tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post2787848495032051257..comments2023-08-14T08:03:12.027-07:00Comments on Blue Positive: Falling Out of the BlogosphereMartha Silanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-42500333506085353002011-04-22T11:22:34.576-07:002011-04-22T11:22:34.576-07:00Hey thanks, Geoffrey, and for featuring me on your...Hey thanks, Geoffrey, and for featuring me on your cool Cleveland blog. I appreciate it, so much so that I just linked your blog to my blog!Martha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-10803121996094422112011-04-21T20:02:13.146-07:002011-04-21T20:02:13.146-07:00FYI, I linked you over at the clevelandpoetics blo...FYI, I linked you over at the clevelandpoetics blog:<br /><a href="http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2011/04/our-lady-of-i-can-do-this-daily-poem.html" rel="nofollow">clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2011/04/our-lady-of-i-can-do-this-daily-poem.html</a>Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-48390194660195964642011-04-18T08:28:13.832-07:002011-04-18T08:28:13.832-07:00Thanks, Ginny, for your kind words about my Writer...Thanks, Ginny, for your kind words about my Writer's Almanac poem. I appreciate it.Martha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-92217609933862106532011-04-18T08:14:37.771-07:002011-04-18T08:14:37.771-07:00My comment is not especially in response to this p...My comment is not especially in response to this particular posting, although finding the source of poems and writing enough is a topic I certainly can relate to. I just want to let you know that <br />After Reading There Might Be an Infinite Number of Dimensions<br />a poem I found online, is the one that says most beautifully what I have wanted to say. You wrote the poem I wish I could have written...<br />G. ConnorsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295154825456026586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-33829508054449225672011-04-16T08:41:21.011-07:002011-04-16T08:41:21.011-07:00"The dishes can wait." Ellen Gilchrist"The dishes can wait." Ellen GilchristMartha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-56913951293982965392011-04-16T02:44:02.549-07:002011-04-16T02:44:02.549-07:00My way to find writing time: to give up all the c...My way to find writing time: to give up all the chores I feel I should be doing (I don't dust unless my parents are coming to visit; my windows are dirty). Or to write before I unload the dishwasher, not after the daily chores are done.<br /><br />I've also gotten in the habit of always having paper and pen with me at meetings. Lots of down time in meetings (waiting for the meeting to start; talking about issues that don't affect my department). I can't write a whole poem, but I can capture an idea or write a line here or there.Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-26514907702529202622011-04-15T15:44:28.028-07:002011-04-15T15:44:28.028-07:00Great job, Martha! Mom-poets always amaze me. So...Great job, Martha! Mom-poets always amaze me. So glad you are finding a way to make it work.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-25907676405380278322011-04-15T15:25:08.510-07:002011-04-15T15:25:08.510-07:00No secrets, but I have discovered in my own practi...No secrets, but I have discovered in my own practice that regularity itself has benefits--of speed, fluency, ease. Every day I do it makes the next day easier. Plus I don't fret the small stuff as much. And enjoy writing more than ever.David Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448278560900184834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-71789843556026681102011-04-15T15:09:42.743-07:002011-04-15T15:09:42.743-07:00I think it's better to call these writing time...I think it's better to call these writing times "free writing," as a way of lowering expectations, etc. Otherwise, I get discouraged because the writing is so, well, "bad." What I'm learning is that I can mine all of it later for a few good lines . . . which ends up being very handy when I am actually making poems. You are lucky to have those daily bus rides. Keep up the good work!Martha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-28606102474045934202011-04-15T15:06:18.605-07:002011-04-15T15:06:18.605-07:00Cheers to you for finding writing time AND for bei...Cheers to you for finding writing time AND for being able to swing across the monkey bars. For me, it's the bus--that's when I'm free writing. The shaping comes later, at night, and over days or even weeks--so my "poem a day" really means "start a day" or "draft a day."Joannie Stangelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06006768246992875405noreply@blogger.com