tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post6659502104583908440..comments2023-09-03T04:14:13.410-07:00Comments on Freckled Writer: EpicErin Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428693832930474044noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post-63328352122548824102009-10-06T02:43:55.325-07:002009-10-06T02:43:55.325-07:00I finally read your post after looking at the thum...I finally read your post after looking at the thumbnail of the picture for days!<br />If you do not do calligraphy then I hope you find someone who does. Have this written in calligraphy and framed.....for your office at school. It's wonderful.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post-12783960650276033942009-10-03T15:35:12.603-07:002009-10-03T15:35:12.603-07:00I just love this! English teachers were always my ...I just love this! English teachers were always my favorite teachers in school. They were my heroes and taught me a lot about life. Great job!Jessica GChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789259382300695780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post-42263820377928537972009-09-28T08:45:29.750-07:002009-09-28T08:45:29.750-07:00I am a sage for our age,
A patron saint of syntax,...<i>I am a sage for our age,<br />A patron saint of syntax,<br />A lion of lyricism,<br />A conqueror of commas gone wrong!</i><br /><br />You go, girl! (as "they" say...)<br /><br />I enjoyed this a lot, Erin. My partner is a retired English professor, and I got the MA but not the stomach to face freshman essays the rest of my days...<br /><br />"Epic" has a a very nice rhythm and flow. And anyone who can beautifully combine Wordsworth, Whitman, Dickinson, folktale, grammar and style all in one one-page poem is a lion of lyricism in my book.<br /><br />Hooray!<br />_____<br /><br /><a href="http://innerlight-radiantlife.blogspot.com/2009/09/morning-prayers.html" rel="nofollow">Paul Oakley</a><br />Blogging his ReadWritePoem poems at <br /><a href="http://innerlight-radiantlife.blogspot.com/search/label/Read%20Write%20Poem" rel="nofollow"><i>Inner Light, Radiant Life</i></a>Paul Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426789386840488470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post-7131098074506948852009-09-27T12:43:52.212-07:002009-09-27T12:43:52.212-07:00I LOVE it..what a witty idea! (but I am sure my En...I LOVE it..what a witty idea! (but I am sure my English teachers of yore would have a nervous breakdown after reading my poetry!)Cynthia Shorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386358503730817278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post-14367199412860631132009-09-27T06:16:36.754-07:002009-09-27T06:16:36.754-07:00Thank you!! And well done, oh, saint of syntax.Thank you!! And well done, oh, saint of syntax.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238905633085051322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post-38748828285430843232009-09-26T21:50:27.806-07:002009-09-26T21:50:27.806-07:00LOVE IT!!!LOVE IT!!!dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post-67904271206489493562009-09-26T20:47:54.701-07:002009-09-26T20:47:54.701-07:00Erin, that is so wonderful and clever!Erin, that is so wonderful and clever!Annie Coehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980814479525038344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post-13393864647827297642009-09-26T16:16:26.574-07:002009-09-26T16:16:26.574-07:00Hear! Hear!
Hurrah the unsung
singers of prose
and...Hear! Hear!<br />Hurrah the unsung<br />singers of prose<br />and posers of poetry.<br />I've got to say, though, that the one I bless the most is the one who taught me there was such a thing as parody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967375595996577997.post-58665954331512639102009-09-26T12:19:58.153-07:002009-09-26T12:19:58.153-07:00Love the image to go along with the poem--teacher-...Love the image to go along with the poem--teacher-warrior--isn't that who we are?Tinanoreply@blogger.com