tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post6484497288197490640..comments2024-02-21T23:23:53.326+13:00Comments on Pip's Squeaks: Late Summer PoetryPiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205242741145067573noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-54859552396427113162007-03-13T06:11:00.000+13:002007-03-13T06:11:00.000+13:00kimberly posted the same lines I wanted to complim...kimberly posted the same lines I wanted to compliment! And Mike did too!<BR/><BR/>such a good poem.Mary J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01512803577441157561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-19444769305802031752007-03-10T23:01:00.000+13:002007-03-10T23:01:00.000+13:00"I do not swell like thislate summer that flauntsi..."I do not swell like this<BR/>late summer that flaunts<BR/>its pregnant belly as it<BR/>settles on our hill."--- what a pleasure to read! You made this place come alive in my imagination.Kimberley McGillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979469045167656988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-23764901590440512962007-03-10T07:33:00.000+13:002007-03-10T07:33:00.000+13:00Ah! NZ! We here are still in the last throes of ...Ah! NZ! We here are still in the last throes of winter. It's good to read something warm and lush!Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-13474676567839373662007-03-10T02:15:00.000+13:002007-03-10T02:15:00.000+13:00I enjoyed this very much, especially the descripti...I enjoyed this very much, especially the description of the cicadas, the mention of the recycling bins and the ending.Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-77196968528373970032007-03-09T22:09:00.000+13:002007-03-09T22:09:00.000+13:00PipRedolent with succulent images of natures abund...Pip<BR/>Redolent with succulent images of natures abundance.<BR/>I particularly like: "I do not swell like this<BR/>late summer that flaunts<BR/>its pregnant belly as it<BR/>settles on our hill."<BR/>That is good, really good!<BR/>relrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030572981830789370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-88552691386226553112007-03-09T18:36:00.000+13:002007-03-09T18:36:00.000+13:00'I am outside of thecycle of nature asmuch as I am...'I am outside of the<BR/>cycle of nature as<BR/>much as I am in it'<BR/><BR/>I like the balance of it, in a Yin/Yang sort of way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-11139467137190651842007-03-09T18:08:00.000+13:002007-03-09T18:08:00.000+13:00Pohutukawa are a guilty pleasure here in Wellingto...Pohutukawa are a guilty pleasure here in Wellington. They are in fact a pest plant not native to the region, and they are risking the Rata because they crossbreed with them. However that doesn't stop me loving them!Piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205242741145067573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-33144845200484339562007-03-09T17:18:00.000+13:002007-03-09T17:18:00.000+13:00I love the idea of late summer having a pregnant b...I love the idea of late summer having a pregnant belly. This poem is so evocative of New Zealand with the tui, pohutukawa etc (not so many pohutukawas in Christchurch - I really miss them)Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236329216260906624noreply@blogger.com