tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2187826064489347590..comments2024-03-28T19:36:39.783-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: New Year's Eve in Four PoemsJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-25296010651603960952021-12-31T18:53:03.541-05:002021-12-31T18:53:03.541-05:00When I read the first Claire Ferguson story, I tho...When I read the first Claire Ferguson story, I thought of Sayers -- a woman caught up in both murder and religion.c d moultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899545521206329219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-239197279402296552021-12-31T16:02:02.909-05:002021-12-31T16:02:02.909-05:00Oh, Hallie, that's one of my favorites!Oh, Hallie, that's one of my favorites!<br />Ellen M. Kozakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342774310814059158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46589555660971916442021-12-31T14:54:34.446-05:002021-12-31T14:54:34.446-05:00Oh, how I have loved all this! Thank you! I'...Oh, how I have loved all this! Thank you! I'm going to share a poem that is not a holiday poem, but rather one that captures how I feel about The Reds - all of you. One of my favorite poems ever.<br />Variation on a Theme by King David<br /><br />Praise to you!<br />Praise to you my snappy love!<br /><br />Praise you in clean socks on a Queens-bound<br />train; praise you<br />for your famous avocado<br />sandwiches; Praise you from Brooklyn to blasphemy!<br /><br />I've called the mayor to praise you; & a third-<br />base coach; even<br />that no-neck accountant<br />who doesn't have the decency to nod hello<br />has agreed to praise you!<br /><br />Praise you with bongos and fine fancy<br />tea; praise you<br />with rhumba, tango & marmalade; praise<br />you with your knickers at your knees!<br /><br />I praise you on Flag Day, & on whichever equinox<br />allows for the balancing of eggs;<br />I praise you with eggs!<br />Brown ones & jumbo & Faberge Tiffany blue!<br /><br />On the white of your wrist I praise you;<br />on the vacuumed throw rug; I praise you full-<br />page on Sunday! With faxes<br />& foxgloves & brushed cotton sheets;<br />with sky-write & timbrel &<br /><br />wink! Let every soul<br />in the Battery Tunnel honk<br />her horn to praise you! Praise you<br />with ripe limes & wrestling mats;<br />praise you tax-free with agates and tin foil<br />& all sparkly things!<br /><br />Praise you with foggy spectacles and Wisconsin green cheese!<br />Praise you to the afternoon of orthopedic sneakers;<br />praise you from poinsettia to piccolo!<br />Praise you & praise you & praise you!<br /><br />My love,<br />from Brooklyn to blasphemy I praise you!<br /><br />-- L. B. Thompson<br /><br />Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35827496656462579672021-12-31T14:47:41.097-05:002021-12-31T14:47:41.097-05:00All of these are wonderful. "Duck" shoul...All of these are wonderful. "Duck" should be our new Reds t-shirt, as Kathy suggested. I especially love the Jackie Kay, but will be going back to reread throughout the day. Happy New Year's Eve!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-496216411650929342021-12-31T14:44:57.804-05:002021-12-31T14:44:57.804-05:00Ohhh...shivers.Ohhh...shivers.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128026892155650398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81843497793095998292021-12-31T14:44:52.407-05:002021-12-31T14:44:52.407-05:00That is so perfect, Kathy. Thank you.That is so perfect, Kathy. Thank you.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86517425768558908042021-12-31T14:39:23.680-05:002021-12-31T14:39:23.680-05:00Wow, Ellen, that poem is fabulous. I'm going t...Wow, Ellen, that poem is fabulous. I'm going to print it out to keep it in mind.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82742180830233877752021-12-31T14:34:09.629-05:002021-12-31T14:34:09.629-05:00That is wonderful, Edith. Gave me goosebumps. I ne...That is wonderful, Edith. Gave me goosebumps. I need to read more Mary Oliver.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55209904129588910822021-12-31T14:33:06.142-05:002021-12-31T14:33:06.142-05:00No one says it better than Tennyson. Thanks for th...No one says it better than Tennyson. Thanks for this, Ann.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84918072022526268642021-12-31T14:16:10.963-05:002021-12-31T14:16:10.963-05:00Hank, this one resonates with me.Hank, this one resonates with me.Flora Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289148096894506235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74100635264819134152021-12-31T13:47:47.008-05:002021-12-31T13:47:47.008-05:00Yes Hallie, my favorite poem of hersYes Hallie, my favorite poem of hersAnnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91738797908950923252021-12-31T13:44:11.951-05:002021-12-31T13:44:11.951-05:00A bit of On Angels, by Czeslaw Milosz
I have hear...A bit of On Angels, by Czeslaw Milosz<br /><br />I have heard that voice many a time when asleep<br />and, what is strange, I understood more or less<br />an order or an appeal in an unearthly tongue:<br />day draws near<br />another one<br />do what you can.<br /><br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6463171257345459452021-12-31T13:42:00.976-05:002021-12-31T13:42:00.976-05:00Yup. xoxo
Yup. xoxo<br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88371131158891512342021-12-31T13:41:03.252-05:002021-12-31T13:41:03.252-05:00Ohhh....lovely. Ohhh....lovely. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52066878668234896642021-12-31T13:40:42.638-05:002021-12-31T13:40:42.638-05:00Oh, thank you thank you..xxoo
