tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post8315487107614377524..comments2023-10-16T07:25:14.037-04:00Comments on Writing Cabin: Poetry and Your Whole LifeJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17169893443626130840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post-51536271040423511742008-09-23T06:21:00.000-04:002008-09-23T06:21:00.000-04:00There are lots of us who want to hear the whispers...There are lots of us who want to hear the whispers of elephants. The habit of poetry helps keep our ears open.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169893443626130840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post-91903991437281179222008-09-22T00:24:00.000-04:002008-09-22T00:24:00.000-04:00Donald,I have a Ferlenghetti quotation post-it-not...Donald,<BR/><BR/>I have a Ferlenghetti quotation post-it-noted on my computer at work-- "Poetry...it hears the whispers of elephants."<BR/><BR/>One day a student approached me, pointed at the note, and simply asked, "Do they really whisper?" <BR/><BR/>I answered-- "Look at all the poetry there is." <BR/><BR/>Thank you for this beautiful post, friend, in honor of such a wholly contemplative and wholly apostolic way of expressing mysteries of the cosmos and the corazón.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564606268367781659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624495780966204366.post-44349735531439428792008-09-21T23:50:00.000-04:002008-09-21T23:50:00.000-04:00I like a good poem; i try to read one each day.Mar...I like a good poem; i try to read one each day.<BR/>Mary Oliver wrote some of my favorites, including one that i send out to others often.Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.com