tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post1987876744998917026..comments2024-03-27T20:36:43.009-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's poem by Elizabeth YatesNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-45374309060878838732012-08-24T12:47:17.767-04:002012-08-24T12:47:17.767-04:00Though they look similar, the flowers in the pictu...Though they look similar, the flowers in the picture are actually black-eyed Susans (though I tend to call them brown-eyed) rather than sunflowers. My wild ones are only about 2 feet tall. Lovely when there's a whole group of them. They tend to grow where the wild daisies and goldenrod grow. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-27368683035404493302012-08-24T12:25:33.334-04:002012-08-24T12:25:33.334-04:00I enjoy reading and writing nature poetry. Those s...I enjoy reading and writing nature poetry. Those sunflowers are good subjects for a writer.Harveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490108303790217277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-73548106120835959852012-08-23T14:09:42.247-04:002012-08-23T14:09:42.247-04:00I've never had any success transplanting them....I've never had any success transplanting them. They just come up where they please. Sometimes they disappear from one spot and appear somewhere else.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-45226133366565595712012-08-23T07:56:39.846-04:002012-08-23T07:56:39.846-04:00Nan, love this poem. Not familar with author.
I l...Nan, love this poem. Not familar with author.<br />I learn so much from you.<br />I have some Black Eyed Susans<br />blooming now.<br />Old plants and have been moved many times.<br />Have a perfect day....One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-79330870414062555632012-08-22T11:10:57.310-04:002012-08-22T11:10:57.310-04:00The ones around here are wild, and grow in less th...The ones around here are wild, and grow in less than great soil. Nothing ever touches them. They're like the daisies or goldenrod.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-59993228068735479062012-08-22T11:05:38.329-04:002012-08-22T11:05:38.329-04:00I hope to read more of her work. I've got seve...I hope to read more of her work. I've got several books in my library 'book bag.'Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-24582427604900354512012-08-22T11:05:08.277-04:002012-08-22T11:05:08.277-04:00How beautifully you expressed this.How beautifully you expressed this.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7313167290179901982012-08-22T09:44:46.062-04:002012-08-22T09:44:46.062-04:00Lovely. I used to have lots of Black-eyed Susans i...Lovely. I used to have lots of Black-eyed Susans in my backyard. The bunnies loved them.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-1725543083728501342012-08-21T21:35:09.805-04:002012-08-21T21:35:09.805-04:00Elizabeth Yates had an illustrious career. You br...Elizabeth Yates had an illustrious career. You brought this work to life with the photograph. Her words are perfect in late summer.<br /><br /><br />Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014200443279957847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-77385297313886532082012-08-21T14:11:08.104-04:002012-08-21T14:11:08.104-04:00I love when writers bring sentience and other huma...I love when writers bring sentience and other human-like qualities to plants, flowers and trees. And the poem brings to life the whole world around those wondering flowers and connects them with everything else. I enjoyed this.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.com