tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post5038691214327431776..comments2024-03-29T01:46:51.036-04:00Comments on VERSES: 601Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-2327832701340274862018-10-11T12:48:52.055-04:002018-10-11T12:48:52.055-04:00Thank you
Much loveThank you<br /><br />Much loveGillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-74592376722096277392018-10-11T12:48:18.464-04:002018-10-11T12:48:18.464-04:00Thanks for your appreciation Rall
Much love...Thanks for your appreciation Rall<br /><br />Much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-45805394920277707402018-10-06T21:46:23.652-04:002018-10-06T21:46:23.652-04:00The last stanza is beautiful.The last stanza is beautiful.rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-14284360102484925582018-10-06T21:45:46.843-04:002018-10-06T21:45:46.843-04:00We did not forsee the rise of complacency ingratit...We did not forsee the rise of complacency ingratitude secularism and all the resultant negative consequences back in the market days of weighing up sweet potatoes.. At least we still can savour the beauty and wonder of the natural worldrallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-70724052342626721122018-10-04T14:39:30.313-04:002018-10-04T14:39:30.313-04:00Thanks for dropping by vanderloost
much love...Thanks for dropping by vanderloost<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-19990117581338497502018-10-04T12:41:11.329-04:002018-10-04T12:41:11.329-04:00We are jugglers indeedWe are jugglers indeedvanderloosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974007236500702721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-26788575878240641102018-10-04T06:00:36.263-04:002018-10-04T06:00:36.263-04:00Thank you for your appreciation Kim
much loveThank you for your appreciation Kim<br /><br />much loveGillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-24874762440033739972018-10-04T03:49:14.311-04:002018-10-04T03:49:14.311-04:00That's a lovely title, Gillena! I enjoyed your...That's a lovely title, Gillena! I enjoyed your memories of the market and yummy sweet potatoes. I can visualise your description of weighing them and love the phrase 'Pitting gravity's pull / Against the deftness of our minds'; the list of three 'Note it. Bag it. Tag it.' and the lines:<br />'All the while, sky juggles, <br />Her birds songs from varied coloured feathers'. <br />Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-25972567037266407252018-10-03T22:32:35.216-04:002018-10-03T22:32:35.216-04:00Indeed. I always loved the brown paper bags
Happy ...Indeed. I always loved the brown paper bags<br />Happy you dropped by Robin<br /><br />Much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-36030858943037655092018-10-03T20:38:56.545-04:002018-10-03T20:38:56.545-04:00What I hate is taking plastic home with you as mos...What I hate is taking plastic home with you as most fresh food is wrapped in it so you are forced to add to the waste tips or oceans. A tip if you too are concerned when buying loose fruit why not put it in paper mushroom bags that do no harm. Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-4149669316591675362018-10-03T17:26:17.989-04:002018-10-03T17:26:17.989-04:00Thank you for your appreciation Therisa
much love...Thank you for your appreciation Therisa<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-5698351887275967112018-10-03T15:39:45.946-04:002018-10-03T15:39:45.946-04:00Sadly, we have lost of our human soul, with the ad...Sadly, we have lost of our human soul, with the advent of digital scales and electronics. There are days that I wish, we could go back to the old ways, when life seemed filled with hope and dreams.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-88685989169225919352018-10-03T14:17:22.071-04:002018-10-03T14:17:22.071-04:00Thank you for your appreciation Sherry
much love....Thank you for your appreciation Sherry<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-54778248894249325882018-10-03T13:48:15.469-04:002018-10-03T13:48:15.469-04:00I love this poem,. Gillena. My new favourite of yo...I love this poem,. Gillena. My new favourite of yours. Love the balancing of the sweet potatoes and, especially, the birdsong and tides in your closing stanza. BeaUTIFUL!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-60363359125235839202018-10-03T10:49:45.259-04:002018-10-03T10:49:45.259-04:00This is absolutely perfect and precious!
"We ...This is absolutely perfect and precious!<br />"We take home the sweet potatoes <br />Without one ounce of struggle. <br />Did we foresee the coming of complacency?"<br />Yes, yes. And the ocean seems random, but I think it weighs and measures profoundly. What an amazing poem, how it holds and weighs the truth!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-33870771498390959782018-10-03T10:25:13.922-04:002018-10-03T10:25:13.922-04:00Thank you for your appreciation Sumana
much love....Thank you for your appreciation Sumana<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-17077064578526156202018-10-03T10:15:22.654-04:002018-10-03T10:15:22.654-04:00Ha in our place still those old scales are used so...Ha in our place still those old scales are used sometimes. So that ounce of struggle is still there. Love the beautiful close: One more seashell tossed to the sand of time<br />Taking in waves<br />A drag back of its measure of sand <br />According to the whim of its tide.Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.com