tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post554979536729042906..comments2024-03-10T07:14:33.790-03:00Comments on Procrastinating Donkey: Poetry Monday: Salute To Fellow Poets jenny_ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-43625740069440315812018-08-23T00:54:10.067-03:002018-08-23T00:54:10.067-03:00Right! :-DRight! :-DDiane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-33907403858027243032018-08-23T00:30:40.856-03:002018-08-23T00:30:40.856-03:00But it's all part of the leaning curve, right?...But it's all part of the leaning curve, right? :Djenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-51352786758672625772018-08-22T18:20:27.688-03:002018-08-22T18:20:27.688-03:00What a lovely tribute to your mentors; and you des...What a lovely tribute to your mentors; and you deserve some tribute, too! You made me laugh out loud with "And some of what | I scribbled out | Was good (and some was worse)".<br /><br />I used to write poetry many long years ago, and your lines describe my efforts perfectly. :-)Diane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-77179662690069220822018-08-22T14:59:52.087-03:002018-08-22T14:59:52.087-03:00Thanks, Martha! And, well, your husband oughta kno...Thanks, Martha! And, well, your husband oughta know, right? :Djenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-12091807482391809072018-08-22T14:58:56.764-03:002018-08-22T14:58:56.764-03:00I agree, Joan :) Glad you thought of an angle!I agree, Joan :) Glad you thought of an angle!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-67941069609996361542018-08-22T04:59:31.397-03:002018-08-22T04:59:31.397-03:00Aye, I know there aren't any rules to Poetry M...Aye, I know there aren't any rules to Poetry Monday, but I do like to follow the theme if I can, makes the grey cells work. <br /><br />I've thought of something, so I'll see you on Monday. Joan (Devon)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-23505069933121954062018-08-21T22:27:46.011-03:002018-08-21T22:27:46.011-03:00Oh, that was fun! You are sooooo good at these. An...Oh, that was fun! You are sooooo good at these. And I laughed out loud with that photo. According to my husband, my head overheats when I think too much! LOLMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470947568183528236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-32389852929694616332018-08-21T15:15:42.923-03:002018-08-21T15:15:42.923-03:00There's no pressure to write every week; this ...There's no pressure to write every week; this is meant to be a positive experience. I'm glad you've joined in as often as you have! Your poetry has added a great deal to our Mondays. Remember, too, that you can post any poem on any topic, regardless of the theme. And you can take the theme in any direction, no matter how tenuously connected. We just encourage people to exercise their poetry brains :)<br /><br />What do you do in your free time, Joan? Does any of what you do ignite a poetic thought? (And now that reminds me, I have to update with next week's theme!)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-19241161754812751262018-08-21T11:47:17.130-03:002018-08-21T11:47:17.130-03:00Lovely poem! I can relate to the struggling as I s...Lovely poem! I can relate to the struggling as I struggle too on certain themes.<br /><br />I came across your blog through a comment you made on John Grey's. I had a few spare minutes and decided to find your blog. Funnily enough it was on a Monday and Poetry Monday was well under way and I thought to myself 'why not?', so included the shortest poem I had and that, as they say, is history. I've enjoyed taking part and haven't regretted it for a moment. <br /><br />I haven't done one for this week as a) I thought it was a personal theme for the three of you and b) I have already sent a poem I wrote called 'Blogland' which I left in a comment on 6th June, 2017 and don't want to bore anyone with a repeat.<br /><br />I can't promise anything for next week as I'm unable to think of anything for the theme.<br /><br />Have a good week, take care.Joan (Devon)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-7897277199859387102018-08-20T22:11:33.155-03:002018-08-20T22:11:33.155-03:00Oh, thank you! That means a lot to me. But I don&#...Oh, thank you! That means a lot to me. But I don't think I could possibly inspire you the way you do me -- you are a poetry ninja! (that's a good thing, by the way)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-36784860075663369382018-08-20T21:27:47.871-03:002018-08-20T21:27:47.871-03:00Well, I can tell you that I always look forward to...Well, I can tell you that I always look forward to your comments because they are full of rich detail. It nearly makes up for you not having your own blog for us to read. (Nearly!) Making any progress on that, by the way? (Yeah, I AM kind of a nag ...)<br /><br />Reading the comments is how I found all of the blogs I follow. It's like following a network of forest trails - some peter out and some bring you to really wonderful vistas.<br /><br />Anyway, what I started out to say is to feel free to tell your stories in the comments here. I like having good conversations.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-33492849979827992752018-08-20T21:21:08.085-03:002018-08-20T21:21:08.085-03:00Okay - I just didn't want to be missing a frui...Okay - I just didn't want to be missing a fruitful reference :) And it appears that Mr. Koplensky either shuffled off this mortal coil or doesn't "do" social media because I got zilch on the Google search. In fact, when I searched for that surname, all I got was Kopensky, Koplensky and Kaplansky. Is it possible you mangled it a bit after you plucked it? ha hajenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-58025989019484643692018-08-20T21:19:10.913-03:002018-08-20T21:19:10.913-03:00Can't wait, Delores! Things aren't the sam...Can't wait, Delores! Things aren't the same without you!