tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post1654131034661653020..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Poetry with Senior CitizensElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-84931042991037961852018-10-05T09:37:03.494-07:002018-10-05T09:37:03.494-07:00I adore you.I adore you.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-33577924616642304842018-10-04T14:53:17.922-07:002018-10-04T14:53:17.922-07:00We all have a story to tell. We all are story-tell...We all have a story to tell. We all are story-tellers. Natural ones. :-)<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-52432362143412255972018-10-04T08:37:14.650-07:002018-10-04T08:37:14.650-07:00Trump isn't even merely the patriarchy. He'...Trump isn't even merely the patriarchy. He's his own special form of malignancy. The creative writing classes sound great! Will we get to see some of your students' work?Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-88097476098809358092018-10-04T05:09:44.241-07:002018-10-04T05:09:44.241-07:00I stumbled upon your blog and enjoyed it immensely...I stumbled upon your blog and enjoyed it immensely. Yes, I hope this gets fixed, too. As to the poem, lovely.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-83188663572789597692018-10-03T21:23:15.294-07:002018-10-03T21:23:15.294-07:00Re: people in Mississippi laughing at Dr. Ford: t...Re: people in Mississippi laughing at Dr. Ford: they used to have lynching picnics and parties. Let us never forget. There is evil in the world. We must do everything in our power to shine bright lights on the evil. And to nurture ourselves with food, hot coffee, poetry and people we love.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-25101158263285432792018-10-03T18:02:34.675-07:002018-10-03T18:02:34.675-07:00That sounds like a perfect gig for you! When I am ...That sounds like a perfect gig for you! When I am old I don't want to be in assisted living, but I do want to take a poetry class from someone like you. Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-1528901548871126722018-10-03T16:53:39.324-07:002018-10-03T16:53:39.324-07:00I am embarking on some ridiculously long training ...I am embarking on some ridiculously long training so I can work with seniors. I will be a young senior myself before I am done. I have been volunteering at some adult day centres to gain experience. I find it depressing but also incredibly touching. Like you say, the stories.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020120115842239168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-82060999274396280592018-10-03T15:36:33.948-07:002018-10-03T15:36:33.948-07:00I can tell you are loving the new work and the cla...I can tell you are loving the new work and the class sounds like they probably have colorful stories they could tell. As for the base of 45, it just makes me sadly realize that there are too many I could never relate to in their way of Being.Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-88985601053198607292018-10-03T15:18:11.844-07:002018-10-03T15:18:11.844-07:00Wow. Good work. I love this post and the idea of t...Wow. Good work. I love this post and the idea of that class.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-27264865753166839592018-10-03T06:29:52.129-07:002018-10-03T06:29:52.129-07:00Ah- who will learn more in this class? Your studen...Ah- who will learn more in this class? Your students or you? I think all of you will learn a lot. <br />And I love you for loving that fierce old lady. I bet you anything that she has the most stories to tell of all. I wonder if you will hear any of them. <br />Scratch their eyes out. Yeah. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-59104763610005871302018-10-03T06:04:28.731-07:002018-10-03T06:04:28.731-07:00When you mentioned the hooting and hollering men a...When you mentioned the hooting and hollering men and women in Mississippi, my mind re-played the haunting images of hooting and hollering citizens of the American South in the 1960s. Who could imagine that a U.S. president would side with them? Who could imagine that their numbers would grow instead of shrink throughout the U.S. and the world? What's going on? <br /><br />My hope is in the perceptive young people who are watching this disaster unfold and in that they will be voting for many years to come for something entirely new, something that the U.S. has not experienced before, something that acknowledges the shadowy history of the U.S. and is willing to look at that long shadow and make way for true change, rather than a swing of the pendulum. I believe in the impossible. Why not? I'm thinking of the three evils that Martin Luther KIng, Jr., spoke of that must be addressed and changed or else nothing will change -- racism, war, poverty. I am sure that, were he alive today, he would add to his list the evil of sexism.<br /><br />Good to know that you have taken that job! A dear friend I have know since the 1970s has been taking a class like the one you are teaching. The class she takes is through our local senior center. Although her cognitive deficits are increasing due to a stroke several years ago, she continues to write something every week and engage with life in a way that inspires me. My friend is at the end of being able to live independently and is on a waiting list for a room in an assisted living facility.<br /><br />She is a tapestry weaver and the author of this book:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Nezhnie-Weaver-Innovative-Linda-Rees/dp/0975577506amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-35156228340459341622018-10-03T05:56:54.878-07:002018-10-03T05:56:54.878-07:00I absolutely love the way you write about your new...I absolutely love the way you write about your new gig. So many stories there. Lives lived, survivors. They are lucky to have you and you them. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-33570492830329110492018-10-03T05:13:44.079-07:002018-10-03T05:13:44.079-07:00Your new job reminds me of the book "Erotic S...Your new job reminds me of the book "Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows". And yes, we all have a story and we all need to be heard.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.com