Comments on: Finding Firewood in the Fiery Woods of Fall http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/ Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul-John Muir Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: colleen http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-434 colleen Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:48:49 +0000 http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-434 Even though you don't directly talk about the smell, you paint a picture with words that makes me smell and feel the warmth of that fire. I can hear the chainsaw roar and the fire cackle. Wonderful! Even though you don’t directly talk about the smell, you paint a picture with words that makes me smell and feel the warmth of that fire. I can hear the chainsaw roar and the fire cackle. Wonderful!

]]> By: Shannon http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-392 Shannon Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:24:36 +0000 http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-392 Oh Beth, that's beautiful! The "high keening dirge" is a FANTASTIC line. I haven't posted my poetry......I might have to just to prove I can do it. Um......I don't know if I've as brave as you. Shannon Oh Beth, that’s beautiful! The “high keening dirge” is a FANTASTIC line. I haven’t posted my poetry……I might have to just to prove I can do it. Um……I don’t know if I’ve as brave as you. Shannon

]]> By: bluemountainmama http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-390 bluemountainmama Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:48:21 +0000 http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-390 i also loved the line that june mentioned. wonderful poem! you should write them more often.... :) i also loved the line that june mentioned. wonderful poem! you should write them more often…. :)

]]> By: wesleyjeanne http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-388 wesleyjeanne Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:42:48 +0000 http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-388 Beth--this is simply lovely. I like the recurring dual images of sharpness/cutting (as Ariel said) and burning ("burns my lungs"; "blazing bright leaf fall"; and the burning in the woodstove). Very nice. Please post more poetry. Your poem and photos also make me long for a wood stove or fireplace. I can smell it as I read, feel its warmth surrounding me. Every evening as the wind blows around my door, I wonder to myself "Who builds a log cabin in the mountains without a wood stove or fireplace?" And I look around my house for the answer. Oh. Someday, someday we'll get the basement finished and I'll get my wood stove. Beth–this is simply lovely. I like the recurring dual images of sharpness/cutting (as Ariel said) and burning (“burns my lungs”; “blazing bright leaf fall”; and the burning in the woodstove). Very nice. Please post more poetry.
Your poem and photos also make me long for a wood stove or fireplace. I can smell it as I read, feel its warmth surrounding me. Every evening as the wind blows around my door, I wonder to myself “Who builds a log cabin in the mountains without a wood stove or fireplace?” And I look around my house for the answer. Oh.
Someday, someday we’ll get the basement finished and I’ll get my wood stove.

]]> By: Sara http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-387 Sara Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:38:26 +0000 http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-387 Great job! Poetry is meant to be shared. It takes a bit of courage but it's a great thing to stick your neck out and let others see a little deeper into your soul. There are those rare moments that it seems that only poetry really seems to fit the bill. I put mine on a separate blog called first, eat dessert and buried it so that only the most curious will ever find it. Not much there yet but at least it has a place and it can hide out quietly. Like June, I'm wonderering if you're feeling better? Great job! Poetry is meant to be shared. It takes a bit of courage but it’s a great thing to stick your neck out and let others see a little deeper into your soul. There are those rare moments that it seems that only poetry really seems to fit the bill. I put mine on a separate blog called first, eat dessert and buried it so that only the most curious will ever find it. Not much there yet but at least it has a place and it can hide out quietly.
Like June, I’m wonderering if you’re feeling better?

]]> By: lucky pennies http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-386 lucky pennies Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:54:16 +0000 http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-386 Oh, this is lovely! And I love the circular nature and parallel structure of it...how you start it with the image of the chainsaw cutting "sharp and clean" and end with the image of the cutting winter wind. ¡Su poema es muy excellente! Ariel gives this poem two thumbs up! Oh, this is lovely! And I love the circular nature and parallel structure of it…how you start it with the image of the chainsaw cutting “sharp and clean” and end with the image of the cutting winter wind. ¡Su poema es muy excellente!

Ariel gives this poem two thumbs up!

]]> By: benjamin (aka guitarmaniac) http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-380 benjamin (aka guitarmaniac) Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:22:15 +0000 http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-380 The thing about your poem that strikes me most is the description of the familiar sound--"the high keening dirge"--and the tree's second purpose even though it was dead and rotting in the forest! You have a gift with words, you do! The odors of the forest revitalize the naturalistic hiker part of me every time I start down any woodland trail... The thing about your poem that strikes me most is the description of the familiar sound–”the high keening dirge”–and the tree’s second purpose even though it was dead and rotting in the forest! You have a gift with words, you do!

The odors of the forest revitalize the naturalistic hiker part of me every time I start down any woodland trail…

]]> By: Susan http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-379 Susan Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:54:18 +0000 http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-379 I can relate - I finally stuck my neck out and posted some 'poems' but still don't like my picture on there. Your poem is great! You should write more. I remember reading on Fred's blog once that they use wood for both heating and cooling, in winter it heats the house in the woodstove and in the summer the shade cools the house. Keep writing! We will be your cheerleaders. I can relate – I finally stuck my neck out and posted some ‘poems’ but still don’t like my picture on there.

Your poem is great! You should write more. I remember reading on Fred’s blog once that they use wood for both heating and cooling, in winter it heats the house in the woodstove and in the summer the shade cools the house.

Keep writing! We will be your cheerleaders.

]]> By: June http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-372 June Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:49:50 +0000 http://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/finding-firewood-in-the-fiery-woods-of-fall/#comment-372 Beth, I think that's a beautiful poem. Really. I love the line "the tree's final gift to us that will come alive again in our woodstove..." I know what you mean about having to fight the tendency to compare your writing to others'. I have to do that too. I so admire Colleen, et al for their ability to paint pictures with their words - as you just did. It's such a joy to read or hear. It can be a bit intimidating at Spoken Word to follow these artists. I have to always remind myself that what I write might not be full of imagery it is full of me! Also wondering how you're feeling. Hopefully, on the mend. Beth, I think that’s a beautiful poem. Really. I love the line “the tree’s final gift to us that will come alive again in our woodstove…”

I know what you mean about having to fight the tendency to compare your writing to others’. I have to do that too. I so admire Colleen, et al for their ability to paint pictures with their words – as you just did. It’s such a joy to read or hear. It can be a bit intimidating at Spoken Word to follow these artists. I have to always remind myself that what I write might not be full of imagery it is full of me!

Also wondering how you’re feeling. Hopefully, on the mend.

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