tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855012732105426889.post2664251544587752707..comments2024-03-06T13:33:02.824-08:00Comments on poetry bites: Cap, stalk and gillKit Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680775609980451495noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855012732105426889.post-6738059447122454662016-11-23T12:54:08.937-08:002016-11-23T12:54:08.937-08:00Finding
...stuff in my office I want to throw out...Finding<br /><br />...stuff in my office I want to throw out, but can't. Letters from students. Papers from students, struggling to mix metaphors and reality in a cogent form, the form we say to use, the form they learn is right, but the form not always the familiar, and so a wrestling match with form.<br /><br />Objects given to me...a box of tea, several empty tin boxes to hold pencils, a mirror from China, a small fountain called Tranquility, some smooth stones, a book tied with ribbon, some drawings, a set of journals.<br />What else is there to be grateful for? Mt friends, my brothers and sisters, here and in heaven, my colleagues who forgive my absences, my students whose absences I forgive. My precious cats and their hunger, which means they are well and demanding all that I can provide.<br />And, my writing...how could I ever have gotten where I am without the words that seem to flow from somewhere deep and undisciplined. How much I admire those who can read and write so beautifully.<br />Which leads me to gratitude for this site, a companion, a place to land, an inspiration, and a living, growing document.<br />Thanks, poetry bites...thanks again.<br />Susan E. Gangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089529481292723290noreply@blogger.com