tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post1553504572010502892..comments2024-03-20T02:25:37.324-07:00Comments on Gathering Around the Table: FamousGathering Around the Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07664367737842132953noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-54589964749517942692007-06-01T18:14:00.000-07:002007-06-01T18:14:00.000-07:00What a lovely poem! Makes me want to teach it, to...What a lovely poem! Makes me want to teach it, too. Taking poetry apart and putting it back together so it makes sense to each of us is one of my favorite things to do as a teacher...R. Aastruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05883779431075392296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-75138921387803193662007-05-31T21:11:00.000-07:002007-05-31T21:11:00.000-07:00pinehurst: I was the same the first time. Then I t...pinehurst: I was the same the first time. Then I taught it to my students. That helped me understand it. I like the last line. I forgot for so long I could write. Now I don't want to forget, thus the picture of the writer's desk.<BR/>noni-I loved that verse also. There are those simple images that can make a day when peoplewatching.Christy Woolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748862572108653566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-52796260568645541742007-05-31T14:45:00.000-07:002007-05-31T14:45:00.000-07:00Many thanks for sharing this wonderful poem! Such ...Many thanks for sharing this wonderful poem! Such homely, powerful images. I especially liked:<BR/><I>I want to be famous to shuffling men<BR/>who smile while crossing streets,<BR/>sticky children in grocery lines,<BR/>famous as the one who smiled back.</I><BR/><BR/>[I just had that experience at the magazine rack last week. A little guy was standing next to his mom, I looked down and smiled at him. Then he turned to mom and asked why I smiled at him. She replied that it was a polite thing to do. Hmm. . .I wasn't sure what to think.]<BR/>Anyway, thanks!nonizambonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381779175217605700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591278542744238967.post-9518648195500814952007-05-31T09:56:00.000-07:002007-05-31T09:56:00.000-07:00I liked this poem much better today. Yesterday wh...I liked this poem much better today. Yesterday when I read it, it didn't make much sense. Today, I remembered the use of famous and it made much more sense to me.Pinehurst in my Dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14839389283883857130noreply@blogger.com