tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post5750242746560908700..comments2024-03-05T06:52:06.523-05:00Comments on Mainely Write: Metaphor for TodayDonna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-19874776230689725102017-11-12T18:22:07.540-05:002017-11-12T18:22:07.540-05:00Jane Yolen compared the process of pulling a book ...Jane Yolen compared the process of pulling a book out of herself to childbirth, leaning more to the agony and spilling of blood and sweat than to the humor and light rhyme. I think this is a metaphor that can play out differently, possibly depending on your experience of childbirth itself. Brenda at FriendlyFairyTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368709489341876324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-35151971664825039762017-11-12T09:10:09.461-05:002017-11-12T09:10:09.461-05:00I love your metaphor but agree with Mary Lee that ...I love your metaphor but agree with Mary Lee that you should try not to second-guess yourself. here isn't one right way to write any kind of poem, and I'm sure yours weren't 'wrong'. Who needs everything to be the same?Sally Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840326270568153356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-48395749885698388982017-11-11T21:05:37.244-05:002017-11-11T21:05:37.244-05:00You picked a rich topic there's a bevy of mate...You picked a rich topic there's a bevy of material there, and there's a lifetime of metaphor in childbirth, and then some. I agree with Mary Lee, take your place–if you are invited to share each others poetry something can be gained from all!Michelle Koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575814872372518994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-4648464752186523982017-11-11T16:40:05.859-05:002017-11-11T16:40:05.859-05:00Don't second guess yourself! Be like Diane M. ...Don't second guess yourself! Be like Diane M. and stuff a sock in the mouth of that little devil on your shoulder. You deserve a place at the table and THEY will learn from YOU!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-10906089572599378922017-11-11T08:56:58.769-05:002017-11-11T08:56:58.769-05:00Childbirth is a very apt metaphor for any creative...Childbirth is a very apt metaphor for any creative process, but especially writing. I'm glad your poem ended with the joy. :) Have fun at your workshop: meta-phors be with you!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.com