tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587771.post7903618661721070178..comments2023-11-02T22:34:56.723+11:00Comments on Catty Reads, Catty Writes, Catty Knits: Tuesday Poem - a little late! 'Winning the Day'Cattyroxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05535303064712958520noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587771.post-46763920164475877952011-04-20T05:14:47.320+10:002011-04-20T05:14:47.320+10:00Dear Catherine, this is gorgeous. I just got "...Dear Catherine, this is gorgeous. I just got "Marriage for Beginners" in the mail and am salivating. I was going to suggest what Mary did, that we do a book swap? She beat me to it. Thank you so much for the gift of this book, and please let me try to return the favor.Melissa Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270919534011711225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587771.post-88359689170488821362011-04-09T01:49:33.437+10:002011-04-09T01:49:33.437+10:00What a delicious poem! I love the imagery, and the...What a delicious poem! I love the imagery, and the ending is perfect --"the fat black eye of love/winks back." I think the way the first verse paragraph sets up the rest is amazing. We can either drink the world in and identify with/have compassion for it, or not. It's our choice. Bravo!Eileen D. Moellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052413305874728186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587771.post-78717902163671765482011-04-07T09:57:59.131+10:002011-04-07T09:57:59.131+10:00I fully concur, also this poem seems to have a lov...I fully concur, also this poem seems to have a lovely roundness to it, a completeness to it even as that eye "winks back"AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587771.post-6716355886688026852011-04-07T03:28:49.637+10:002011-04-07T03:28:49.637+10:00okeydoke! a swap... - I love 'tender as new co...okeydoke! a swap... - I love 'tender as new corn' too...Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587771.post-54060699562873405352011-04-06T16:06:33.680+10:002011-04-06T16:06:33.680+10:00Mary - let's swap! Ben, thank you.Mary - let's swap! Ben, thank you.Cattyroxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535303064712958520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587771.post-83878799131889014102011-04-06T14:58:51.933+10:002011-04-06T14:58:51.933+10:00I love this poem. "tender as new corn", ...I love this poem. "tender as new corn", lovely simile and poignant and pertinent to anyone who gardens. Love the "wink" image too.Ben Hurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367615722744097913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587771.post-8850990712823344702011-04-06T08:17:15.952+10:002011-04-06T08:17:15.952+10:00Oh I want Marriage for Beginners. I'm sure you...Oh I want Marriage for Beginners. I'm sure you've posted a couple of poems from it now, and it's lovely. Tell me where I can buy it. Or could we do a book swap? XMary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.com