tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post5273195505654257995..comments2023-11-05T07:53:12.708-05:00Comments on Poets United: POEMS OF THE WEEK - BY PEARL, WENDY AND SARARosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-66714111619459127312017-08-12T09:28:17.141-04:002017-08-12T09:28:17.141-04:00Dear Sherry It has been a week of interruptions, ...Dear Sherry It has been a week of interruptions, I have come to read, only to be interrupted. It happened several times, but now on this quiet Saturday morning. I am reading and enjoying and agreeing with three of my favorite poets. Such beautiful words, and so wise. Thank you to each of you for your contributions to this wonderful post. xoxo annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-54392311851700484942017-08-09T06:05:57.420-04:002017-08-09T06:05:57.420-04:00Thank you ladies for the conversation and the beau...Thank you ladies for the conversation and the beautiful poems which so clearly echoes the thoughts of so many. Once again we like Pandora are left with but hope that we might see a for more peaceful Earth than the one we are continually confronted with.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-46685578766111339032017-08-08T23:43:54.862-04:002017-08-08T23:43:54.862-04:00wow amazing poetry Very inspirational I really enj...wow amazing poetry Very inspirational I really enjoyed them and the interview Marjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-24345621208410062582017-08-08T23:21:50.356-04:002017-08-08T23:21:50.356-04:00Thank you, Pearl, for your enthusiastic words. You...Thank you, Pearl, for your enthusiastic words. You make me smile. Yes, it is good to stop from the spinning cacophony....thankfully we poets have a way to release our angst, and pen our hopes.......we must keep writing , through it all.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-34497960952698961712017-08-08T16:14:00.141-04:002017-08-08T16:14:00.141-04:00Oh my! I just a wrote a quick comment about how de...Oh my! I just a wrote a quick comment about how deeply moved I am to be part of this particular column ...and whoosh it vanished before I could post ... So, here I am again... in the midst of working and yet ...ahhh sweet Universe the person coming to see me somehow, for the first time ever, inadvertently missed her appointment - and now I have a bit of time and a nod to the Universe for the moments to comment. Thank you to Sherry for this opportunity and honor to be here .. in the midst of global, national and family cacophony, I am finding that words are completely insufficient to express how deeply uplifted I feel (can one be "deeply uplifted?") to be part of this connection of caring that we ALL share. I need to re-read Wendy's wonderful poem again- I could not agree more that it we, all our individual "I's," that make the difference, and Sara - ever the artist with those lush colors painting the world.... Oh my! ... the poems, the poems, the poets, and yet there is more here, is so much that is important to read and digest - I noticed Neal Postman's mention- he was a favorite professor of mine a - young man at the time... but most importantly there are all of us... Us... Oh my, in my haste to post ... I can see that I am truly babbling ... Before I leave for now, and put us all out of this misery of this torrent of words- I must of course thank my favorited Wild Woman, Sherry for this opportunity... In a week that seems particularly spinning with all polarities of life ...it is wonderful to stop a moment from the spinning cacaphony - be with you all and know that we are among helpers all .... and so I say to one and all and each and every for just this moment ...and to all the small moments we can find as they appear ... and they do appear.... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............. We are one and the one is good. Peace & Love & the strength of the poetry of life, in us and to us all.<br />Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15506538737806033824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-59847053491225994452017-08-08T16:06:47.065-04:002017-08-08T16:06:47.065-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15506538737806033824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-37278975698796118992017-08-08T11:33:12.141-04:002017-08-08T11:33:12.141-04:00I agree this is really excellent....poems and inte...I agree this is really excellent....poems and interview both.....Sherry I love how you weave it all together. And dear poets, wow! Very inspirational and shores me up with hope as we slug through our present conditions!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420133886162844400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-52178325391071669822017-08-08T09:59:55.839-04:002017-08-08T09:59:55.839-04:00This is a wonderful post ladies. Beautifully uplif...This is a wonderful post ladies. Beautifully uplifting thoughts expressed by our dear poets. Thank you :)Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-59941946634749180772017-08-07T22:15:48.552-04:002017-08-07T22:15:48.552-04:00I am feeling lifted by the discussion happening in...I am feeling lifted by the discussion happening in here. Thank you all for your messages of hope. I so resonate with everything said. Wendy, thank you for your input, above. I feel empowered just reading your comment. Especially acknowledging goodness and humanity wherever we find it. In the darkest hours, we see, again and again, the best in humanity as people reach out to help others. Yes, there is darkness, but light shines more brightly.