| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 03/29/07 at 06:54 PM Reassuring read Jill, and yes colorful too. Namaste! |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 03/29/07 at 07:07 PM Hi Jill. There is something comforting about, "Please continue with yourself"...it's like, just what the doctor ordered??? It cannot be bad advise! Delighted. Thanks. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 03/30/07 at 12:53 AM I love this hug of paints and I must work on my spring hues immediately!! |
| Posted by Jean Mollett on 03/30/07 at 04:55 AM Hi Elizabeth,
It's lovely. Yes, refreshing too. The picture goes with it very well. Great write. :) |
| Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 03/30/07 at 04:50 PM You've painted a poem of elemental and fantastic mix, where the unusually expressed "splash" is such reviving comfort, as is the advice, and the arrival of such a gift from a friend. It is a most colorful, inspiring spring of a "yes" of a poem that ever answered a blustery "no". And love your paintbrush (resilient) poet's tree. |
| Posted by Mara Meade on 03/30/07 at 07:48 PM Fortunate, indeed, is the friend to whom you give this. How beautiful and reassuring! |
| Posted by Kyle Anne Kish on 03/31/07 at 02:39 AM Full of bright and vivid colors to keep the festival of paints alive. "Please continue with yourself," my friend. |
| Posted by Mary Ellen Smith on 03/31/07 at 04:19 AM this is beautiful, soft and artistic. |
| Posted by Ashok Sharda on 04/01/07 at 02:19 PM 'Please continue with yourself'.... gathering all the paints..a meaningful msg. |
| Posted by Christel Crews on 04/02/07 at 04:28 AM oh dear elizabeth! this is amazing! you paint pictures with your words that are so vivid and real, i can see them unfolding before me! |
| Posted by Tony Whitaker on 04/05/07 at 10:39 AM A seemingly simple yet beautifully written poem. I love rhyming poems, especially like this one where the words are not forced, compromising the feel or rhythm. Excellent!!! |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 04/06/07 at 10:49 PM Jill, such a beautiful, gentle voice here. It's like breath going in and out during meditation. Yet, there's a quiet strength in it, that offers support and determination. The photo you have here is perfect, because like the tree bending in the wind, we sometimes have to do that in life. After reading this several times, I understand - it's about spring's determination to come inspite of winter's harshness. And its symbolic of anything we go through in life that challenges us and wants us to quit. Saying "no" is not an option in the drive for success. Beautiful and uplifting.
~Chelle~ |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 04/07/07 at 04:53 PM ...the alphabet was used-up by the wonderful peeps above, and michelle said it! ...what i could/would say...the little poignancy is a sharp edged, hard-stay-on thingee, some of us call it 'just happy' others call it 'pleased with life'... it's a point of 'seeing' with one's third eye...wasn't going to be this wordy, forget what i say and just read michelle's again...this is paper-publishable...peace, chaz |
| Posted by Kristine Briese on 04/10/07 at 05:59 PM Lovely; full of life and, of course, color. |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 04/11/07 at 04:00 AM Ahhhh, this is gorgeous in its imagery!!! Thank you. |
| Posted by Dave Fitzgerald on 04/11/07 at 05:08 PM Lovely images. Great write |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 04/15/07 at 12:32 AM Yes, I felt there was much here sketched between the lines - the echoing colours of many questions seasoned by blustery winds...I blow warm wishes in your direction Jill :) |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 05/28/07 at 03:39 PM The image of you splashing your arms around someone is so vivid. It's beautiful. |
| Posted by Jo Halliday on 07/19/10 at 02:53 PM Beautiful.. all the worlds, all the joys. The colors remind me of rangolis drawn on south Indian thresholds in early morning; they always felt to me not a ritual, but a defying, that come on day now I shall embrace you. |
