tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post865465310995058916..comments2023-06-08T07:08:53.236-07:00Comments on Writing Beside Me: Apr30Poetry: Magic happensMaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08404917167112072640noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-18502783711168354562020-05-01T07:04:02.346-07:002020-05-01T07:04:02.346-07:00Denise Krebs, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days of ...Denise Krebs, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days of Poetry website:<br />Magic stones. What a beautiful image throughout your last April 2020 poem. I love that you honored your work, comments of others on your work, the work of others, and even our future work together–all through the prism of magic happening. Yes, indeed. Thank you for the chance to be on this magical journey with you too, Maureen.<br />~DeniseMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404917167112072640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-77146472468308540332020-04-30T16:44:10.644-07:002020-04-30T16:44:10.644-07:00Tammi, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days of Poetry:...Tammi, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days of Poetry:<br />Maureen –this poem is so bitter sweet. I am moved by “Tears from nature” but inspired by “I will find again/magic stones you left behind,/to hold and rub and ponder/I will treasure/That’s how magic happens.<br />This is how the magic happens! Thanks for your beautiful poem.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404917167112072640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-10052306356740565732020-04-30T16:42:41.220-07:002020-04-30T16:42:41.220-07:00Katrina Morrison, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days...Katrina Morrison, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days of Poetry:<br />I love your “enchanted stone glistening.” It is amazing how the magic happens!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404917167112072640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-33973386499734913362020-04-30T14:08:29.893-07:002020-04-30T14:08:29.893-07:00Susan Ahlbrand, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days o...Susan Ahlbrand, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days of Poetry website:<br />Maureen,<br />You capture so well what many of us feel . . . a deep sadness that this is over. You know what Pooh Bear says . . . “How Lucky I Am To Have Something That Makes Saying Goodbye So Hard.”<br /><br />Your metaphor with the stone really, really works.<br /><br />I look forward to the magic stones again, too.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404917167112072640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-38040187550391796292020-04-30T12:13:30.330-07:002020-04-30T12:13:30.330-07:00Emily Yamasaki, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days o...Emily Yamasaki, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days of Poetry website:<br />Maureen, your words today moved me to tears at the end. I feel the same dread of the month ending, but also the light of everyone’s “magic stones”. What a moving and gentle piece of writing. Thank you for sharing it.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404917167112072640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-87849659161902776452020-04-30T12:12:31.628-07:002020-04-30T12:12:31.628-07:00glenda funk, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days of P...glenda funk, from Sarah Donovan's 30 Days of Poetry website:<br />Maureen,<br />The angels are crying on us today, too. It is fitting. I have loved my two months meeting w/ you every day, first on TWT during the March blogging challenge, and here on Ethical ELA this April as we share poetry. I love the metaphor in<br />“An enchanted stone,<br />glistening,<br />in the morning light,<br />for me to hold and rub and ponder”<br />This is such a beautiful image, and as you say, “This is where magic happens.” ❤️ you and am sending peace and health your way. Thank you for taking this journey w/ me.<br />—GlendaMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404917167112072640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-78291842613477297532020-04-30T12:11:25.236-07:002020-04-30T12:11:25.236-07:00Sarah J. Donovan, PhD, from her 30 Days of Poetry ...Sarah J. Donovan, PhD, from her 30 Days of Poetry website:<br />Maureen,<br />What a lovely way to think about poetry prompts and the daily writing process: “I let my mind absorb the mystery of the invite.” I just finished reading a book called Mindful Learning (Langer) and this was all about reframing instructions with possibilities rather than “right” answers. Learning should be about the mystery of the invite as we seek to uncover, discover, ponder. Great stuff.<br />SarahMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404917167112072640noreply@blogger.com