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-57619769100891705232018-08-20T21:18:39.794-03:002018-08-20T21:18:39.794-03:00Please join us, SOAC-M! We'd love it so much!...Please join us, SOAC-M! We'd love it so much!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-77006248659641576002018-08-20T21:16:59.904-03:002018-08-20T21:16:59.904-03:00Perfect! Absolutely perfect! You inspire me!!!Perfect! Absolutely perfect! You inspire me!!!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-87992006651014802612018-08-20T18:04:14.900-03:002018-08-20T18:04:14.900-03:00I don't seem to have much verse in me these da... I don't seem to have much verse in me these days, but it wasn't always that way. What I have is stories, and this is a story of how my stories made it to the internet with the help of bloggers.<br /> It started with Lisa Rein, in those confused and confusing days after Bush was re-elected. I actually knew her a little, so that kind of anchored her political writing to something human for me. I wasn't very political back then, but something was wrong and I knew it. "On Lisa Rein's Radar" a mostly political blog when blogs were a new thing, also contained cultural stuff, and I learned of Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow there. It hasn't been updated since 2010, and like many of the blogs I have enjoyed, has fallen by the wayside.<br /> Then there were the mass of political blogs I found, many with the help of Digg.com, some of which I still read after all of these years. <br /> In no particular order, still posting currently, Blue Gal, Driftglass, the Rude Pundit, Field Negro, Just an Earth Bound Misfit I, Crooks and Liars (which has become more of a news site than a blog), and others. Many have dropped out of the blogosphere also, but this is long enough already without listing them.<br /> Then in 2008 I had a stroke and couldn't work any more. That gave me a lot of time for blogs, and I became a fixture in the comment sections of many. <br /> Then, in 2013, I lost access to the internet for a few months, and my friend Sara rescued me with her MiFi hotspot, which had the drawback of a 6GB/mo data cap, which in turn caused me to seek out less data intensive activity online, like reading.<br /> One reliably long read was the Bloggess' comment section, where I suddenly discovered that many commenters had their own blogs, and I began reading those also. One of those was The Chicken's Consigliere, from whose comment section I found you and this blog, but some of the other ones were Michelle's "Rubber Shoes in Hell" and Aussa Lorens' "Hacker, Ninja, Hooker, Spy". <br /> Aussa, in particular, encouraged me to tell my stories in her comment section, and it was while writing one of those comments and wondering whether to change the story around a little to make it read better that I had a sort of epiphany: The stories from the life I have led don't need embellishment, they're wild enough all on their own, what they need is editing, and the occasional redaction to protect the guilty.<br /> I like your poem, and as far as I'm concerned, you can say pome whenever you feel like it.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-57018727054744194302018-08-20T16:48:04.203-03:002018-08-20T16:48:04.203-03:00People in the mid-west and inland states like Ohio...People in the mid-west and inland states like Ohio or Kentucky often have dreams that will take them either west or east. What could be better than Las Vegas? The lights, the razzmatazz, a place where dreams come true - as in New York New York. He's just an average American. I plucked his name randomly from a phone book.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-89195076163584573112018-08-20T15:51:33.975-03:002018-08-20T15:51:33.975-03:00I think I've found my preferred brain-exercise...I think I've found my preferred brain-exerciser, Red. Some people do crosswords, some do Sudoku, but I don't enjoy those much. Poetry, now - that IS fun :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-19250048714606468302018-08-20T15:49:17.662-03:002018-08-20T15:49:17.662-03:00I hope you'll be back soon, too. You are misse...I hope you'll be back soon, too. You are missed.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-22373214909587530102018-08-20T15:48:48.276-03:002018-08-20T15:48:48.276-03:00If you ever get the urge to write again, you'r...If you ever get the urge to write again, you're welcome to join us. I find the discipline of writing each week has been such a help for me.<br /><br />I have LAZY myself; what a coincidence! :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-80847474597340846162018-08-20T15:42:27.448-03:002018-08-20T15:42:27.448-03:00As always, your talent blows me away, YP. The last...As always, your talent blows me away, YP. The last line is excellent and "haemorrhaging traffic" is a vivid image. <br /><br />What is the reference to Alex Leon Koplensky? I thought it might be a real person but Google does not recognize the name (although it does bring up your 2005 blogpost). Is there a story behind it?<br /><br />Thank you for contributing.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-57998105495360069422018-08-20T15:36:30.009-03:002018-08-20T15:36:30.009-03:00Thank you, Marie - and well done on your poem!Thank you, Marie - and well done on your poem!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-54100384549695555192018-08-20T15:35:38.242-03:002018-08-20T15:35:38.242-03:00Ah, but you write fiction (and write it well, I mi...Ah, but you write fiction (and write it well, I might add) and I can't do that :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-1952516418059651132018-08-20T15:31:56.463-03:002018-08-20T15:31:56.463-03:00Thank you for those very kind words, EC!Thank you for those very kind words, EC!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-33218525868649505092018-08-20T11:30:19.589-03:002018-08-20T11:30:19.589-03:00I admire people who write poetry for fun. Keep on ...I admire people who write poetry for fun. Keep on writing poetry. Poetry takes your mind to new places.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.com