tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post3234315241256091976..comments2024-01-18T05:29:43.265-05:00Comments on The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog: Prompt #96 - StonesADELE KENNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-66539441078653341932012-04-02T15:41:34.076-04:002012-04-02T15:41:34.076-04:00Thanks for posting the link to your poem, Hannah! ...Thanks for posting the link to your poem, Hannah! It's wonderful, and I love the illustration!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-15327322387862167002012-04-02T15:08:59.721-04:002012-04-02T15:08:59.721-04:00http://wordrustling.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/my-ro...http://wordrustling.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/my-rockmy-redeemer/<br /><br />If any would like to see my stone thrown poem... :)Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-7431734293948252942012-03-30T08:19:33.397-04:002012-03-30T08:19:33.397-04:00Thank you for posting your poem, Risa! More, pleas...Thank you for posting your poem, Risa! More, please!<br /><br />JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-44198961046341298522012-03-30T08:18:22.588-04:002012-03-30T08:18:22.588-04:00Thank YOU, Russ, for sharing a poem with us every ...Thank YOU, Russ, for sharing a poem with us every week!Bob's Mustangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029970139144589691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-80707731425913903562012-03-27T20:15:45.054-04:002012-03-27T20:15:45.054-04:00So kind of you, Russ! Many thanks!
Love the begin...So kind of you, Russ! Many thanks!<br /><br />Love the beginning of the ode! (I wrote a limerick for the mayor and Council that I read at the Council meeting when the appointment was made.)ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-49700412500500373892012-03-27T14:56:50.680-04:002012-03-27T14:56:50.680-04:00Thanks to all for your kindness and congratulation...Thanks to all for your kindness and congratulations to Adele for her poet laureateship! Now comes the obligatory ode to Fanwood:<br /><br /><em>O wood of fan thou art in cherries now,<br />With Spring embraced upon the village round</em><br /><br />And so on . . .Russ Allison Loarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-73958230356656813842012-03-27T11:32:49.595-04:002012-03-27T11:32:49.595-04:00Thanks so much, Maire!Thanks so much, Maire!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-29594189825918350122012-03-27T08:29:40.440-04:002012-03-27T08:29:40.440-04:00I re-read your book after seeing this prompt and, ...I re-read your book after seeing this prompt and, yes, brilliant use of stone imagery and symbolism! <br /><br />Always a treat to visit here.<br /><br />Máire Ó Cathail (Ireland)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-88703729324515035492012-03-26T19:42:31.480-04:002012-03-26T19:42:31.480-04:00Thanks, Risa! I love the way you bring this full c...Thanks, Risa! I love the way you bring this full circle and "dismount" by repeating the first line. Nice accessibility and a kind of "stony," "bare bones" simplicity that works with the subject.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-64876129685011241332012-03-26T16:31:01.225-04:002012-03-26T16:31:01.225-04:00Think of stones
pebbles, marbles, gems, crystals
t...Think of stones<br />pebbles, marbles, gems, crystals<br />they're everywhere<br />like bones<br />stones<br />the earth's bones<br />embedded in our language<br />active and alive<br />omnipresent<br />yet unnoticed<br />taken for granted<br />till we pause a moment and<br />think of stones<br /><br />RisaRisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554583053304327137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-87255644906244245312012-03-26T15:40:06.380-04:002012-03-26T15:40:06.380-04:00Thanks, Bob! It's always interesting to hear w...Thanks, Bob! It's always interesting to hear what thoughts these prompts inspire!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-65814417495286476442012-03-26T08:19:12.270-04:002012-03-26T08:19:12.270-04:00A really interesting prompt! Got me thinking about...A really interesting prompt! Got me thinking about famous stones: The Rolling Stones, Stonehenge, Plymouth Rock, the Blarney Stone, the Stone of Scone, the Rosetta Stone - and then famous gemstones like the Hope and Cullinan Diamonds. <br /><br />Thanks, Adele, and thanks to Russ for his poem!Bob's Mustangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029970139144589691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-33289022701490426212012-03-25T20:58:58.137-04:002012-03-25T20:58:58.137-04:00Thanks, Jamie!
It IS interesting that others not...Thanks, Jamie! <br /><br />It IS interesting that others noticed the stones in my poems and I didn't.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-26613204818858495662012-03-25T16:49:39.350-04:002012-03-25T16:49:39.350-04:00Brilliant, Adele, and so interesting that when I r...Brilliant, Adele, and so interesting that when I read your new book, I really did notice the amazing stones imagery. That reviewer was right!<br /><br />Thanks, Russ for posting another of your wonderful poems!<br /><br />jamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-76517639642044767352012-03-25T08:16:38.946-04:002012-03-25T08:16:38.946-04:00Thanks, Russ, for posting your poem! What a great ...Thanks, Russ, for posting your poem! What a great idea (the Stone Age)! Your ending is really wonderful! I can almost hear those singing stones.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-75838804607913647052012-03-24T23:23:08.646-04:002012-03-24T23:23:08.646-04:00Stone Age
How long has it been?
Not long since th...Stone Age<br /><br />How long has it been?<br />Not long since the days of the cave.<br />Seems like only yesterday<br />We were bringing down bison,<br />That old gang of mine.<br /><br />All this was savanna,<br />And,<br />Over there,<br />Near that big boulder,<br />The barbecue pit.<br /><br />Ah, the feasting,<br />The fermented berries,<br />The grunting.<br /><br />I took a girl<br />And our bodies worked well together<br />Making many children.<br />We lived a while.<br /><br />On my last day<br />My oldest son told me <br />He would bring me back,<br />And that I would bring him back,<br />In turn,<br />For we are all fathers and mothers,<br />Sisters and brothers,<br />Since the beginning of everything,<br />When every stone could sing.Russ Allison Loarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.com