tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post7616390502676131567..comments2024-03-04T15:47:04.422-07:00Comments on Somethings I Think About-Annell: August 21, 2014 Writer's Digest/Broken Hearts--dVerse/The Pattern of Youannell4http://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-41122229117114803082014-08-24T11:21:41.143-06:002014-08-24T11:21:41.143-06:00There are connections and patterns that bind us to...There are connections and patterns that bind us together even in the bleakest of moments I sense that here...Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-51405875659320739452014-08-24T07:19:01.797-06:002014-08-24T07:19:01.797-06:00As you pray for mothers everywhere, so I pray for ...As you pray for mothers everywhere, so I pray for you: May there be slivers of joy in your sorrow, gashes of delight in your grief. (You have written a compellingly powerful poem, Annell.)<br /><br /><a href="http://magicalmysticalteacher.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/an-ernest-whirl/" rel="nofollow"><b>An Ernest Whirl</b></a>Magical Mystical Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-36267911367477329582014-08-24T05:14:09.756-06:002014-08-24T05:14:09.756-06:00Beautifully penned ...heartbreakingBeautifully penned ...heartbreakingayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-57996956428934354052014-08-23T12:42:57.414-06:002014-08-23T12:42:57.414-06:00Beautifully written...so poignant...lovely to see ...Beautifully written...so poignant...lovely to see you at Magpie Tales, Annell...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-89972968408380530462014-08-22T20:13:49.428-06:002014-08-22T20:13:49.428-06:00Your first poem takes my breath away. The persona...Your first poem takes my breath away. The personal loss....It breaks my heart.SandyCarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752798823532580733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-58240661795427221402014-08-22T18:26:26.607-06:002014-08-22T18:26:26.607-06:00Both are quite moving Annell. Beautiful work.Both are quite moving Annell. Beautiful work.Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-15151260486040650912014-08-21T23:21:18.299-06:002014-08-21T23:21:18.299-06:00both of these echo, resonate, illuminate a hollow ...both of these echo, resonate, illuminate a hollow space ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-40786744253131608262014-08-21T22:15:14.848-06:002014-08-21T22:15:14.848-06:00The space of loss is vast here, very touching.The space of loss is vast here, very touching.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17392858163745232319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-75487047073045526382014-08-21T21:40:40.974-06:002014-08-21T21:40:40.974-06:00"Pieces of broken hearts / Litter the streets..."Pieces of broken hearts / Litter the streets"..time is so cruel or the Nations?...we love to go back to that pattern that has soothed our soul, gave us a comfortable feel and created a connection forever....Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-18750313958053526562014-08-21T19:05:31.512-06:002014-08-21T19:05:31.512-06:00Pieces of broken hearts
Litter the streets
I pray...Pieces of broken hearts<br />Litter the streets<br /><br />I pray God sends other parents who have suffered your pain to your poems. They would have to speak a common comfort. Bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-41147696587619687512014-08-21T18:17:38.348-06:002014-08-21T18:17:38.348-06:00Two very nice poems--the first has such a quiet sa...Two very nice poems--the first has such a quiet sadness, very moving. Both pieces are excellent!Jeffhttps://mytinythroes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-41057285064279182832014-08-21T15:34:49.244-06:002014-08-21T15:34:49.244-06:00You are able to evoke such an emotional response i...You are able to evoke such an emotional response in both of these, Annell. I can't begin to imagine the pain of losing a child. I've witnessed it too often (as a hospice nurse) but it is still beyond my reach. You give me a sense of it, though.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-46696494211717834742014-08-21T15:32:52.056-06:002014-08-21T15:32:52.056-06:00I was prepared for the first from your interview. ...I was prepared for the first from your interview. I loved how you showed the larger pattern, a knowledge of loss. And the second poem! Ingenious! Don't we return here and other blogs again and again as if to good friends, good medicine? Oh, yes, and those closest too. It just struck me that you could be speaking to dVerse or to Sherry!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-18885681323863276242014-08-21T15:05:16.390-06:002014-08-21T15:05:16.390-06:00nice...i like the second one...it is good to have ...nice...i like the second one...it is good to have those in life that will listen and when they speak it is with intention...we need that...you need that right now...and i imagine you will continue to pull those threats for some time to come...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-21536803207729131642014-08-21T14:37:58.073-06:002014-08-21T14:37:58.073-06:00Both poems of heartache and loss. Both beautifully...Both poems of heartache and loss. Both beautifully penned. Both made me feel empty and aching. There are many ways to lose and each seems to shatter us. Excellent.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-61891418227245476832014-08-21T14:34:27.529-06:002014-08-21T14:34:27.529-06:00Such heartache in each word - the small egg around...Such heartache in each word - the small egg around your neck, the homeless coming in from the cold, each mothers' grief your own.<br />And the patterns of loving friendship, delicate and strong. <br />Beautiful - K<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-48470526040384295052014-08-21T14:13:50.550-06:002014-08-21T14:13:50.550-06:00Two sad poems.. and after your interview I underst...Two sad poems.. and after your interview I understand you even more.. the first deeply touching, and indeed many mothers have to live deeply in sorrow.. the other -- (coming here from dVerse) .. makes me think of how the pattern of someone - that special person -- leaves a special pattern (like a songline) to follow.. wonderful wordsbrudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057172956502874716.post-29468268593102337282014-08-21T09:49:04.645-06:002014-08-21T09:49:04.645-06:00Oh yes, "pieces of broken hearts litter the s...Oh yes, "pieces of broken hearts litter the streets" - a perfect capture of what we are seeing on the news. I love the small blue egg that holds a lock of his hair. I love that you remembered those other mothers, also with broken hearts. This is beautiful, Annell.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com