Oh, thank you thank you..xxoo<br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61946142908369480482021-12-31T13:08:49.003-05:002021-12-31T13:08:49.003-05:00Hallie, now you have me thinking of a whole mercha...Hallie, now you have me thinking of a whole merchandising campaign for "Duck." I envision a t-shirt with "Duck" and on the space below it ~Ogden Nash. It's like so many t-shirts and other merchandise that have little inside jokes. When I was wearing my Schitt's Creek t-shirt that simply said "fold in the cheese," and another fan of the show saw it and told me she loved it, and we both said, "When you know, you know" about recognizing where it was from. Part of the fun of wearing it.<br />Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46762032817946214652021-12-31T13:01:39.183-05:002021-12-31T13:01:39.183-05:00I think Ogden Nash's poem fits our times perfe...I think Ogden Nash's poem fits our times perfectly, with its good humor. I also like Jackie Kay's for its hopeful metaphors of a blank piece of paper, a clean calendar, and a fresh snow. So, thanks for those, Julia.<br /><br />And, here is the "New Day's Lyric" from the amazing Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman. With her poetry, it is always a wonderful experience listening to her read/perform it, so I'll include that link as well as the poem text. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYEpCgxBTAf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link <br /><br /><br />“New Day’s Lyric”<br /><br />May this be the day<br />We come together.<br />Mourning, we come to mend,<br />Withered, we come to weather,<br />Torn, we come to tend,<br />Battered, we come to better.<br />Tethered by this year of yearning,<br />We are learning<br />That though we weren’t ready for this,<br />We have been readied by it.<br />We steadily vow that no matter<br />How we are weighed down,<br />We must always pave a way forward.<br /><br />This hope is our door, our portal.<br />Even if we never get back to normal,<br />Someday we can venture beyond it,<br />To leave the known and take the first steps.<br />So let us not return to what was normal,<br />But reach toward what is next.<br /><br />What was cursed, we will cure.<br />What was plagued, we will prove pure.<br />Where we tend to argue, we will try to agree,<br />Those fortunes we forswore, now the future we foresee,<br />Where we weren’t aware, we’re now awake;<br />Those moments we missed<br />Are now these moments we make,<br />The moments we meet,<br />And our hearts, once all together beaten,<br />Now all together beat.<br /><br />Come, look up with kindness yet,<br />For even solace can be sourced from sorrow.<br />We remember, not just for the sake of yesterday,<br />But to take on tomorrow.<br /><br />We heed this old spirit,<br />In a new day’s lyric,<br />In our hearts, we hear it:<br />For auld lang syne, my dear,<br />For auld lang syne.<br />Be bold, sang Time this year,<br />Be bold, sang Time,<br />For when you honor yesterday,<br />Tomorrow ye will find.<br />Know what we’ve fought<br />Need not be forgot nor for none.<br />It defines us, binds us as one,<br />Come over, join this day just begun.<br />For wherever we come together,<br />We will forever overcome. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48405134200605266362021-12-31T12:36:54.734-05:002021-12-31T12:36:54.734-05:00And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the...And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:<br />“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”<br />And he replied:<br />“Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.<br />That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.”<br /><br /><br />librarypersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058729739641572949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40967773569655417832021-12-31T12:27:22.435-05:002021-12-31T12:27:22.435-05:00These were all lovely! Thanks, Reds. Happy 2022 to...These were all lovely! Thanks, Reds. Happy 2022 to everyone!Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70231675155492086462021-12-31T12:23:44.567-05:002021-12-31T12:23:44.567-05:00I have nothing to add! Many of the poems/poets men...I have nothing to add! Many of the poems/poets mentioned here today are among my favorites. I thank you, Julia, and everyone else who contributed something today. And thank you, Reds and backbloggers, for enriching my life in this past year! <br /><br />Happy New Year!<br /><br />DebRo Deb Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650858888197217258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42301434402983515402021-12-31T12:00:54.397-05:002021-12-31T12:00:54.397-05:00Hallie, you should visit Camden when you're in...Hallie, you should visit Camden when you're in maine next summer, if you haven't already. They have a nice walking tour of sites connected to St. Vincent Millay. Plus, you get to see "three long mountains and a wood" alongside "thee islands in a bay."Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67181975605702790922021-12-31T11:57:41.219-05:002021-12-31T11:57:41.219-05:00Jenn, as long as nobody says, "It can't b...Jenn, as long as nobody says, "It can't be worse than last year!"Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82304852905099747392021-12-31T11:56:28.608-05:002021-12-31T11:56:28.608-05:00Well, it has been a year that deserves some snark....Well, it has been a year that deserves some snark...Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54381785053681227202021-12-31T11:55:55.638-05:002021-12-31T11:55:55.638-05:00Jay, a worthy successor to Ogden Nash!Jay, a worthy successor to Ogden Nash!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7168273859973436302021-12-31T11:55:28.323-05:002021-12-31T11:55:28.323-05:00Amanda, no matter what happens in the wide world, ...Amanda, no matter what happens in the wide world, we'll still be here, talking books and swapping stories.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.com