tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post5383440423391517581..comments2024-03-27T09:17:27.333-05:00Comments on A Year of Being Here: Mark Strand: "For Jessica, My Daughter"Phyllis Cole-Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12860589719995205974noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post-5395314548555367792022-12-02T08:48:46.213-06:002022-12-02T08:48:46.213-06:00Beautiful through the sadness I feel in this. I es...Beautiful through the sadness I feel in this. I especially love these lines:<br /><br />there were times when I could believe<br />we were the children of stars<br />and our words were made of the same<br />dust that flames in space,Barb Chamberlainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000768706045663322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post-80741179526053177032021-02-28T20:13:06.720-06:002021-02-28T20:13:06.720-06:00Thank you for posting this. Mark Strand is one of ...Thank you for posting this. Mark Strand is one of my two main influences, along with Laurie Anderson, both of whom I encountered in the early 1980's. I thank you and them for giving the spoken word and poetry value in our world. Taylor Jane Green (The Swan Album).Taylor Jane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163956045288055436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post-10439995524918964092020-06-23T16:08:10.772-05:002020-06-23T16:08:10.772-05:00Mark Strand came to my classroom at La Jolla High ...Mark Strand came to my classroom at La Jolla High School- to visit his daughter- Jessica- and spend time with my students.<br />Jessica had won a National Poetry Contest that year.Both Mark and Jessica were "sweet" in nature- unassuming- and yet "brilliant" in their reading of the world. Jessica- I am sorry to learn of the passing of your father- I am 80 now- and share<br />the "look back" sort of life we live in this decade. I still have the seed pearl necklace you gave me so may years ago!<br />Maria Wheatcroft LiptonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735135453272193469noreply@blogger.com