tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post8645725542870203065..comments2023-11-21T13:48:03.338+13:00Comments on Tuesday Poem: Palmy by Jennifer ComptonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-54608064066610717442013-07-04T15:55:16.296+12:002013-07-04T15:55:16.296+12:00Goodness, I'm just now catching up on some poe...Goodness, I'm just now catching up on some poetry (after an intense period of flash!) and I just love this poem and all you write about it, Mary. I really find myself caught up in Compton's words and images -- and I love how it takes this personal turn (also disconcerting in tone) near the end, and then falls into the last two lines. Really compelling writing, and something to come back Michelle Elvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503119577895402738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-86480158600943422442013-06-22T04:41:36.616+12:002013-06-22T04:41:36.616+12:00I am so pleased to find your site and will follow ...I am so pleased to find your site and will follow future post. AJM<br /><br />http://annjohnsonmurphreeauthor.wordpress.com<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-15073077820968471262013-06-19T20:16:46.494+12:002013-06-19T20:16:46.494+12:00Beautiful,Beautiful,Sue Ynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-23223524916870115572013-06-19T10:45:36.528+12:002013-06-19T10:45:36.528+12:00Great poem. Very rich and dense. Needs a few reads...Great poem. Very rich and dense. Needs a few reads to really take it all in.Ben Hurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367615722744097913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-22174499888620953182013-06-19T08:39:39.112+12:002013-06-19T08:39:39.112+12:00I'm going to seek this book out. Thank you.I'm going to seek this book out. Thank you.Claire Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549609289169890919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-11723275281872897932013-06-18T20:32:05.326+12:002013-06-18T20:32:05.326+12:00I really enjoyed this poem; the flow of the langua...I really enjoyed this poem; the flow of the language, the gradually built up picture of place and people, the shift from macro to micro, the external environment to the personal--and love the last line:<br /><br />"the wind searches out the last of the autumn roses and shakes them."Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.com