tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post2073722001235417758..comments2024-01-18T05:29:43.265-05:00Comments on The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog: Prompt #86 – HopeADELE KENNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-10565223744666807742012-01-19T12:49:15.916-05:002012-01-19T12:49:15.916-05:00I am new to this blog, so perhaps this suggestion ...I am new to this blog, so perhaps this suggestion is unnecessary, but wouldn't it be interesting to see one of Adele's poems linked under "Example Poems" in relation to the prompt?Russ Allison Loarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-75163082560933457832012-01-19T07:51:05.421-05:002012-01-19T07:51:05.421-05:00My thanks to Russ Allison Loar and to Gail Fishman...My thanks to Russ Allison Loar and to Gail Fishman Gerwin for sharing their wonderful poems! And my thanks to you, Adele, for this fabulous blog!<br /><br />Go raibh maith agaibh,<br />Máire Ó Cathail (Ireland)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-20727870689424664502012-01-18T16:51:52.565-05:002012-01-18T16:51:52.565-05:00Russ, thanks so much for your comment.
In a rece...Russ, thanks so much for your comment. <br /><br />In a recent interview, I spoke a bit about suffering: "In my life, the challenges have, in large measure, defined (and continue to define) who I am. I’ve come to believe that a purpose of suffering is discovering a relationship with it and understanding its causal effect on whether or not we become bitter or grateful."ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-63872917099037058552012-01-18T12:44:06.599-05:002012-01-18T12:44:06.599-05:00"Radiation Summer," such a moving integr..."Radiation Summer," such a moving integration of history and the present moment. Funny how having to undergo some unpleasant medical procedure often makes me think of those who have suffered, those who suffer, who find no easy escape from suffering.<br /><br />This is a thoughtful poem that reminds me I am the culmination of my previous generations, and that I must not fail to appreciate the suffering endured that has made my life possible.Russ Allison Loarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-23431980852885474742012-01-17T08:00:12.297-05:002012-01-17T08:00:12.297-05:00Very nice, Russ! The almost-surreal quality really...Very nice, Russ! The almost-surreal quality really works well, and a great last line.Bob's Mustangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029970139144589691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-20283537993501102532012-01-17T07:58:59.394-05:002012-01-17T07:58:59.394-05:00A poem that resonates for all of us who have "...A poem that resonates for all of us who have "been there." Thanks for sharing, Gail!Bob's Mustangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029970139144589691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-12259675581078381922012-01-17T07:57:23.590-05:002012-01-17T07:57:23.590-05:00Great topic for the first month of a New Year! You...Great topic for the first month of a New Year! Your thoughts "For Reflection..." are very thought-provoking.Bob's Mustangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029970139144589691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-20880740280393479302012-01-16T08:07:57.265-05:002012-01-16T08:07:57.265-05:00Thank you, Gail, for sharing this personal "s...Thank you, Gail, for sharing this personal "story" of courage and insight. Sending you wishes for blessings and poems!<br /><br />JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-38201916668277305162012-01-16T07:57:49.584-05:002012-01-16T07:57:49.584-05:00Thanks, Gail, for sharing your wonderful poem!Thanks, Gail, for sharing your wonderful poem!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-52189570805766112142012-01-16T07:06:40.899-05:002012-01-16T07:06:40.899-05:00RADIATION SUMMER, 1995
While I endured radiation...RADIATION SUMMER, 1995<br /> <br />While I endured radiation<br /> I worked on my thesis,<br /> taking books to <br />the waiting room<br /> <br />While I waited to be called<br /> I researched the lives<br /> of early immigrant<br /> mothers and wives<br /><br />Sitting with cancer sisters<br /> I read of Yezierska’s Sara<br />whose punishing father never <br />could flatten her feminist bent <br /><br />Before they helped me onto the steel table<br /> I visited tenement apartments<br /> where thin soup with bread<br /> nurtured children just in from streetplay<br /><br />Anticipating the muffled, colorless beam<br /> I heard the whirr of sewing machines<br /> in hot factory workrooms and felt<br /> rain pelting steamy sidewalks<br /><br />Waiting for my weekly blood tests<br /> I leafed through Bintel Brief,<br />where New World readers begged for advice<br />about starving offspring, errant husbands <br /><br />Driving home daily<br /> I embraced matriarchs who had<br /> traded one shtetl for another,<br /> stoop gossip replacing screams of fiery pogroms<br /><br />Resting on our shaded deck, tapping my keyboard<br /> I captured mothers, aunts, sisters<br /> who may have gone to their rest<br /> without my daily rays of hope<br /><br /> -- from Sugar and SandGail Fishman Gerwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-5240728738637235172012-01-15T18:38:12.139-05:002012-01-15T18:38:12.139-05:00Thank you, Russ, for sharing your poem with us! As...Thank you, Russ, for sharing your poem with us! As Adele noted, the imagery is striking! And, this poem is a good fit (with the subway window reflection image) for both this prompt and Prompt #85.<br /><br />JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-87574624611487445472012-01-15T15:07:24.968-05:002012-01-15T15:07:24.968-05:00Thanks so much for re-posting, Russ! I'm not s...Thanks so much for re-posting, Russ! I'm not sure what happened the first time -- it just disappeared.<br /><br />Great image of the subway window and "dark tunneling light."ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-24404569568891544842012-01-15T14:55:24.553-05:002012-01-15T14:55:24.553-05:00A Corner Of Light
Certain paintings are only beau...A Corner Of Light<br /><br />Certain paintings are only beautiful from a distance, <br />The natural tendency to criticize, <br />To overanalyze the smallest detail, <br />Tempered by diffusion. <br /><br />In this subway window I look beautiful <br />In the dark tunneling light, <br />A surprise after close-mirrored inspection <br />Revealed so many flaws this morning. <br /><br />How I look to myself at any given moment, <br />Something on the outside, <br />Something on the inside, <br />Has no certainty. <br /><br />With something like hope, <br />Something like courage, <br />Something like acceptance, <br />I find solace in this corner of light.Russ Allison Loarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-1370167589381780162012-01-15T08:15:38.070-05:002012-01-15T08:15:38.070-05:00Thanks for sharing that powerful quote from Script...Thanks for sharing that powerful quote from Scripture, Jamie!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-83569592001952156222012-01-14T14:32:04.448-05:002012-01-14T14:32:04.448-05:00My favorite faith/hope quotation:
" ... but ...My favorite faith/hope quotation:<br /><br />" ... but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31)<br /><br />Thanks for another great prompt!<br /><br />JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com