tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post2347071570524637945..comments2024-02-23T13:47:30.790-08:00Comments on First Known When Lost: SnowStephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-83985060760212508422012-01-22T12:35:14.035-08:002012-01-22T12:35:14.035-08:00Thank you very much, Kylie. I appreciate your comm...Thank you very much, Kylie. I appreciate your comments. It was one of those things that came from out of nowhere as I watched the snow in Tokyo one night. However, its deep source is probably my childhood days in Minnesota -- those memories of winters have stayed with me, not so much in the particulars, but in the overall feeling. <br /><br />I agree with you about looking backward. I wasn't thinking of those implications when I wrote it, but your thought is a nice one.<br /><br />Again, thank you.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-60698847234171032542012-01-22T11:43:22.084-08:002012-01-22T11:43:22.084-08:00Another sip--thank you!
Yes, looking backward t...Another sip--thank you! <br /><br />Yes, looking backward to watch our footprints disappear is one of the great pleasures of falling snow. I wonder, though, that our pleasure isn't compromised by the disconcerting implications of seeing the evidence of our presence vanish so swiftly and silently. <br /><br />Anyway, I love the mental image your poem gave me. I really appreciate it--probably more than most--as I have almost no visual memory so it's rare for descriptive writing to register with me.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-21613400618895683222012-01-20T09:28:08.255-08:002012-01-20T09:28:08.255-08:00Rob K.: thank you very much for the kind words, bo...Rob K.: thank you very much for the kind words, both about the blog and the poems. In fact, it is I that owe you thanks for being such a loyal reader! I am always gratified (and humbled) when people find their way here and, further, continue to visit. I greatly appreciate your thoughts.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-46854308701399776142012-01-20T05:22:25.313-08:002012-01-20T05:22:25.313-08:00I have been enjoying your poetry blog for a couple...I have been enjoying your poetry blog for a couple of years, the art as well as the poetry. Thank you for that, and for posting another of your own beautiful poems.Rob K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-13929829216796036452012-01-19T11:17:03.316-08:002012-01-19T11:17:03.316-08:00Mary F. C. Pratt: I can see how that might be disc...Mary F. C. Pratt: I can see how that might be disconcerting. It sounds like you might be in for a late winter/early spring snowfall. When I was growing up in Minnesota, we had the famous (for Minnesotans) St. Patrick's Day blizzard (in the 1960s; I forget the year).<br /><br />As always, thank you for visiting, and for your thoughts.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-10367551678127690452012-01-19T04:12:54.532-08:002012-01-19T04:12:54.532-08:00This is why open winters here in Vermont--like thi...This is why open winters here in Vermont--like this one--are so creepy.Mary F. C. Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208459186091082616noreply@blogger.com