tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post371793463027832840..comments2023-11-21T13:48:03.338+13:00Comments on Tuesday Poem: Hope by Dinah HawkenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-37029187570190454082014-04-14T09:54:06.892+12:002014-04-14T09:54:06.892+12:00Have just been searching for an online version of ...Have just been searching for an online version of this poem to send to a friend<br /><br />I love this poem - Have read it at a funeral..... and quite often share it <br /><br />The line' the great slip in the valley when there is nothing left reminds me of seeing these vertical breaks in the forest on a trip to Doubtful Sound in 2007 ... It seems to me she really knows what she is Millie Lockenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-38837740818228787432012-09-23T18:38:30.911+12:002012-09-23T18:38:30.911+12:00This is a poem to be read and reread.
Each time I ...This is a poem to be read and reread.<br />Each time I see more...<br /> 'trees are calm<br />about nothing<br />which they believe<br />will give rise to something<br />flickering and swaying<br />as they are: so lucid<br />is their knowledge of green.'<br />The idea of being calm about nothing..the ideas of waiting ...keeping on...waitng for new seeds...so true so empowering. Thank you Helen McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429062682694815734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-58395267200475178282012-09-18T19:44:35.608+12:002012-09-18T19:44:35.608+12:00Yes, she's a fantastic poet. A real sense of w...Yes, she's a fantastic poet. A real sense of warmth pervades her work.Ben Hurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367615722744097913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-41581667849338844012012-09-18T19:44:30.917+12:002012-09-18T19:44:30.917+12:00Oh, this is just beautiful. That final paragraph r...Oh, this is just beautiful. That final paragraph really hit me - the measured pace of 'It is always bleak at the beginning'. Phenomenal words. How amazing to have taken a course with Dinah. Thank you so very much for sharing, Keith & Dinah!Elizabeth Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420253723750754324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-84643505046803327292012-09-18T18:26:27.021+12:002012-09-18T18:26:27.021+12:00Oh this is gorgeous. I like what you write about t...Oh this is gorgeous. I like what you write about the pacing, the movement. It works its way through so quietly, so deliberately -- with that hope nestled in the trees. Such a wonderful longlasting set of images. Thank you for this. I really love it. Michelle Elvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503119577895402738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-60139920636282079882012-09-18T11:13:47.066+12:002012-09-18T11:13:47.066+12:00Quintessential Dinah. Lovely, grounded, hopeful. T...Quintessential Dinah. Lovely, grounded, hopeful. Thank you Keith, and for the story behind why you chose it. Everyone I know who has attended Dinah's class says how affirming and encouraging it is - I think about that when I take writing groups myself, how importance trust is in sharing one's writing and improving it. Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.com