Comments on Waxing Gibbous.: Inaugural Poem 2009: Praise Song for the Day

I'm glad you posted the poem...her reading WAS AFT...

2009-01-21T15:04:00.000-08:00

I'm glad you posted the poem...her reading WAS AFTER all the spectacular stuff had happened and I wandered off.....I wouldn't have seen it except for this. Hey! Maybe we'll have to have a gathering to celebrate...........!!!!

I'm with you on your assessment of her reading, El...

2009-01-21T08:25:00.000-08:00

I'm with you on your assessment of her reading, Elissa. I was so distracted by her choppy over-enunciation that I didn't recognize the beauty of the poem. I'm so glad you posted it here for me to digest in my own way.

'Take out your pencils. Begin,' is my favorite lin...

2009-01-21T06:59:00.000-08:00

'Take out your pencils. Begin,' is my favorite line. Speaks youth, hope, excitement/anticipation for what might be written/accomplished. I remember sitting in old desks, eager to think and write.

Tobi, I think we are, too! This poem really moved...

2009-01-20T17:48:00.000-08:00

Tobi, I think we are, too! This poem really moved me (yes, Amy--goosebumps is the exact word). To be honest, I wasn't thrilled with her reading of it--I don't like poets who read with choppiness/little affect, but the words just came alive.

Sometimes I think we are kindred spirits. I was lo...

2009-01-20T17:41:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I think we are kindred spirits. I was looking for this text to copy and keep - I LOVED this beautiful and evocative poem. Simple words that said it all.

Oh, my! I got double the goosebumps reading it as...

2009-01-20T14:01:00.000-08:00

Oh, my! I got double the goosebumps reading it as I did listening to it. What an amazing day!

Amy