tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post6089105204946155734..comments2023-10-31T07:32:08.400-07:00Comments on humid tea and dry pines poetry: Mr. HallRob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-22895330426376058512018-02-11T18:48:05.366-08:002018-02-11T18:48:05.366-08:00Excellent piece.Excellent piece.✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-34454362300485275432017-07-10T03:43:18.401-07:002017-07-10T03:43:18.401-07:00your instructor had a vivid imagination that was p...your instructor had a vivid imagination that was passed on during your swimming lessons! I loved the watery flow of the poem and the way the images transformed over timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-39803137982107753492017-07-06T08:34:56.993-07:002017-07-06T08:34:56.993-07:00Swimming is the ultimate freedom experience in lif...Swimming is the ultimate freedom experience in life.You cannot fly naturally like a bird but you can swim like a fish.We have sharks instead of alligators nipping at our feet....unfortunately it has become only too real now since it had been made illegal to cull them:)rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-87256688345807780312017-07-05T20:23:27.636-07:002017-07-05T20:23:27.636-07:00Love how fear of water gradually fell off letting ...Love how fear of water gradually fell off letting the narrator taste independence and taking him to the boundless.Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-19956618973135545692017-07-05T20:12:16.744-07:002017-07-05T20:12:16.744-07:00This is awesome ... especially the second line, wh...This is awesome ... especially the second line, where I first misread "nippled." :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-67041880608486019942017-07-05T17:31:37.668-07:002017-07-05T17:31:37.668-07:00Very clever expression of independenceVery clever expression of independenceMarjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-38542999197355005992017-07-05T16:12:40.220-07:002017-07-05T16:12:40.220-07:00What a brilliant poem of independence, being stron...What a brilliant poem of independence, being strong enough to deal with the most fiersome opposition to assert yourself.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-15369165556606808222017-07-05T15:28:22.846-07:002017-07-05T15:28:22.846-07:00Yes, this is true independence!Yes, this is true independence!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-61607163615545700252017-07-05T13:44:10.420-07:002017-07-05T13:44:10.420-07:00I, too, am a bit confused by the sterile pool, but...I, too, am a bit confused by the sterile pool, but applaud your getting to the far side and independence!indybevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505539407819784525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-13256085551312313282017-07-05T11:52:17.573-07:002017-07-05T11:52:17.573-07:00I'm not sure, but I don't think most ants ...I'm not sure, but I don't think most ants know how to swim? So I am also confused, but love the ideas of those little "blue eyes," with their little life jackets, swimming and biting toes. Learning to swim is a feat to be proud of, for sure! A boy that can swim will not be contained!annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-59386340893410837462017-07-05T11:22:59.949-07:002017-07-05T11:22:59.949-07:00I'm confused by the word "sterile," ...I'm confused by the word "sterile," but maybe you mean it as positive? I first got a picture of leaving the wild and swimming in a chlorine pool. On second reading, I bless an instructor who reduced dangers to their proper size, allowing the narrator to gain independence! (Still, I wouldn't swim in a pool with alligators! Ants, yes. Spiders, maybe.)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-31436466354536158732017-07-05T11:12:35.981-07:002017-07-05T11:12:35.981-07:00Very inspiringVery inspiringSamyuktha Semi Jayaprakashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879275723002707278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-75854055736284762412017-07-05T10:04:53.742-07:002017-07-05T10:04:53.742-07:00I love this. Once we cross that divide, we know we...I love this. Once we cross that divide, we know we can never again be contained. Awesome.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com