tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post402895722392134422..comments2024-03-05T10:48:27.842-06:00Comments on Confessions Of A Laundry Goddess: Cottonwood SeedsSusie Clevengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-35459343476215777732013-06-10T15:36:30.683-05:002013-06-10T15:36:30.683-05:00Susie, this poem reads like the lyrics for a tune ...Susie, this poem reads like the lyrics for a tune as it tell this sad story. :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-47704488552420626472013-06-09T12:17:42.548-05:002013-06-09T12:17:42.548-05:00I really love this poem Susie. You told it like it...I really love this poem Susie. You told it like it was. xoSusie Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052734156809316397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-6720677832646528422013-06-08T16:51:59.891-05:002013-06-08T16:51:59.891-05:00Your poem is poignant, sad and incredibly authent...Your poem is poignant, sad and incredibly authentic .. like the Americana music that prompted it.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-14441516038243576802013-06-08T15:22:57.030-05:002013-06-08T15:22:57.030-05:00Hannah, thank you so much. I tried to capture a mo...Hannah, thank you so much. I tried to capture a mood that would do justice to Tim Eriksen's musicSusie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-51895233469028924432013-06-08T09:52:47.443-05:002013-06-08T09:52:47.443-05:00Marian, thanks. Loved the challenge!
@Kay, Thank y...Marian, thanks. Loved the challenge!<br />@Kay, Thank you. Life is hard in the Appalachian mountains for many who live there.<br />@Margaret, Thank you and thanks for the suggestion for the change!<br />@Vanessa, Thank you so Much!<br />@Kerry, It certainly has and remains to be a tough life there.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-14698865539088831432013-06-08T09:09:30.374-05:002013-06-08T09:09:30.374-05:00"Her blue eyes spoke of the sea"
Love t..."Her blue eyes spoke of the sea"<br /><br />Love this line<br />and I was totally captured into the tale you told...such a great job your descriptions are so poetic and the entirety feels so balanced.<br /><br />So cool, the video you chose is about 40 minutes away from where I live!! Wish I'd known about him in 2010! :) <br /><br />Great work! Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-10237198544876909302013-06-08T05:56:35.532-05:002013-06-08T05:56:35.532-05:00Such a melancholy tale about an almost forgotten t...Such a melancholy tale about an almost forgotten territory, and a lifestyle which is probably fast coming to an end through modernization and young people leaving the mountains for the city life.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-2621817198714599852013-06-08T05:13:39.019-05:002013-06-08T05:13:39.019-05:00Great story with wonderfully poetic lines.Great story with wonderfully poetic lines.Vanessa Victoria Kilmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923111066345543260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-30838342064937982882013-06-07T23:47:51.034-05:002013-06-07T23:47:51.034-05:00I LOVE this and.. I am so not one to usually do th...I LOVE this and.. I am so not one to usually do this... but do you like the ending switched up like this: "blue mountain ridge"<br /><br />Is this what the song is about? I will have to go listen - He holds the violin so interestingly... I'm sure it is so he can sing as well. <br /><br />AWESOME poem! Love a story/prose poem. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-20427525755156650322013-06-07T23:43:39.562-05:002013-06-07T23:43:39.562-05:00Fabulous, Susie. No prettying-up what happened her...Fabulous, Susie. No prettying-up what happened here, with life and death so entwined, and yet your words are far, far from harsh and judgmental. <br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-77953219802739214672013-06-07T20:32:15.908-05:002013-06-07T20:32:15.908-05:00Wow, wow, Susie! Love this. Real, truthy goodness....Wow, wow, Susie! Love this. Real, truthy goodness. There's another song this reminds me of... I'll see if I can find it. Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027954226798117530noreply@blogger.com