tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post2113652279166208794..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: Cherry BlossomsGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-12416039530898561232011-03-18T11:58:27.999-05:002011-03-18T11:58:27.999-05:00Heart-wrenching and beautiful at the same time. Th...Heart-wrenching and beautiful at the same time. Thanks Glynn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-83021383900640261302011-03-17T19:34:32.696-05:002011-03-17T19:34:32.696-05:00Solid work, good storytelling.Solid work, good storytelling.Steve Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162341357622058518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-25200960976577261092011-03-17T17:39:22.805-05:002011-03-17T17:39:22.805-05:00What depth of a picture of something we so easily ...What depth of a picture of something we so easily turn our eyes away from, or flip the channel. This will not be able to leave my mind, my heart. Thank you.Emily Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128327841181760321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-32601784916969489502011-03-17T15:20:18.250-05:002011-03-17T15:20:18.250-05:00I like how the repeated phrases evoke a sense of d...I like how the repeated phrases evoke a sense of dazed grief or even shock. I see the vacant stare of the speaker: "Too soon, too soon..." Powerful.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-46401542830964809942011-03-17T14:11:25.687-05:002011-03-17T14:11:25.687-05:00Wrecked.Wrecked.Sandra Heska Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770393615748405966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-51181867417246261192011-03-17T02:31:21.220-05:002011-03-17T02:31:21.220-05:00nothing tears up the heart more than mother being ...nothing tears up the heart more than mother being separated from a child..yet ...you have the knack of focusing on hope and staying away from melancholy...very very nicely penned...Sonika Uppalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263821952822391180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-70628731616339039402011-03-16T16:04:46.639-05:002011-03-16T16:04:46.639-05:00Heart wrenching...brilliantly done. vbHeart wrenching...brilliantly done. vbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-71800384334090949192011-03-16T14:14:58.054-05:002011-03-16T14:14:58.054-05:00A beautiful telling of a parent's worst nightm...A beautiful telling of a parent's worst nightmare coming true.Belinda Munozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510652167058360972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-17926899921604859192011-03-16T11:36:30.476-05:002011-03-16T11:36:30.476-05:00Powerful, I felt so emotional reading it...
an or...Powerful, I felt so emotional reading it...<br /><br /><a href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2011/03/ordinary-moment.html" rel="nofollow">an ordinary moment</a>gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-55618812805846344532011-03-16T07:51:47.600-05:002011-03-16T07:51:47.600-05:00Hi Glynn
This is really an emotional verse.. I en...Hi Glynn<br /><br />This is really an emotional verse.. I enjoyed it so much..<br />Thanks for sharing..<br /><br /><br />ॐ नमः शिवाय<br />Om Namah Shivaya<br />http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/03/whispers-love-and-insignificance.html<br />Connect me at Twitter @VerseEveryDayShashidhar Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752054354309206121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-42763117925931164032011-03-16T04:29:17.786-05:002011-03-16T04:29:17.786-05:00Oh, wow! What an intensely sad poem, Glynn. Yet yo...Oh, wow! What an intensely sad poem, Glynn. Yet you never lapse into the morose. Rather, the poem is devastatingly hopeful like the mother, waiting for her child to return. Fine, fine writing here!Ami Mattisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12391930163467566669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-42392924470792891972011-03-16T00:00:06.614-05:002011-03-16T00:00:06.614-05:00You made me cry.You made me cry.Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-91398510691777348942011-03-15T23:06:44.400-05:002011-03-15T23:06:44.400-05:00Oh my. Gripping and sad. The repetition is so effe...Oh my. Gripping and sad. The repetition is so effective, giving the feeling of the mother going over and over the events in her mind, wishing she could replay them to a different ending.nonViolet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-27228341333023901302011-03-15T22:43:28.334-05:002011-03-15T22:43:28.334-05:00So sad and to watch these films and the sorrows of...So sad and to watch these films and the sorrows of these people I am sure there are so many stories like this one...bkmsigned...bkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558304976280070986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-41764384772197930072011-03-15T22:03:35.628-05:002011-03-15T22:03:35.628-05:00Heartbreaking. You have perfectly captured what it...Heartbreaking. You have perfectly captured what it feels like to have a child swept away from you.Ann Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501522748426995035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-32188054632510832062011-03-15T21:46:36.227-05:002011-03-15T21:46:36.227-05:00Heartbreaking and beautifully done.Heartbreaking and beautifully done.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-29474237543801372252011-03-15T20:54:28.856-05:002011-03-15T20:54:28.856-05:00this brought tears to my eyes. thanks for sharing ...this brought tears to my eyes. thanks for sharing such a powerful piece.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547380098561803645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-10079005977240703212011-03-15T20:38:23.445-05:002011-03-15T20:38:23.445-05:00Touching, both the heart and the senses, this poem...Touching, both the heart and the senses, this poem delivers the thought, the feeling, and the emotion of the crushing sadness of this past weekend and will for many tomorrows. Thank you.Joseph Heschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217169295029029233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-8917186200018483482011-03-15T17:55:19.101-05:002011-03-15T17:55:19.101-05:00Well done, Glynn. We all sit and watch, wondering,...Well done, Glynn. We all sit and watch, wondering, about so many things still up in limbo here.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-36525652544098419692011-03-15T17:31:28.697-05:002011-03-15T17:31:28.697-05:00no words for what this does to my heart ...no words for what this does to my heart ...S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-3150230484592099582011-03-15T16:56:51.495-05:002011-03-15T16:56:51.495-05:00Powerful, moving poem. Vivid and painful.Powerful, moving poem. Vivid and painful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-76101851774052292362011-03-15T16:48:45.631-05:002011-03-15T16:48:45.631-05:00Glynn, your writing evokes the five senses and sti...Glynn, your writing evokes the five senses and stirs many emotions. This is a heart-rending poem.dustushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796500077556153584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-62260312933626441592011-03-15T16:40:28.304-05:002011-03-15T16:40:28.304-05:00oh Glynn, my heart is breaking again visualizing t...oh Glynn, my heart is breaking again visualizing that tiny hand being sucked out of mothers. Your poem beautifully honors both mother and child, every mother who has lost her child to tragedy.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-16975410591621829062011-03-15T16:33:24.514-05:002011-03-15T16:33:24.514-05:00Glynn, you made me cry. You relayed the mothers vo...Glynn, you made me cry. You relayed the mothers voice so beautifully and poignantly. Having your child seperated from you for even so much as a minute is hard to bare, but having one swept away, well, heartbreaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-53297071469068734682011-03-15T16:23:33.073-05:002011-03-15T16:23:33.073-05:00a quick dagger to the heart...the waiting on the p...a quick dagger to the heart...the waiting on the porch especially...thank you though for bringing a bit of beauty to tragedy....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com