In preparation for a poetry talk I’ll be giving this week, I ran across this little poem by Dorothea Grossman:
For Allen Ginsberg
Among other things,
thanks for explaining
how the generous death
of old trees
forms
the red powdered floor
of the forest.
So, this week let’s write a poem thanking another poet for something. Post your gratitudes in the comments below.
How cool. I followed Lisa over here and have written my poem of gratitude here:
https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/2019/11/28/thank-a-poet/
Thank you very much for the prompt.
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You’re very welcome. I hadn’t heard of Robert Service before. I’ll have to check him out.
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Welcome to the club, D. Avery! We are well prompted every Monday!!
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Just posted a grateful poem to my blog, https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2019/11/26/grateful/
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Thank You Wallace Stevens
For explaining jars on hills
in Tennessee
The mysteries of blackbirds and
their entanglement in so much of life’s meanings
How best to have a mind of winter
and that the only emperor is of ice-cream
None of it makes
the most wonderful sense now
Thank you
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Excellent! I used to live in Hartford, not far from where he lived.
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Enjoyed this and, of course, ice cream!
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#Haiku
I have never known
Poetry sings in my heart
Until I met Keats
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Nice little haiku. Thanks!
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Aww such a whispering kiss to this poet!
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Thanks Lisa!
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For Bartholomew
Thank you for
pushing poetry,
prompt by prompt;
writing sonnets like Willy Shakes,
and proving over and over
that Poets lie
so they can tell the truth.
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Believe it or not, I was not fishing for gratitude with this prompt. None the less, thank you and you’re welcome.
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Sometimes a man fishes, and sometimes he has fish thrust upon him. Either way, don’t be stingy with the lemon. It pairs well with just about anything that lives in the water.
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I second that with a BRAVO!
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