tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post7836520905776389037..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's poem by Elizabeth BishopNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-56625569599119393162012-04-02T21:50:36.196-04:002012-04-02T21:50:36.196-04:00I agree. I want to read more EB. Rackety is one of...I agree. I want to read more EB. Rackety is one of my favorite words.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-85617058885596236222012-04-02T21:36:17.919-04:002012-04-02T21:36:17.919-04:00Beautiful. I love "The rackety, icy, offshor...Beautiful. I love "The rackety, icy, offshore wind."HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-80833204324781107352012-04-02T13:40:34.469-04:002012-04-02T13:40:34.469-04:00I really liked this part too, and plan to look int...I really liked this part too, and plan to look into EB's life to see if she ever did it!<br />We are pretty seasonal around here. Snow last night. Melted in the sun today. Temps in the forties. We had a brief fling with hot weather but then it went back to normal. Only chives and day lilies and daffs are out of the ground. Grass is very gradually turning from brown to green.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-43363600700811378952012-04-02T13:16:06.977-04:002012-04-02T13:16:06.977-04:00Lovely poem, Nan. I especially like this part:
I&...Lovely poem, Nan. I especially like this part:<br /><br /><i>I'd like to retire there and do nothing,<br />or nothing much, forever, in two bare rooms:<br />look through binoculars, read boring books,<br />old, long, long books, and write down useless notes,<br />talk to myself, and, foggy days,<br />watch the droplets slipping, heavy with light.</i><br /><br />Our last day of March was more like the like day of August! 90 degrees with bright blue sky and sunshine. Same for April 1st. Such an odd year with regards to the weather.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-36695586240173445042012-04-02T11:07:49.243-04:002012-04-02T11:07:49.243-04:00'April showers bring May flowers?!' :<)...'April showers bring May flowers?!' :<)<br />Seriously, I do have a new Mary Oliver poem already for the full moon this week!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-88476341520858678872012-04-02T11:04:13.190-04:002012-04-02T11:04:13.190-04:00Nan - I love Bishop's poem, and I like March b...Nan - I love Bishop's poem, and I like March breezes, but I tell you I am really looking forward to April Showers. Is there a poem for those?CommonWeederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704682182459794221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-29464289860251484472012-04-01T17:54:05.886-04:002012-04-01T17:54:05.886-04:00Thank you. I sure do like it.Thank you. I sure do like it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-78217183746187494292012-04-01T17:46:50.393-04:002012-04-01T17:46:50.393-04:00I didn't know this one, wonderful to read it. ...I didn't know this one, wonderful to read it. Love that lion image, his big paws...Susan Moorheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744130110550636177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-52199956876061265292012-04-01T10:38:11.781-04:002012-04-01T10:38:11.781-04:00I thought that was going to be so here when the te...I thought that was going to be so here when the temps were so warm, but then they got cold and we had a few little snows. They've melted but still we are mostly brown and cool.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-75769168196612964432012-04-01T09:41:45.975-04:002012-04-01T09:41:45.975-04:00A perfect poem for the day, Nan. Our end of March ...A perfect poem for the day, Nan. Our end of March looks more like the end of April.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-38098540649183757442012-04-01T09:03:54.480-04:002012-04-01T09:03:54.480-04:00I'm so pleased you like it. I hope to post mor...I'm so pleased you like it. I hope to post more by her. <br />The bunnies thank you. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-92128418399148166062012-04-01T03:39:28.329-04:002012-04-01T03:39:28.329-04:00As the others have said, thank you for posting thi...As the others have said, thank you for posting this poem - I love Elizabeth Bishop's work. By the way, I like the bunnies on your header!chriscross53http://chriscross-thebooktrunk.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-24149142361182186872012-03-31T22:10:33.815-04:002012-03-31T22:10:33.815-04:00How wonderful that must have been.How wonderful that must have been.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-81606419013942294842012-03-31T22:09:53.793-04:002012-03-31T22:09:53.793-04:00I'm so very happy you do.I'm so very happy you do.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-83932838647266302002012-03-31T13:25:20.858-04:002012-03-31T13:25:20.858-04:00Dear Nan, thanks for Elizabeth's poem, which i...Dear Nan, thanks for Elizabeth's poem, which is so perfect. I adore her works and went to a seminar on both the works of Elizabeth and Robert Lowell, who both, at one time, lived on Damariscotta Lake in the Mills. <br /><br />Thanks and happy April loping toward you,<br /><br />SharonSharon Lovejoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160956925191137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-2125373575257580362012-03-31T13:14:20.171-04:002012-03-31T13:14:20.171-04:00Oh thank you for posting this one, I love it.Oh thank you for posting this one, I love it.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.com