tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post8081982588459028619..comments2024-03-05T06:52:06.523-05:00Comments on Mainely Write: A Grasshopper AloneDonna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-47449896944488175382014-06-28T02:33:31.319-04:002014-06-28T02:33:31.319-04:00This is sort of a rolling stone gathers no moss po...This is sort of a rolling stone gathers no moss poem.Well guess what with a lot of intelligence and ingenuity a cigale can gather rosebuds while she may and survive the winters ( got to be smart and live where winters are ridiculouly mild though ) and can also have another hopper in tow. Admittedly he becomes obstreporous and want to hop in different directions but a few stick insect and insecticide threats sorts that one. So don't feel too sorry for a grasshopper.LOLrallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-22827487187988987692014-06-26T09:33:27.561-04:002014-06-26T09:33:27.561-04:00Wow, thank you! I didnt know they procreated with ...Wow, thank you! I didnt know they procreated with eggs!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-61479525473612814852014-06-26T08:54:53.709-04:002014-06-26T08:54:53.709-04:00This will perhaps require another line or two...
...This will perhaps require another line or two...<br /><br />If Mr (or Ms) Right perchance<br />landed by them<br />There’d soon be some eggs<br />on a leaf or a stem.<br />Yet then they’d still leave<br />Those babies behind<br />to fend for themselves<br />How very unkind!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-37835534561754682232014-06-26T08:16:07.809-04:002014-06-26T08:16:07.809-04:00Like others, I've seen grasshoppers often and ...Like others, I've seen grasshoppers often and never gave a thought to their loneliness. This poem opened my eyes. I love the shape you gave it with the conversation and the ending. Thank you for the wake up!Jeannine Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886966069866356470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-78338885372923370432014-06-26T07:53:57.668-04:002014-06-26T07:53:57.668-04:00I couldn't help but to smile while I read your...I couldn't help but to smile while I read your poem. But at the same time it felt sad. I never thought of grasshoppers this way, and somehow I can now see a reflection of me on them... I move to new cities very often, so I keep "jumping and hopping" and don't have much time to make friends everytime I stop. I found this poem simply lovely! Thank you for sharing it and for stopping by.mrs-minervahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451177146281209526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-69373596024352800812014-06-26T06:58:15.621-04:002014-06-26T06:58:15.621-04:00A sweet light poem. You are lucky you made many of...A sweet light poem. You are lucky you made many of us smiled through your poem. Keep it up! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-68651406473791079112014-06-25T23:54:54.615-04:002014-06-25T23:54:54.615-04:00 I had to laugh and laugh out loud such fun to re... I had to laugh and laugh out loud such fun to read.. So many times we also jump to where we want to be but miscalculate and miss the expected landing spot!artbyraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153847801206823450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-34590253416898532262014-06-25T20:53:24.090-04:002014-06-25T20:53:24.090-04:00Hi, Donna. I love those lines too:
For he’s at th...Hi, Donna. I love those lines too: <br />For he’s at the mercy<br />of where his jump ends<br />Just when he thinks he’s<br />spotted a stop<br />He finds that he’s taken<br />too huge a hop<br />Over that spot and just<br />out of reach<br /><br />The grasshopper comes with his own seven league boots.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-54708784922080375522014-06-25T19:59:07.741-04:002014-06-25T19:59:07.741-04:00A grasshopper cannot find
true friends
For he’s at...A grasshopper cannot find<br />true friends<br />For he’s at the mercy<br />of where his jump ends . . . oh so true of those among us who cannot settle themselves down. Smiles.Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-31886271209556417262014-06-25T19:37:25.847-04:002014-06-25T19:37:25.847-04:00Delightful poem. Made me smile :-)Delightful poem. Made me smile :-)Intellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-54518210621737329372014-06-25T14:26:19.349-04:002014-06-25T14:26:19.349-04:00Fun poem, but a little sad too. I wonder if grassh...Fun poem, but a little sad too. I wonder if grasshoppers and other small hoppers really cannot control where they land. Life could be pretty random if you are a hopper.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811244438243200435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-24752666385935117962014-06-25T13:44:07.718-04:002014-06-25T13:44:07.718-04:00Great write, so much going on and so alive, it rea...Great write, so much going on and so alive, it really captures the life of a grasshopper.alan1704https://www.blogger.com/profile/16068631142963794991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-67509152718789803232014-06-25T13:08:32.729-04:002014-06-25T13:08:32.729-04:00This is so much fun. I smiled all the way through ...This is so much fun. I smiled all the way through - but have to wonder, how do they manage to mate? hee hee.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-20903135918470310542014-06-25T11:49:43.241-04:002014-06-25T11:49:43.241-04:00yeah...we are sometime like these fellows..hopping...yeah...we are sometime like these fellows..hopping and jumping around but thank god mostly with friends...what a delightful read...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-40523726954416695962014-06-25T11:38:05.271-04:002014-06-25T11:38:05.271-04:00enjoyed, light and delightful
have a nice Wednesd...enjoyed, light and delightful<br /><br />have a nice Wednesday<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-71494443290889027102014-06-25T09:35:50.753-04:002014-06-25T09:35:50.753-04:00Love the insight, as others above mention, & l...Love the insight, as others above mention, & love that you found a unique way to share about a grasshopper's plight so poetically. Nice to read... "For he’s at the mercy<br />of where his jump ends" - Is it true-no choice? Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-27172970882492512472014-06-25T08:53:51.308-04:002014-06-25T08:53:51.308-04:00That was what struck me when I saw this little guy...That was what struck me when I saw this little guy on our porch post.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-68418090109562570082014-06-25T08:52:12.588-04:002014-06-25T08:52:12.588-04:00Yes, I think sometimes we are a bit like grasshopp...Yes, I think sometimes we are a bit like grasshoppers...Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-21992748714603236392014-06-25T08:48:46.397-04:002014-06-25T08:48:46.397-04:00...could be......could be...Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-79157374005631046812014-06-25T08:46:10.808-04:002014-06-25T08:46:10.808-04:00ha. light hearted but i wonder at the grasshopper ...ha. light hearted but i wonder at the grasshopper that never gets the chance to have deeper connections...there is a harder edge just under the surface of this to me.....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-80934785444235708162014-06-25T08:31:45.075-04:002014-06-25T08:31:45.075-04:00I enjoyed your sweet poems, Donna, but cannot help...I enjoyed your sweet poems, Donna, but cannot help thinking that some people are like grasshoppers and often jump too far or too close. Hopefully though, when they meet a fellow grasshopper, they manage to meet again.Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-20464759640516512212014-06-25T08:31:14.540-04:002014-06-25T08:31:14.540-04:00Donna, this is a delightful poem! You know, I ne...Donna, this is a delightful poem! You know, I never thought about the plight of the grasshopper before. It must be a pretty lonely life just hopping and hopping about and seldom meeting up with 'friends.'Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.com