tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post2872846507374765581..comments2024-03-28T09:43:50.654-04:00Comments on Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference: Not even leftovers or condimentsTabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-21087697761297963742020-02-21T13:45:11.914-05:002020-02-21T13:45:11.914-05:00I love both of these poems. Thanks for sharing the...I love both of these poems. Thanks for sharing them. The first is so powerful and so specific that it becomes universal. And the second is so sad and filled with longing. They both address unanswerable questions in a beautiful way--Why do we love who we love? and Why is this not enough?susanbruck.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14622383204401655375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-4279056060553866652020-02-17T22:56:24.198-05:002020-02-17T22:56:24.198-05:00Wow that first poem by Matthew Olzmann–a powerful ...Wow that first poem by Matthew Olzmann–a powerful love poem ripped from the heart. And thank you also for Edna St Vincent Millay's sonnet, especially her closing lines.michelle koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409095111952431780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-1404662497232426982020-02-16T16:52:29.977-05:002020-02-16T16:52:29.977-05:00“My throat should ache with praise, and I should k...“My throat should ache with praise, and I should kneel with joy beneath the sky.” What beautiful lines. Thanks for sharing these two poems.Joyce Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905709719444916488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-24741919287282129822020-02-16T11:45:24.549-05:002020-02-16T11:45:24.549-05:00Such a variety of love poems there are in the worl...Such a variety of love poems there are in the world. (Thank goodness for that!) The Matthew Olzmann poem totally reminds me of something you might hear at a spoken word competition. It's got that delicious heartfelt, contemporary vibe.Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-22287933151572456372020-02-16T10:11:37.151-05:002020-02-16T10:11:37.151-05:00I love both of these poems. They are both so over ...I love both of these poems. They are both so over the top and therefore perfect. #allthefeelings #imnotarobotRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-89756885493724588572020-02-16T06:49:08.891-05:002020-02-16T06:49:08.891-05:00What a pairing!What a pairing!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-18162311943559596352020-02-14T23:41:44.060-05:002020-02-14T23:41:44.060-05:00MOUNTAIN DEW COMMERCIAL DISGUISED AS A LOVE POEM b...MOUNTAIN DEW COMMERCIAL DISGUISED AS A LOVE POEM by Matthew Olzmann wows me. I also enjoyed the note at the end where he writes about his father. I agree that he has something to say. Cheriee Weichelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662398117320256935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-8426786018391335562020-02-14T21:21:45.582-05:002020-02-14T21:21:45.582-05:00I love, love, love "Mountain Dew!" An ab...I love, love, love "Mountain Dew!" An absolutely perfect love poem! Thank you!<br /><br />And just so you know, for several years, I have been absolutely sure you lived in Oregon. I'm not sure why! And then yesterday Linda and I had coffee with Laura Shovan and she told me that you are an east coaster! I have to change my whole geography! Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15313660637219263185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-6300271983692088232020-02-14T15:53:47.055-05:002020-02-14T15:53:47.055-05:00I also love the Olzmann poem and have never read i...I also love the Olzmann poem and have never read it before. Thanks!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975028272143207826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-17492426636706898022020-02-14T14:05:22.635-05:002020-02-14T14:05:22.635-05:00I love each of these poems in different ways, yet ...I love each of these poems in different ways, yet somehow, in exactly the same way. Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-70833567966220119082020-02-14T11:24:26.181-05:002020-02-14T11:24:26.181-05:00The Mountain Dew poem... priceless! I always enjo...The Mountain Dew poem... priceless! I always enjoy your posts, but this one...the juxtaposition of two such opposites... just priceless! Thank you!!!Karen Eastlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778112838401454642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-2858730495401810422020-02-14T10:35:34.710-05:002020-02-14T10:35:34.710-05:00The first poem reminded me of the movie "Marr...The first poem reminded me of the movie "Marriage Story," where a young couple has written down what they love about each other -- also small, quirky details that add up to a whole person. Great last dime spent ending! Teasdale is always a delight -- her sentiment always transports me to another time. Thanks for sharing both. Happy Valentine's Day to you!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-61569985144502913212020-02-14T09:14:38.445-05:002020-02-14T09:14:38.445-05:00These are both amazing poems. I'm sitting here...These are both amazing poems. I'm sitting here with coffee reading them out loud. They both touched me in such a personal way, approaching love from such different directions, one from inside a relationship and the other about longing. Janice Scullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913934779785635150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-88348375040510457602020-02-14T07:50:56.003-05:002020-02-14T07:50:56.003-05:00They are both great, but I especially love that Mo...They are both great, but I especially love that Mountain Dew poem. Thank you, Tabatha! Happy Valentine's Day!Kimberly Hutmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481478199892532599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-90139720142588504242020-02-14T06:45:19.388-05:002020-02-14T06:45:19.388-05:00I think Sara would have loved someone to spend her...I think Sara would have loved someone to spend her last dime on. The plaintive quality of her poem makes think of Edna St Vincent Millay. I should have probably added this sonnet, which also connects with the first poem! <br />Love is Not All (Sonnet XXX)<br />Edna St. Vincent Millay - 1892-1950<br /><br />Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink<br />Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; <br />Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink <br />And rise and sink and rise and sink again; <br />Love can not fill the thickened lung with breath, <br />Nor clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone; <br />Yet many a man is making friends with death <br />Even as I speak, for lack of love alone. <br />It well may be that in a difficult hour, <br />Pinned down by pain and moaning for release, <br />Or nagged by want past resolution's power, <br />I might be driven to sell your love for peace, <br />Or trade the memory of this night for food. <br />It well may be. I do not think I would. <br /><br />Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-82240126078552143982020-02-14T05:32:21.268-05:002020-02-14T05:32:21.268-05:00These poems are both fabulous and so different, an...These poems are both fabulous and so different, and I love that you shared them together. That first one got to me with the specificity and intimacy of the details and then the luminous language of the second one grabbed me again. I feel rocked back and forth by these poems in the best possible way.mbhmainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368641525885104669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-75817796956086414142020-02-14T01:03:53.246-05:002020-02-14T01:03:53.246-05:00The Olzmann poem was a notable one with a very dif...The Olzmann poem was a notable one with a very different ending than I thought it would be but so tender. The Teasdale poem is a timeless one. Thanks for sharing the love, Tabatha.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-80171502359837245532020-02-13T23:48:30.536-05:002020-02-13T23:48:30.536-05:00I must say I love Linda's comment as to 'w...I must say I love Linda's comment as to 'what item left in the fridge would move her. . .? The first is awesome & I love all the details. Thanks, Tabatha.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-43572840919731071392020-02-13T20:54:36.576-05:002020-02-13T20:54:36.576-05:00Oh, that Mountain Dew Commercial disguised as a lo...Oh, that Mountain Dew Commercial disguised as a love poem is great. That last damn dime says it all. That's a keeper. Sarah Teasdale? She's full of emotion! I wonder what item left in the fridge would move her to a love poem? Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-18806699590218586832020-02-13T20:49:14.626-05:002020-02-13T20:49:14.626-05:00What a great ending to the Olzmann poem, and it ho...What a great ending to the Olzmann poem, and it holds a lot of truth. Thanks for sharing it! Happy Valentine's Day!Linda Kulp Trouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469823160121657098noreply@blogger.com