tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post1713105160806590190..comments2024-03-05T06:52:06.523-05:00Comments on Mainely Write: Spiritual First ThursdayDonna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-86599384705326655742018-04-05T19:49:45.919-04:002018-04-05T19:49:45.919-04:00Oh, oh, Donna! I love your "Ever Young."...Oh, oh, Donna! I love your "Ever Young." And such powerful words of encouragement and promise in John 16:33. I shared the Ephesians verse at the end of my post today, too. Take away: "Poetry immediately turns my head and heart away from the worry about the things I cannot control to the miracles around me, and the comfort that I am NOT doing it alone." Alice Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302512837699702430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-84810722988395259542018-04-05T19:23:47.720-04:002018-04-05T19:23:47.720-04:00Ooh, Donna, that poem "Ever Young" - I n...Ooh, Donna, that poem "Ever Young" - I need to print and display it somewhere, especially the last four lines. I've had similar feelings to yours--that what I write is too lightweight. What I believe is that every poet creates an atmosphere with their writing which attracts its own following. I love the positive, look-on-the-bright-side fragrance your poems leave behind. So do many many others. Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-91389200447932272892018-04-05T19:19:42.339-04:002018-04-05T19:19:42.339-04:00I love your poems and your positive outlook! Than...I love your poems and your positive outlook! Thank you! Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-10316506575766921772018-04-05T17:45:05.489-04:002018-04-05T17:45:05.489-04:00I love your nonet. It's such a fun form to wri...I love your nonet. It's such a fun form to write in. Keep singing, my friend.Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-74654801285648897772018-04-05T14:44:43.427-04:002018-04-05T14:44:43.427-04:00Ha! Thanks! (Grinning like a fool in Starbucks.)...Ha! Thanks! (Grinning like a fool in Starbucks.)Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-12483117007276100592018-04-05T14:43:28.754-04:002018-04-05T14:43:28.754-04:00This first poem is an Etheree because it has 10 li...This first poem is an Etheree because it has 10 lines of increasing syllables. A Nonet starts with 9 syllables and decreases to 1, so has 9 lines.<br />But anyway...don't you just love first Thursdays!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-58846693198579383502018-04-05T14:37:08.199-04:002018-04-05T14:37:08.199-04:00The first poem is really an etheree because it has...The first poem is really an etheree because it has 10 lines. Nonets have 9...you made me go back and count to make sure. Otherwise it would have made my AtoZ topple!! Maybe N should be a nonet! I love syllable counts in poems.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-61706970484983339172018-04-05T14:29:31.852-04:002018-04-05T14:29:31.852-04:00Oh my poetry friends, you continually teach me. An...Oh my poetry friends, you continually teach me. And now I have a new form to try - a nonet. <br />" . . . forever<br />love the moments given,"<br />is such a beautiful secret to staying forever young. I praise God for folks like you in our world, "waiting to see what the next good thing will be that God has in store for me." Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929914252480696798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-34894595902860233332018-04-05T14:15:24.657-04:002018-04-05T14:15:24.657-04:00"I choose to write with a happy heart, a hope..."I choose to write with a happy heart, a hopeful spirit, and uncompromising words."<br />This is what I LOVE about your work. Please don't ever change a thing. Just keep 'em coming!fireflytrailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906494857286134756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-47781572914583745062018-04-05T14:01:46.810-04:002018-04-05T14:01:46.810-04:00The more I write and the more I think, the more I ...The more I write and the more I think, the more I realize how important my mother was to my journey.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-7309165730723447942018-04-05T13:59:21.036-04:002018-04-05T13:59:21.036-04:00Oh, my, Irene! I read your poem today and it is a...Oh, my, Irene! I read your poem today and it is amazing! I love it to death...so to speak...so tickled to have it be a "relative" of your poem!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-47246403441903219382018-04-05T10:45:06.270-04:002018-04-05T10:45:06.270-04:00Ah, I am loving you nonet! Your poem and my poem a...Ah, I am loving you nonet! Your poem and my poem are sisters for sure. Thank you, Donna, esp. for this line: Poetry helps keep me singing, thinking, appreciating, loving and doing! xoIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-60651902515040199552018-04-05T08:53:29.787-04:002018-04-05T08:53:29.787-04:00Donna, your soul speaks of the positive in words s...Donna, your soul speaks of the positive in words such as cleansing showers, restore, press through, healing rain. All is right in the poet's soul when her practice is strong and rooted in love. Your words, "to hold each new encounter wrapped in the tissues of your heart," speaks of your journey to find the beauty of the world and sings its praises.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.com