<br /><br />Mary, it is my pleasure to fill this space every Monday with words we hope will reach peoples' hearts. We have such amazing poets and people in this community. Sure makes my job a delight!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-20381610292609292602017-08-07T20:48:30.772-04:002017-08-07T20:48:30.772-04:00You did an awesome job selecting poems that work t...You did an awesome job selecting poems that work together wonderfully, Sherry. What an honor to be featured with such stellar poets. What I got, primarily, from this piece is the message that: we have come to a place where we must all begin to look for the good. We no longer have the luxury of standing blithely by, waiting for goodness to appear before us. Goodness does exist. It is, as Pearl put it so eloquently, that ”collective spirit far greater than any created perverse distortion of what I believe to be essential humanness.” We must look for those qualities in humankind that unite us graciously, and wherever we find goodness, we must celebrate it and shine a light upon it and proclaim: this ‘empathy’ … this ‘kindness’ … this ‘selflessness’ – this is human conduct, we respect and strive to emulate. And when we are confronted with the opposite we must acknowledge that it is wrong … often, so wrong, it is evil.<br /><br />Sara made the point that “In the Internet age, there has also been a devaluing of the truth.” That devaluation is very disturbing and is addressed again and again by the poets of Poets United. But even in these dark days, there is hope. We – the consumers of information – have the power to control what we want brought into our lives – and ultimately can have an affect on the ‘messages’ that are being produced for us: the information consumers. There is peace – nature’s constant – all around us. That is certainly my go-to place, when I am feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world and Sara’s poem speaks to that ‘gift’. And there are personal initiatives that we can pursue – ‘good’ acts. To paraphrase my earlier remark: if we all (or, at least most of us) proceed in small positive ways: humanely, with empathy, cherishing truth, respectful of nature, I believe, that, even the toughest challenges facing humankind will improve.<br />Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-56591315288621961452017-08-07T20:39:03.492-04:002017-08-07T20:39:03.492-04:00Thank you for all your work, Sherry. Thank you for all your work, Sherry. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-49199469675940747892017-08-07T20:37:27.414-04:002017-08-07T20:37:27.414-04:00Pearl, I like the idea of looking for the helpers....Pearl, I like the idea of looking for the helpers. Actually I belong to a Facebook group of a similar name. And I agree with you that inhumanity is indifference; and there is definitely so much of this in our world right now. <br /><br />Wendy, I like the idea of "I am the difference." It is empowering, and I think we all must keep that thought & act on it. We may not control the universe, but perhaps we can make a difference in our own small sphere.<br /><br />Sara, I like the idea of seeking out smiles and straining to hear the laughter...in any event, looking for the good. I appreciated your comments too. I was truck by your thought that 'more knowledge of the world is shrinking our empathy for it.' I never thought of it that way, but I think this is true.<br /><br />Sherry - great feature once again. Thank you for featuring these fine poets & their worth while messages here today!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-35445722901115753042017-08-07T18:47:26.166-04:002017-08-07T18:47:26.166-04:00Great feature, Sherry, thank you. And many thanks ...Great feature, Sherry, thank you. And many thanks to Pearl, Wendy and Sara, who are as eloquent in prose, here, as they always are in verse. I have probably already shared with Poets United, in some context, one of my favourite quotes from the I Ching: 'The only way to defeat evil is to make energetic progress in the good.' What fine examples of that you three are! And you help to remind us all.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-27535256297710183442017-08-07T18:34:32.646-04:002017-08-07T18:34:32.646-04:00I figured we could all do with some uplifting line...I figured we could all do with some uplifting lines. Thank you, Pearl, Wendy and Sara for lifting our spirits, reminding us to access what resources we have, and for infusing us with some much-needed hope.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-88642049750204147292017-08-07T17:10:22.307-04:002017-08-07T17:10:22.307-04:00"And although a poem can be elaborately tuned..."And although a poem can be elaborately tuned, poetry remains naked communication— simple, honest and direct." Sara spoke my mind in reading this entire feature and all the poems in it. What helps us and what heals us as we stand in front of what Sherry calls "the cacophony of bad news"? I've got the voice of the wicked witch of OZ in my head singing "Don't bring me no more bad news!" And all your words, Pearl and Wendy and Sara, bring me what I want to hear--honest heart and art and discussion of how to survive. Thank you.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-84767530197401410282017-08-07T14:15:02.158-04:002017-08-07T14:15:02.158-04:00How refreshing are the words of hope! I am someti...How refreshing are the words of hope! I am sometimes nearly overwhelmed by the somber tone of many of the poems I read, so I am especially happy to read the hopeful words of these poets. Thank you all for sharing!indybevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505539407819784525noreply@blogger.com