tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post6398542683152341714..comments2023-10-24T09:29:32.492-04:00Comments on the golden fish: i tell these things in confidencestevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-10566422068814218932011-09-04T09:49:27.980-04:002011-09-04T09:49:27.980-04:00hi erin . . . the wind whispers through the grasse...hi erin . . . the wind whispers through the grasses of his words and becomes the words themselves. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-19014184224280655552011-09-04T07:15:11.093-04:002011-09-04T07:15:11.093-04:00as he speaks i see where he stands, how he stands,...as he speaks i see where he stands, how he stands, and i long to stand like that once again. i am temporarily in <i>transit</i>.<br /><br />damn, he sounds off like a bell on the hillside. i believe him. i follow him to his church.<br /><br />xo<br />erinerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-1197552533598662352011-09-03T18:41:07.500-04:002011-09-03T18:41:07.500-04:00friko - i think you've gotta be so far inside ...friko - i think you've gotta be so far inside this way of seeing the world to know its truth - and you so are!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-86195519117666118352011-09-03T18:40:21.003-04:002011-09-03T18:40:21.003-04:00tess - this dude was so inside the whole piece of ...tess - this dude was so inside the whole piece of what i am slowly learning and especially in his conversational "i'm speaking softly while packing a mighty wallop" tone. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-84418014672671155822011-09-03T18:39:21.006-04:002011-09-03T18:39:21.006-04:00reya - i read this guy's writing and think how...reya - i read this guy's writing and think how could you have written this when you did man?<br /> the saddle - well, school is happening ... the details the preparations the psyching the welcoming back that special quality of energy that fuels me through all that school is. i bet my blog gets more care and energy than it has for a while. love out and back your way reya! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-27931080692047321232011-09-03T18:34:00.487-04:002011-09-03T18:34:00.487-04:00linda sue it draws so very much to a sweet essence...linda sue it draws so very much to a sweet essence doesn't it!!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-24243825796589787132011-09-03T16:38:01.224-04:002011-09-03T16:38:01.224-04:00Poetry like this is immortal and eternally true.
T...Poetry like this is immortal and eternally true.<br />Thank you, steven.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-39536775677606620902011-09-03T14:28:28.472-04:002011-09-03T14:28:28.472-04:00I haven't read Leaves of Grass in such a long ...I haven't read Leaves of Grass in such a long time. <br /><br />"...the hand of God is the promise of my own" is so powerful...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-64822975609614571902011-09-03T13:28:01.074-04:002011-09-03T13:28:01.074-04:00The dude packs a wallop, doesn't he? As do you...The dude packs a wallop, doesn't he? As do you.<br /><br />Caught up now on your thoughts of recent days. I'm back in the saddle again as it were, as much as I'm willing to be saddled up that is.<br /><br />Thinking of you with love, dear confidante.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-61166521545440504702011-09-03T11:30:26.331-04:002011-09-03T11:30:26.331-04:00"Not contain'd by my hat and boots" ..."Not contain'd by my hat and boots" , don't you just love that!Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-7594438157163762122011-09-03T09:20:50.546-04:002011-09-03T09:20:50.546-04:00hi valerianna - those grasses at the top are from ...hi valerianna - those grasses at the top are from my back garden. they're native to this area which at one time was home to prairie as well as the eastern woodlands. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-83846840863533353142011-09-03T09:06:56.092-04:002011-09-03T09:06:56.092-04:00Wonderful to find Whitman here today. I have a won...Wonderful to find Whitman here today. I have a wonderful old copy of that book that was my grandfathers. I seldom take it out, but when I do, I find it fresh and full just as you say above.... i<br /><br />the time of golden grasses...Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-84432881604063664032011-09-03T08:58:32.015-04:002011-09-03T08:58:32.015-04:00elisabeth, i can read whitman's writing and fe...elisabeth, i can read whitman's writing and feel its freshness and its fullness of spirit every time as if i had just discovered it. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-19314881344192636642011-09-03T08:27:30.488-04:002011-09-03T08:27:30.488-04:00A poem written a long time ago, and yet reading it...A poem written a long time ago, and yet reading it within the blogosphere, these words especially resonate for me, Steven:<br /><br /> 'i might not tell everybody, but I will tell you.'<br /><br />Thanks.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com