15:24:45.286-05:00For me, faith, music and bread.For me, faith, music and bread.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-16078931466253316772019-01-13T15:22:48.739-05:002019-01-13T15:22:48.739-05:00This is a hideous mind picture...a nightmare of th...This is a hideous mind picture...a nightmare of the worst degree.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-54187987385369153522019-01-13T15:20:32.741-05:002019-01-13T15:20:32.741-05:00The thought of the scent of the inside of shells.....The thought of the scent of the inside of shells.....smiling.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-6009792800533982602019-01-13T09:20:49.224-05:002019-01-13T09:20:49.224-05:00very interesting...compelling.very interesting...compelling.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-51082742579637879552019-01-11T21:10:37.826-05:002019-01-11T21:10:37.826-05:00Your compassion for these desperate but hopeful......Your compassion for these desperate but hopeful...even from the depths of despair, people is overwhelming and comes through in your words.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-1617686396162611562019-01-10T08:51:58.554-05:002019-01-10T08:51:58.554-05:00So terribly sad.So terribly sad.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-652436691711831762016-09-14T18:48:22.501-04:002016-09-14T18:48:22.501-04:00A lovely, a gift. Thank you! This is beautiful i...A lovely, a gift. Thank you! This is beautiful insight and kindness. suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399438860376240075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-21962061892195459952016-09-14T18:46:24.739-04:002016-09-14T18:46:24.739-04:00The flower is not a doll,
We take for an object.
T...The flower is not a doll,<br />We take for an object.<br />The flower is not a mistress,<br />We love secretly.<br />The flower is not a cup of coffee,<br />We throw away after use.<br />The flower is not 7-11 fast food,<br />The flower is a home made,<br />Sprinkles of freedom and independence.<br />It is not empty,<br />It is full of poetry.<br />I want to smell it,<br />Like a bee does.<br />I want to caress it,<br />As an evening breeze does.<br />I want to feel its presence,<br />To believe in life.<br /> <br />The flower is not made of plastic,<br />It is real .<br />The flower is the beauty of life,<br />without it is night.<br />A flower defends her ideas,<br />It is jealous of her freedom.<br />If a storm will come,<br />I swear I will defend her,<br />Her friendship for me is sacred.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-45620171435222223562015-04-29T17:56:33.897-04:002015-04-29T17:56:33.897-04:00likelikeRiCK SAUNDERShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10157789471880620453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-55245533095122136102014-06-16T21:58:51.721-04:002014-06-16T21:58:51.721-04:00%%RiCK SAUNDERShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10157789471880620453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-32072056868589167882014-02-11T00:12:49.781-05:002014-02-11T00:12:49.781-05:00Powerful stuff, both this and Cold Ann. Not unbeau...Powerful stuff, both this and Cold Ann. Not unbeautiful as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-55035461914135573802013-03-03T13:35:34.879-05:002013-03-03T13:35:34.879-05:00thank you. i wonder at the idea of a "my sen...thank you. i wonder at the idea of a "my sensibility"; you have given me pause, and thought! thank you. suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399438860376240075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-41702573287850421842013-03-03T10:58:00.524-05:002013-03-03T10:58:00.524-05:00ah....glad to see you posting again. missed your s...ah....glad to see you posting again. missed your sensibility, Suzanne.nancy Kieferhttp://www.nancykiefer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-53709845775997274962012-08-26T20:49:20.978-04:002012-08-26T20:49:20.978-04:00belated belated: this is a thank you note from me...belated belated: this is a thank you note from me to you, nancy.suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399438860376240075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-31633562692276741742012-08-23T17:16:02.622-04:002012-08-23T17:16:02.622-04:00why, thank you very much! why, thank you very much! suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399438860376240075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-68534572767534228212012-08-19T08:11:41.647-04:002012-08-19T08:11:41.647-04:00I love this!!!I love this!!!Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519450077510254870.post-55321794929613295832012-06-23T22:06:53.326-04:002012-06-23T22:06:53.326-04:00to the people who say: heart in throat. deep bre...to the people who say: heart in throat. deep breath. your writing is beautiful. <br /><br />to you: i thank you. it shouldn't make a difference, but it does. huge. it makes a huge difference to me. <br /><br />thank you. really.suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399438860376240075noreply@blogger.com