<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post6865830946565392786..comments</id><updated>2011-02-10T01:49:19.556-05:00</updated><category term='Celebrations'/><category term='Road Trips'/><category term='Cancer'/><category term='Spinning'/><category term='Sundara'/><category term='Connections'/><category term='Souvenirs'/><category term='Muffins'/><category term='Inspiration'/><category term='Knitting'/><category term='Out and About'/><category term='The Road to Wellville'/><category term='Delight'/><category term='Sanity'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='Randomness'/><category term='Work'/><category term='Blueberries'/><category term='Rosemary'/><category term='Passages'/><category term='The Wide World'/><category term='Month of Letters 2012'/><category term='Yarn'/><category term='Home and Family'/><category term='Ten on Tuesday'/><category term='Whirled Peas'/><category term='Annabelle'/><category term='Books'/><title type='text'>Comments on Not Plain Jane: (Silent) Poetry Reading 2011</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/feeds/6865830946565392786/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html'/><author><name>Jane Cochran</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/117715740982361810835</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xOCTLfa9hRw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAByA/l-TUCoELJxg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-4185949420270664740</id><published>2011-02-10T01:49:19.556-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-10T01:49:19.556-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hai, I love the way you write. 

&lt;a href="http://c...</title><content type='html'>Hai, I love the way you write. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://carsautovehiclesvideo.blogspot.com/2011/02/toyota-verso-s-roadtest.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Cheers Verso S roadtest &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/4185949420270664740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/4185949420270664740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html?showComment=1297320559556#c4185949420270664740' title=''/><author><name>Kira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-6865830946565392786' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/posts/default/6865830946565392786' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-983070007'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-5406790607926821409</id><published>2011-02-06T12:44:25.359-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-06T12:44:25.359-05:00</updated><title type='text'>sending you a comfort ((hug)) of understanding tod...</title><content type='html'>sending you a comfort ((hug)) of understanding today - just because sometimes its the weekends that are hardest after losing a beloved companion.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/5406790607926821409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/5406790607926821409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html?showComment=1297014265359#c5406790607926821409' title=''/><author><name>Teyani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09715921511245651214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-6865830946565392786' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/posts/default/6865830946565392786' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-60228063'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-2052788566784448523</id><published>2011-02-02T20:14:13.755-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T20:14:13.755-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bearing Water for Brigid
 
Sketches for a water ve...</title><content type='html'>Bearing Water for Brigid&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Sketches for a water vessel --&lt;br /&gt;bottle and message elide on waves.&lt;br /&gt;Voice of Brigid calls. &lt;br /&gt;All who hear: Imagine.&lt;br /&gt;Exposed to wind, to grit, to rain&lt;br /&gt;and hail,&lt;br /&gt;rock faces erode.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Vessel&lt;br /&gt;Designated fixed space&lt;br /&gt;Sacrosanct container &lt;br /&gt;Conveyor through fluid&lt;br /&gt;separates&lt;br /&gt;Fluidity&lt;br /&gt;Creates place, surface to paint.&lt;br /&gt;Amusement;&lt;br /&gt;diffusement of emotion,&lt;br /&gt;beatitude, foment of dueling farce.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Harsh edges polished,&lt;br /&gt;pure colors&lt;br /&gt;blend in the dark.&lt;br /&gt;Brief infusion &lt;br /&gt;of giddy illusion&lt;br /&gt;glows &lt;br /&gt;just enough to guilefully entice.&lt;br /&gt;Sparkling Neural net &lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;a secret&lt;br /&gt;clue revealing&lt;br /&gt;purpose, meaning,&lt;br /&gt;engages&lt;br /&gt;wild eternal child,&lt;br /&gt;ages&amp;#39; flamboyant fool,&lt;br /&gt;Glorious&lt;br /&gt;Muse&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;(Voice rains from within)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;A wound is a sacred vessel.&lt;br /&gt;Pain carves into flesh&lt;br /&gt;sense memory;&lt;br /&gt;carries the seed&lt;br /&gt;of its own demise.&lt;br /&gt;Sentience&lt;br /&gt;engulfed in life&lt;br /&gt;learns anew to be whole.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wounded with the potential for wisdom&lt;br /&gt;when eyes are are pried &lt;br /&gt;from seeping, sucking, suffering&lt;br /&gt;aching to censure what future we admire.&lt;br /&gt;Redefine the schizm.&lt;br /&gt;This wound is our project.&lt;br /&gt;To heal, discover the vision;&lt;br /&gt;realign the seam to fit &lt;br /&gt;self-framed landscape.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Let loose that genie of desire.&lt;br /&gt;Ride rushing blood streams. &lt;br /&gt;Build a roaring pyre of grief,&lt;br /&gt;insane belief in wrathfilled deities.&lt;br /&gt;Revile that old refrain: &amp;quot;life is pain&amp;quot; or a game&lt;br /&gt;to be lost.&lt;br /&gt;No Faustian bargain.&lt;br /&gt;Just a  &lt;br /&gt;rambling adventure&lt;br /&gt;daring&lt;br /&gt;to explore&lt;br /&gt;essence of ecstasy.&lt;br /&gt;Don&amp;#39;t wait for the rest to see&lt;br /&gt;and demur.&lt;br /&gt;Stretch your sail.&lt;br /&gt;Take sight of your guiding star.&lt;br /&gt;The only failure is self-denial&lt;br /&gt;in favor of the vile lie&lt;br /&gt;that pain is destiny&lt;br /&gt;instead of faithful friend&lt;br /&gt;lending energy&lt;br /&gt;for change.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Slice vivid memories. &lt;br /&gt;Exult in the tastes, the textures.&lt;br /&gt;Enliven your way.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;In the end&lt;br /&gt;the vessel breaks.&lt;br /&gt;There the Goddess stirs&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;2011 Aquarius</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/2052788566784448523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/2052788566784448523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html?showComment=1296695653755#c2052788566784448523' title=''/><author><name>libramoon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077072773341726387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-6865830946565392786' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/posts/default/6865830946565392786' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1304303820'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-4067407530517183983</id><published>2011-02-02T10:17:38.971-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T10:17:38.971-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So lovely.  Thank you.</title><content type='html'>So lovely.  Thank you.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/4067407530517183983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/4067407530517183983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html?showComment=1296659858971#c4067407530517183983' title=''/><author><name>Kym</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01332895223302876006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-6865830946565392786' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/posts/default/6865830946565392786' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1809201291'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-8567607397218751292</id><published>2011-02-02T09:50:09.821-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T09:50:09.821-05:00</updated><title type='text'>As always, Mary Oliver knows how to explain everyt...</title><content type='html'>As always, Mary Oliver knows how to explain everything. Much love to you, Jane! Happy Groundhog Day. xx</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/8567607397218751292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/6865830946565392786/comments/default/8567607397218751292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html?showComment=1296658209821#c8567607397218751292' title=''/><author><name>Reya Mellicker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2KyOYJDyxGQ/TP1b73boRgI/AAAAAAAAAkc/SAiPPsMbqgw/S220/decme.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.not-plain-jane.com/2011/02/silent-poetry-reading-2011.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13972541.post-6865830946565392786' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13972541/posts/default/6865830946565392786' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1290798436'/></entry></feed>
