tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post5952173429649752786..comments2024-01-01T21:14:32.790+13:00Comments on Still Standing on her Head: Life LinesCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08236329216260906624noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-43632572910054056392007-06-02T15:05:00.000+12:002007-06-02T15:05:00.000+12:00I love this and can identify very strongly with al...I love this and can identify very strongly with all of it.Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-77207843736621691392007-06-01T01:05:00.000+12:002007-06-01T01:05:00.000+12:00I have been in the same situation really, poetry h...I have been in the same situation really, poetry has helped me to see the beauty in the world and that makes life much better. I agree with finn too, the writing of poetry is what sometimes saves me in the more dramatic sense. Not that my life has actually been that dramatic!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-16375058692111409802007-05-31T03:57:00.000+12:002007-05-31T03:57:00.000+12:00Ah, I found it:http://www.ljseek.com/which-i-misse...Ah, I found it:<BR/><BR/>http://www.ljseek.com/which-i-missed-posting-by-an-hour-or-so-because-i-was_207960111.html<BR/><BR/>(Thank you, Google.) And I can see why you love it. The language, the images, are stunning. Thanks for sharing this, Catherine!chicklegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03000215636803243874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-22202586818862179922007-05-31T02:49:00.000+12:002007-05-31T02:49:00.000+12:00I read this with great interest, as I also selecte...I read this with great interest, as I also selected a poem mentioning moths for my life lines. Your lines have me wanting to read the whole poem!<BR/><BR/>And what great wisdom about the need to take risks, to not live too safely, whether it is in relationships, art, or whatever.chicklegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03000215636803243874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-40615664881287895722007-05-31T02:40:00.001+12:002007-05-31T02:40:00.001+12:00Poetry has saved me many times, but mostly in the ...Poetry has saved me many times, but mostly in the writing rather than the reading.<BR/><BR/>There are bits of a couple of poems that haunt me, but I have been searching for the anthology they came from since I was in college, and haven't found it yet. So all I have is scraps.<BR/><BR/>Hi - Michele sent me!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049341972075281915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-75383234936750921252007-05-31T02:40:00.000+12:002007-05-31T02:40:00.000+12:00Catherine:What a great couple of lines about full,...Catherine:<BR/><BR/>What a great couple of lines about full, unquestioning commitment, which is about the biggest risk of all (and folly, too, in some quarters--which makes it all the more risky).Jim Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408507847342833145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-65884785195634389372007-05-30T19:34:00.000+12:002007-05-30T19:34:00.000+12:00Lydia, it's not so much that poetry is the thing t...Lydia, it's not so much that poetry is the thing that keeps me safe - more that it's the thing that reminds me not to be too safe.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236329216260906624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-2409231959066273992007-05-30T19:06:00.000+12:002007-05-30T19:06:00.000+12:00Those 2 lines are intriging-they really make me wa...Those 2 lines are intriging-they really make me want to go find the poem. It's a lovely explantion leading in too. Poetry as a preventative measure, poetry as the thing that KEEPS us safe. Quite inspiring. I think I'll take a book of the stuff with me on the bus to work this morning!<BR/><BR/>Haven't been over to PT for a little while-will try and have a go at this too. <BR/><BR/>LxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com