tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post7122855490018455490..comments2024-03-05T06:52:06.523-05:00Comments on Mainely Write: Ayuh to Z Challenge - JDonna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-39328887308971479512014-04-14T06:46:25.938-04:002014-04-14T06:46:25.938-04:00Thanks, Mary Lee! I've found more new friends...Thanks, Mary Lee! I've found more new friends lately while traveling, blogging or just being out and about lately!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-39086981071590500742014-04-14T06:44:26.053-04:002014-04-14T06:44:26.053-04:00Thanks! I found this to be lots of fun. As long ...Thanks! I found this to be lots of fun. As long as the object is to just go with the title and not the content of the book, then the door is wide open.<br />Those must have been some classes. I had forgotten that he taught some classes there, too. Would have liked to have gotten in on some of those! Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-42229409527829862542014-04-13T18:06:12.615-04:002014-04-13T18:06:12.615-04:00Love the possibilities in your poem! We JUST need ...Love the possibilities in your poem! We JUST need to look and we'll find friends and stories!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-14130374367395999862014-04-13T17:57:33.164-04:002014-04-13T17:57:33.164-04:00No biggee, Donna. Hadn't even noticed!No biggee, Donna. Hadn't even noticed!Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-75412510308269121102014-04-13T07:22:25.721-04:002014-04-13T07:22:25.721-04:00Thank you, Violet! Glad you enjoyed it!Thank you, Violet! Glad you enjoyed it!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-32058383376693720342014-04-13T06:32:42.773-04:002014-04-13T06:32:42.773-04:00Joyous, indeed! I love your poem, and may have to ...Joyous, indeed! I love your poem, and may have to steal the idea of using a book title as the inspiration for a poem. By the way, I was at UMO in the late 70's, when Stephen King was teaching there. I didn't take any of his classes, but people definitely weren't shy about boasting about being in his classes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-48351631895594213322014-04-12T01:06:22.960-04:002014-04-12T01:06:22.960-04:00Thank you, J! I enjoyed the Maine facts and loved ...Thank you, J! I enjoyed the Maine facts and loved the poem "Just Across the Street."<br /><br /><a href="http://vnesdolypoems.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Violet N.</a>Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-68958710843582908642014-04-11T21:13:16.411-04:002014-04-11T21:13:16.411-04:00Thanks, MIchelle. And thanks for hosting Poetry F...Thanks, MIchelle. And thanks for hosting Poetry Friday today. I got so caught up in making sure I'd posted this for A-to-Z that I forgot to mention Poetry Friday in it. It's late at night now...guess I messed up that!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-7164534706670526382014-04-11T21:09:06.689-04:002014-04-11T21:09:06.689-04:00Thanks, Crystal! Yeah, sometimes crossing the str...Thanks, Crystal! Yeah, sometimes crossing the street can be a pretty big deal.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-41328578626602756442014-04-11T21:07:00.761-04:002014-04-11T21:07:00.761-04:00I may have to try this new book. I don't like...I may have to try this new book. I don't like really scary stuff any more though, so...Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-25244100606204176642014-04-11T21:06:02.291-04:002014-04-11T21:06:02.291-04:00If you ever get to Maine, it is worth a trip to Ba...If you ever get to Maine, it is worth a trip to Bangor to see King's home and fence of spiders, bats and gargoyles...Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-53183310698099809642014-04-11T17:55:10.850-04:002014-04-11T17:55:10.850-04:00I haven't read the Rachel Field book. It is o...I haven't read the Rachel Field book. It is out of print. But I love the pictures on the cover. I think I've only read Salem's Lot by King. His are just a little too scary for me! I enjoyed watching The Langoliers years ago.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-61408026781058638992014-04-11T17:33:14.761-04:002014-04-11T17:33:14.761-04:00Love the message here about the importance of rela...Love the message here about the importance of relationships, made all the more meaningful by the efforts we sometimes need to take to cross that street. Nice, Donna!Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-16574038523962507972014-04-11T16:19:30.042-04:002014-04-11T16:19:30.042-04:00Hmmm. Yes, it is skiptoable. Hand me my jumprope! ...Hmmm. Yes, it is skiptoable. Hand me my jumprope! Maybe the pictures on the book made their way into my subconscious poetic mind to start the rhythm for the rhyme!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-88985064800364575852014-04-11T13:52:17.000-04:002014-04-11T13:52:17.000-04:00I like the poem - lyrical and uplifting almost ski...I like the poem - lyrical and uplifting almost skiptoable.<br />Perle Champion at <br>Perle’s Ink, <br>freelance words & artPerlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-28082554508193781212014-04-11T13:39:33.864-04:002014-04-11T13:39:33.864-04:00Thanks, Julekha! Often I think of this now...how ...Thanks, Julekha! Often I think of this now...how many streets I've crossed to discover new friends and new places.<br />I consider blogging one of those streets!<br />I'm so glad to have met you.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-10214535291317942972014-04-11T11:20:12.545-04:002014-04-11T11:20:12.545-04:00Haven't read Joyland, but I loved that poem. B...Haven't read Joyland, but I loved that poem. Beautiful. I'm always timid about heading just across the street, but what kind of awesomeness am I missing out on? Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-29836132080970084082014-04-11T10:53:37.940-04:002014-04-11T10:53:37.940-04:00I honestly think that Maine is best known for bein...I honestly think that Maine is best known for being the home of Stephen King. When I was in London, nobody could figure out where Maine was until I mentioned Stephen King.I think some of his recent work - Duma Key, Under the Dome, Joyland - is among the best he's written. Gary Spraguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310598447084001772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-13860271339238899982014-04-11T09:32:00.603-04:002014-04-11T09:32:00.603-04:00The book by Rachel Field looks like another treasu...The book by Rachel Field looks like another treasure, Donna. I love that final verse, another friend to meet! There was a time in my reading life that I read almost all of Stephen King's works, especially The Stand, and later recommended them to my students. More recently, his book on writing has been a favorite. I still want to read the JFK one, but haven't. How great that you saw him in the early life!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-89665191267949593542014-04-11T07:21:48.525-04:002014-04-11T07:21:48.525-04:00Nice post Donna !! Love the lines :There's jus...Nice post Donna !! Love the lines :There's just another friend<br />I have yet to meet<br />Just another story<br />Just across the street......:) Just Awesome !!!Julekha Khatunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285651941180272590noreply@blogger.com