tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post1089430023881352649..comments2023-03-26T11:31:24.472-04:00Comments on Blogging Along Tobacco Road: Wild Goose, Dead Mule, and PoeteaCurtis Dunlaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717921075352200852noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post-39977653904565916172009-11-08T10:17:46.798-05:002009-11-08T10:17:46.798-05:00For those who have emailed me privately to ask for...For those who have emailed me privately to ask for an example of what I meant by 'grist for the mill' here is one of my haibun. I am not sure if it meets the standard of Curtis' observation poems.<br /><br /><br /> sunday dinner<br /><br /><br /> I LIKE MY HUSBAND but not the older sister too bossy for me the way she likes to tell me<br /> we don't call him sweetie pie inRoberta Bearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651098848744500023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post-63591595200715584862009-11-05T19:12:15.653-05:002009-11-05T19:12:15.653-05:00Congrats to all the poets published this month. A...Congrats to all the poets published this month. A personal congrats to my friend, Nancy Posey. Nancy I loved all three poems, but particularly "Wash Tub Ablutions!"Terri L. Frenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421007691175026619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post-59143755082393067612009-11-05T16:25:10.853-05:002009-11-05T16:25:10.853-05:00Roberta, There is a truth sometimes that must be s...Roberta, There is a truth sometimes that must be said...light to be shined in dark areas that keep us blind to things that must illuminated so we can see them for what they are. In my life I have seldom ever been able to find the words to do this and when I read what you do I want you to know that you have liberated me. I think that those who know the words...have the duty as human beings to snowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316143918251372333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post-38688124904879465802009-11-05T13:13:32.122-05:002009-11-05T13:13:32.122-05:00Although my own personal preference is for direct ...Although my own personal preference is for direct experience/observation haiku I am certainly not biased against other approaches.<br /><br />There are so many ways into haiku, and my own writing (but not reading) preference is to follow that route, and to suggest it in my workshops that I do for non-poets in particular.<br /><br />I like the autobiographical route, but of course certain other Area 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post-15728926832254299022009-11-05T07:26:39.306-05:002009-11-05T07:26:39.306-05:00Curtis, Congratulations on your publication of two...Curtis, Congratulations on your publication of two fine poems in The Wild Goose Poetry Review. I read your poet's comment about observation poems with interest. Here is your comment:<br /><br />"Both poems are based on people I know; the events in each poem are based on actual events. Names have been changed or not mentioned so as to not hurt anyone’s feelings (or have them hurt me). Roberta Bearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651098848744500023noreply@blogger.com