tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450424838277339646.post2939907453013073679..comments2023-09-27T11:05:00.870-04:00Comments on Savvy Verse & Wit: 15th Virtual Poetry CircleSerenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04745809545249574387noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450424838277339646.post-26259893861479085672009-10-07T12:42:18.695-04:002009-10-07T12:42:18.695-04:00I cannot believe that creationism and evolution ar...I cannot believe that creationism and evolution are still at odds in schools after all these years and court decisions. O brother.<br /><br />This controversy takes the cake though...he's a teacher for crying out loud. You're supposed to teach, not brand the students with crosses!Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745809545249574387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450424838277339646.post-87024466560240746752009-10-07T10:45:27.258-04:002009-10-07T10:45:27.258-04:00Oh, you can actually google my local controversy. ...Oh, you can actually google my local controversy. Try "John Freshwater" and "creationism" for starters (he was teaching creationism at the middle school my children were attending right up until last year). He still hasn't been fired, the parents of the child whose arm he burned a cross into settled their lawsuit, and the newest installment is that the school board Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450424838277339646.post-63145566401023954432009-10-07T10:00:26.186-04:002009-10-07T10:00:26.186-04:00Jeanne: wow. "machinizations of religious nu...Jeanne: wow. "machinizations of religious nuts in the local school system"; do tell??Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745809545249574387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450424838277339646.post-37008993946609227292009-10-05T10:27:59.056-04:002009-10-05T10:27:59.056-04:00I thought this poem was only referred to as a joke...I thought this poem was only referred to as a joke anymore...even though I tried to find a line to admire, too many years of cynicism and my ongoing irritation with the machinizations of religious nuts in the local school system defeated my attempt.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450424838277339646.post-22335677751991274912009-10-05T10:05:37.807-04:002009-10-05T10:05:37.807-04:00I really loved this poem when I read it in High Sc...I really loved this poem when I read it in High School history class. I love poems with nature, particularly trees.<br /><br />I adore the robins in her hair, but also these lines: "Upon whose bosom snow has lain;<br />Who intimately lives with rain."<br /><br />The narrator is in awe of nature and of God.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745809545249574387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450424838277339646.post-61106366009651270642009-10-05T07:44:55.464-04:002009-10-05T07:44:55.464-04:00I like the idea of stopping to see the beauty, the...I like the idea of stopping to see the beauty, the life in nature.<br /><br />--Anna<br /><a href="http://diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Diary of an Eccentric</a>Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046635675540466183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450424838277339646.post-14307235568258327592009-10-04T20:21:21.643-04:002009-10-04T20:21:21.643-04:00This was a lovely poem! I know I read it ages ago ...This was a lovely poem! I know I read it ages ago but didn't realize just how lovely it was. In themes, it seems tied the poem from the 11-year-old girl you had last week. I love how the poet makes the tree seem like a person -- wearing robins in her hair. I found this extremely pleasing. Thank you for these posts ... your choices are exposing me to poetry in a way that I can appreciate and Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.com