tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post9044602100095363187..comments2024-02-21T23:23:53.326+13:00Comments on Pip's Squeaks: Poetry Thursday: Crushing SnailsPiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205242741145067573noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-34308778700412120132007-01-20T17:03:00.000+13:002007-01-20T17:03:00.000+13:00I love your poetry thursday poem. It has great im...I love your poetry thursday poem. It has great imagery begining with the very first line and continuing through the brocholi and the hand holding to pray. Nicely done.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671519873881939726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-8155359328334950332007-01-20T03:35:00.000+13:002007-01-20T03:35:00.000+13:00I agree it is amusing we swapped poems. I'll come...I agree it is amusing we swapped poems. I'll come back too.<br />I was in New Zealand once in my early 20's. I loved your country. It was unbelievably beautiful and the people were very nice. I have a dream to do a sabbatical in New Zealand but I have a lot of dreams that will probably never come true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054205963916941320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-6437039519724889172007-01-19T11:56:00.000+13:002007-01-19T11:56:00.000+13:00Lovely. For some reason, the opening of the final...Lovely. For some reason, the opening of the final stanza just rings for me. As if the small grief of the snails' deaths is punctuated ever so slightly by a forgotten prayer. <br /><br />This is an exquisite bit of storytelling.twilightspiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338205807151511143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-81978640882660264132007-01-19T03:57:00.000+13:002007-01-19T03:57:00.000+13:00This is wonderful. We traded lines I realized aft...This is wonderful. We traded lines I realized after looking for the source of the line I used.<br />I like you take on boys and childhood curiosity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054205963916941320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-20855914862724135022007-01-19T02:53:00.000+13:002007-01-19T02:53:00.000+13:00You've not only made the line your own, here, but ...You've not only made the line your own, here, but have given grace to a small but remarkable event. I do so like that. Well done.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744896385434246402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29642030.post-44908575156537535662007-01-18T23:18:00.000+13:002007-01-18T23:18:00.000+13:00You write well. I guess that's why your line appea...You write well. I guess that's why your line appealed to me and I used it. Cheers.Rethabilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523368313680103826noreply@blogger.com