tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post7758929410415165598..comments2023-12-22T04:06:22.782-06:00Comments on come sit by my fire: Sunday Morning PoetryRelyn Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post-87357463835652876452013-05-07T16:21:29.093-05:002013-05-07T16:21:29.093-05:00I love this poem. I really love it.
This stanza:...I love this poem. I really love it.<br /><br />This stanza:<br />When it's over, I want to say: all my life<br />I was a bride married to amazement.<br />I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.<br /><br />I need to always remember this.<br /><br />(And the line comparing death to an iceberg between the shoulders is so profoundly chilling.)HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post-74724792064276939722013-05-06T18:07:56.456-05:002013-05-06T18:07:56.456-05:00Sending good energy to your mom and hugs to you.
...Sending good energy to your mom and hugs to you.<br /><br />And what a wonderful poem.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post-44648904154794390232013-05-06T06:22:40.160-05:002013-05-06T06:22:40.160-05:00Ah, Mary Oliver...She just HUGELY inspires us to d...Ah, Mary Oliver...She just HUGELY inspires us to dig a little deeper, live a lot richer and dwell in the truth... ((HUGS))Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179096002434748927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post-38103275580435897292013-05-06T04:39:11.964-05:002013-05-06T04:39:11.964-05:00Oh, that last line.Oh, that last line.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681193035888306703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post-52794976163632404002013-05-06T00:57:05.683-05:002013-05-06T00:57:05.683-05:00That last line got me.
Sometimes I am such an obse...That last line got me.<br />Sometimes I am such an observer, rather than a doer, that I feel as though I am not truly taking an active role in my life. But that is my way, and that is how I feel amazed and full of wonder... so I must be taking part in some meaningful way, right? Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803308252202460126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post-59567236943619435562013-05-05T23:39:57.045-05:002013-05-05T23:39:57.045-05:00One of my all time fave poems, for it's craft ...One of my all time fave poems, for it's craft but also for the sentiments it echoes - for all my life I was a bride married to amazement, I don't want to end up simply having visited this world. Kyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18070705454594068172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post-87564250281289673982013-05-05T15:02:24.760-05:002013-05-05T15:02:24.760-05:00This is such a beautiful combination.This is such a beautiful combination.S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post-81033640107294327992013-05-05T10:06:21.884-05:002013-05-05T10:06:21.884-05:00That was my favorite line, too! What a lovely mott...That was my favorite line, too! What a lovely motto for life . . . ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387604821120901011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355157437969935487.post-54971460412639749372013-05-05T09:24:44.428-05:002013-05-05T09:24:44.428-05:00"I was a bride married to amazement", wh..."I was a bride married to amazement", what a fantastic line! I'm not a big poetry fan, but I really liked this one, thank you for sharing it.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.com