tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post1114838530389980877..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Easter, or the day after, if Jesus came back as a regular manElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-91543051573285534252011-04-25T13:40:15.407-07:002011-04-25T13:40:15.407-07:00Well, I hope you collared him afterward and boldly...Well, I hope you collared him afterward and boldly asked him why he has been such a curmudgeon about his poem "Litany." (Just kidding!)<br />I'm so thankful that you had that time to immerse yourself in the beauty of language, which means so much to you, and refreshes your heart.<br />Your family and their Easter joy are beautiful to behold here. God bless you and them!Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-48474608162292291192011-04-25T10:29:39.370-07:002011-04-25T10:29:39.370-07:00Just lovely. I like Billy Collins too. I just hear...Just lovely. I like Billy Collins too. I just heard an interview with him this morning on our local public radio station!Lovely Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09638494377600184295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-42658706911005468932011-04-24T20:33:31.511-07:002011-04-24T20:33:31.511-07:00I too couldn't think of a better way of honour...I too couldn't think of a better way of honouring Easter than with poetry. Happy Easter, Elizabeth.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-88301651908619308772011-04-24T19:50:09.279-07:002011-04-24T19:50:09.279-07:00You may not have much to say of Easter, but I hope...You may not have much to say of Easter, but I hope it was a happy day for you and the fam.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234047396656927675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-16377629321175364272011-04-24T16:05:29.799-07:002011-04-24T16:05:29.799-07:00Elizabeth and Rebecca, Thank you for sharing such ...Elizabeth and Rebecca, Thank you for sharing such beautiful poetry on this Easter day. It was more satisfying than a basket full of chocolate eggs.Noanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01300868872496481473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-14519690527971836612011-04-24T12:05:05.638-07:002011-04-24T12:05:05.638-07:00Well, Elizabeth, it sounds as if you did have a ve...Well, Elizabeth, it sounds as if you did have a very fine Easter celebration and I join you in celebrating words and especially and specifically that poem.<br />I love you.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-59651074913735544122011-04-24T11:35:21.085-07:002011-04-24T11:35:21.085-07:00how wonderful. what a great way to spend time, lis...how wonderful. what a great way to spend time, listening to poems.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-23692902408768153712011-04-24T09:36:33.529-07:002011-04-24T09:36:33.529-07:00Collins and Ryan! Together at Royce Hall! How do y...Collins and Ryan! Together at Royce Hall! How do you find out about these miraculous events? Or more specifically, how do I not? Just posted a different Ryan poem (The Pass) on my blog yesterday, with an interview too. Fascinating woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-76997878060804918392011-04-24T09:06:04.890-07:002011-04-24T09:06:04.890-07:00oh elizabeth...
here is an easter from mary oli...oh elizabeth...<br /><br /><br /><br />here is an easter from mary oliver that you can speak of too...<br /><br />sunrise<br /><br />You can<br />die for it–<br />an idea,<br />or the world. People<br /><br />have done so,<br />brilliantly,<br />letting<br />their small bodies be bound<br /><br />to the stake,<br />creating<br />an unforgettable<br />fury of light. But<br /><br />this morning,<br />climbing the familiar hills<br />in the familiar<br />fabric of dawn, I thought<br /><br />of China,<br />and India<br />and Europe, and I thought<br />how the sun<br /><br />blazes<br />for everyone just<br />so joyfully<br />as it rises<br /><br />under the lashes<br />of my own eyes, and I thought<br />I am so many!<br />What is my name?<br /><br />What is the name<br />of the deep breath I would take<br />over and over<br />for all of us? Call it<br /><br />whatever you want, it is<br />happiness, it is another one<br />of the ways to enter<br />fire.<br /><br />may your heart be infused with holy fire even as you pass the undyed eggs, the sleeping rituals, the hope for passion.rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265802752790310923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-13306032741316040002011-04-24T08:17:50.129-07:002011-04-24T08:17:50.129-07:00Elizabeth,
To begin~ The image of Oliver looking a...Elizabeth,<br />To begin~ The image of Oliver looking at the ruins of the mission is completely priceless in connection with this post. That you were in the same room with Billy Collins and Kate Ryan and overheard their witty conversation is enough to make anyone's Easter in my book (I used to be an English teacher at Community College) and finally, this poem is completely heart-opening. It lifts us beyond ourselves, beyond the static "story" that we tell over and over again each year for Easter. It lets us know that none of us, not even Christ, has to live out some fated, painful and bewildered destiny saecula saeculorum. We can move on. It is lovely that she says, "His whole heart exposed, then taking cover" as if he had only that one day to be himself with his "ambiguous gestures"and not the One we expect him to be.<br />Love at Easter to you and your family,<br />NoelleNoelle Clearwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15879264907115107737noreply@blogger.com