tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post1138761060398561735..comments2024-03-24T11:00:49.738-05:00Comments on Live Your Poem...: ARTSPEAK! Poem #3 "Girl, Waiting"Irene Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-6179707139291729072015-04-06T06:10:37.698-05:002015-04-06T06:10:37.698-05:00Such an inspired idea. I always thought that paint...Such an inspired idea. I always thought that paintings evoke stories - now you showed me how poetry could work just as well. Beautifully done, dear Irene.GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-21639474028381498912015-04-05T15:29:07.346-05:002015-04-05T15:29:07.346-05:00Oh, I hope you will! Would love to read what you c...Oh, I hope you will! Would love to read what you come up with. xoIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-46421838614040098242015-04-05T15:28:35.418-05:002015-04-05T15:28:35.418-05:00Thank you, Janet! I am sure students could/would d...Thank you, Janet! I am sure students could/would do amazing things with these artworks! I would love to read them. xoIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-50350089876672855012015-04-05T15:27:47.131-05:002015-04-05T15:27:47.131-05:00Yes, I think it's her hair that makes me quest...Yes, I think it's her hair that makes me question if it is indeed her mother?? Something kind of unkempt about her... perhaps a nurse or something? Not sure... of course, she can be whatever we want her to be for our poems! xoIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-23248733683856929542015-04-05T15:26:48.424-05:002015-04-05T15:26:48.424-05:00Wow wow WOW, Carol! Yes, estrangement from a paren...Wow wow WOW, Carol! Yes, estrangement from a parent is so, so hard. Been there! Thinking of your son!Irene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-69217748130042279642015-04-05T15:25:54.672-05:002015-04-05T15:25:54.672-05:00"charcoaled" bonnet. Love!"charcoaled" bonnet. Love!Irene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-71275417723024108472015-04-05T15:10:57.177-05:002015-04-05T15:10:57.177-05:00I love how you've woven the details of this pa...I love how you've woven the details of this painting into this touching backstory. Hope you don't mind if I try a few of my own art-inspired poems this month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-43478869127892636112015-04-04T23:50:14.030-05:002015-04-04T23:50:14.030-05:00THE SWITCH
Tugging at Mommy’s
Charcoaled bonnet
I...THE SWITCH<br />Tugging at Mommy’s <br />Charcoaled bonnet<br />I want to switch souls<br />With my role model<br />For afternoon tea.<br /><br />(c) Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-46452836915730126242015-04-04T08:00:26.474-05:002015-04-04T08:00:26.474-05:00I'm reading this through the lens of an adopti...I'm reading this through the lens of an adoptive mom. My son's biological dad just showed up two weeks ago, after thirteen years of absence. That last question is a heartbreaker. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-44008841681903642472015-04-04T07:10:25.604-05:002015-04-04T07:10:25.604-05:00So perfect that you told the (a) story, but left u...So perfect that you told the (a) story, but left us with lots of questions of our own!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-51388054910122236702015-04-03T13:15:30.717-05:002015-04-03T13:15:30.717-05:00I need to go back to yesterday to see what you did...I need to go back to yesterday to see what you did. I'm loving these very much, Irene. Oh my, that little girl all dressed up for Papa, & what if he doesn't come? You gave her an immediate plaintive voice. (My wonder-the 'mother's hair is down - interesting to me.) Thank you! Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-63797344938699612572015-04-03T09:58:36.513-05:002015-04-03T09:58:36.513-05:00Love how you inhabited that girl's point of vi...Love how you inhabited that girl's point of view and created such a palpable feeling of suspense, yearning, and anticipation. The painting does offer notable contrasts, and your poem makes us wonder about what the mother is thinking . . . jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-87354078966299779102015-04-03T09:30:22.583-05:002015-04-03T09:30:22.583-05:00Oh, I love what you are doing Irene. I have tried ...Oh, I love what you are doing Irene. I have tried to write comments on my phone and am not sure any have shown up anywhere in the PF blogosphere. But I have been reading some. You make me wonder where the father has been. I love your poem. It is wistful and full of that anticipation of wonder and worry. I also love how you are gathering some great photo prompts I could borrow to use with my students. Thank you! Not to bring up the blue or white dress thing again (you do remember the photo that took the internet by storm, right?) but the mother's hat looks black to me and the dress blue! Though I do see some shadows or soot perhaps? Love listening to you read your poem. Can't wait to share these with my student friends and other teachers. Bravo, Irene!<br />Janet F./ Janet Clare on FBskanny17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07488350213473016250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-26590238308759503762015-04-03T08:16:03.249-05:002015-04-03T08:16:03.249-05:00Love your thought process and the poem. I love the...Love your thought process and the poem. I love the girl's sense of wonder!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-5144116229626887452015-04-03T07:55:34.894-05:002015-04-03T07:55:34.894-05:00He'll come! He will, little girl...Irene will...He'll come! He will, little girl...Irene will make sure he will! I love hearing about how you decided on your point of view with this one...and the remembered puppy and books for waiting, of course. This is a great month over here, and I am enjoying every minute of it! xo, a.Amy LVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625469276544426664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-46076962040326398772015-04-03T07:33:46.163-05:002015-04-03T07:33:46.163-05:00"what if he doesn't come today?" -- ..."what if he doesn't come today?" -- oh, Irene, you got me right in the feels! Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.com