tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post2468445626339477418..comments2024-03-28T09:43:50.654-04:00Comments on Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference: The Sun's Hot HandTabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-72325005189602602442015-06-07T21:33:59.494-04:002015-06-07T21:33:59.494-04:00Oh man, now you've got me missing Oz something...Oh man, now you've got me missing Oz something fierce. I too would pick bush poetry over the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee... anyday. Seriously. Who of us wouldn't rather slip with the pale stars into the deep?Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-32079757621876828882015-06-07T07:13:36.669-04:002015-06-07T07:13:36.669-04:00These both made me smile and smile--wonderful poem...These both made me smile and smile--wonderful poems for all the usual reasons, but also because they're perfectly intelligible English with a slight but very evident "otherness" in the language.<br /><br />Thanks!Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-89578105290020407622015-06-06T07:20:27.375-04:002015-06-06T07:20:27.375-04:00Poor Winter. I'm glad there's one mourner ...Poor Winter. I'm glad there's one mourner at his grave, because I'm not going there!<br /><br />Hey, just wanted to let you know that I am not NOT being a summer swapper, it's just that my summer is jam packed full and I don't want to do it unless I'm sure I can do it well. I'll try to join again in the winter! Thanks for organizing. Community, community, community.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-60046664839384076042015-06-05T20:31:09.579-04:002015-06-05T20:31:09.579-04:00I see a grassy couch
Under a canopy of leaves
Not...<i>I see a grassy couch<br />Under a canopy of leaves</i><br /><br />Nothing nicer on a hot day than a grassy couch in the shade of a tree! Thanks for sharing a bit of Australia. My niece went there last year for junior year abroad. She loved it, and I enjoyed the photos she posted on FB.Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-3054660265343588292015-06-05T19:01:40.234-04:002015-06-05T19:01:40.234-04:00Count me in the "learned something new" ...Count me in the "learned something new" crowd. Both poems are wonderful, but like Jama I am enamored of and lulled by the third stanza of the summer one.... Thanks for sharing! And stay cool!Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-29258519264260071092015-06-05T17:44:31.344-04:002015-06-05T17:44:31.344-04:00I did not know that there was such a thing as bush...I did not know that there was such a thing as bush poetry--thanks for introducing it! Love the cool green dreaminess of this one.Buffy Silvermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223895917772531703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-3627764401351446752015-06-05T16:46:22.544-04:002015-06-05T16:46:22.544-04:00Bush poetry is a new concept for me. I love this o...Bush poetry is a new concept for me. I love this one and the way words repeat - weary and deep. Just love that second stanza and the images it calls up.Joyce Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905709719444916488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-45396541515710301862015-06-05T12:06:42.878-04:002015-06-05T12:06:42.878-04:00Thanks for the taste of bush poetry today, Tabatha...Thanks for the taste of bush poetry today, Tabatha. Love those images of coolness in the wake of summer's heat. I'll have to return to that poem when things get hot, humid and yucky in August. That third stanza is dreamily hypnotic (reminiscent of Frost's "miles to go before I sleep"?).jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-32763631358646959752015-06-05T09:00:36.004-04:002015-06-05T09:00:36.004-04:00So, even in Australia, the government officials sp...So, even in Australia, the government officials spend quite a bit on their own "fixins". I love hearing about the bush poems, Tabatha, and the source too. And the middle verse of the one you found to share-wonderful. Thanks for widening my world.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-41531170217829968712015-06-05T07:31:03.663-04:002015-06-05T07:31:03.663-04:00Bush Poetry! Of course it would include a dream of...Bush Poetry! Of course it would include a dream of cool places. And I really love the personification of Winter in the other poem. I feel like I have a new view of Australia after reading these! Thanks. xoIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.com