tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post5122243418645457716..comments2024-03-27T09:17:27.333-05:00Comments on A Year of Being Here: Marilyn Nelson: "Bali Hai Calls Mama"Phyllis Cole-Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12860589719995205974noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post-994368293024501712022-01-18T19:23:57.974-06:002022-01-18T19:23:57.974-06:00Thank you for the remembrance of Mary Oliver's...Thank you for the remembrance of Mary Oliver's poem "Wild Geese".<br />This poem reading added new neural networks in my brain I felt forming :'DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829413807356597559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post-75766539568158912022-01-16T09:40:59.128-06:002022-01-16T09:40:59.128-06:00Love that call to Mary Oliver, who wrote "Tel...Love that call to Mary Oliver, who wrote "Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine" in "Wild Geese". This so perfectly captures the overwhelm of real life.Barb Chamberlainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000768706045663322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post-37351075443412389502020-12-30T09:20:34.288-06:002020-12-30T09:20:34.288-06:00I do not resonate with the poet calling the baby “...I do not resonate with the poet calling the baby “it”. The references may elicit the desired effect of seeing “Mama” in an unmindful presence, and the effect on the reader highlights the disconnect tween the here and now and living in the mindJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191541600633824806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post-68512920307379190172013-01-16T11:47:33.031-06:002013-01-16T11:47:33.031-06:00I love the reality of this poem. Beautiful and tou...I love the reality of this poem. Beautiful and touching.Brenda Marroyhttp://brendamarroyauthor.comnoreply@blogger.com