tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post5271451887608680168..comments2024-03-28T21:06:33.877-04:00Comments on Susan's Poetry: Hiding WildernessSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-26453167494718301592018-07-28T19:52:05.688-04:002018-07-28T19:52:05.688-04:00'Hold it sacred' - really sends this messa...'Hold it sacred' - really sends this message home. So few places of beauty remain undisturbed. Beautiful writing, Susan.purplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-22572423870182690932018-07-28T13:47:29.930-04:002018-07-28T13:47:29.930-04:00This is such a lovely sentiment, I love the whole ...This is such a lovely sentiment, I love the whole idea of it<br /><br />Wilderness is indeed sacred<br /><br />https://mindlovemisery.wordpress.com/<br />Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157593291278155756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-24528763191273851572018-07-27T15:28:43.863-04:002018-07-27T15:28:43.863-04:00Human beings seem to have perfected the art of usi...Human beings seem to have perfected the art of using things--not only wilderness, but each other.Magical Mystical Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-20808985000364930622018-07-26T14:19:39.024-04:002018-07-26T14:19:39.024-04:00"Wilderness exists when it’s unseen—undisturb..."Wilderness exists when it’s unseen—undisturbed—"-- unfortunately not many places are left untouched by us! I wish I get one! <br />Sigh....<br />Beautiful poem with a great message, Susan. Panchalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08832164041967778122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-24946204812266985062018-07-26T10:29:16.976-04:002018-07-26T10:29:16.976-04:00A beautiful write about the importance of wilderne...A beautiful write about the importance of wilderness for its own sake!Frank J. Tassonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034177573832896440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-25846443327014544792018-07-26T03:19:38.546-04:002018-07-26T03:19:38.546-04:00"What good is it?" you laugh, "If w..."What good is it?" you laugh, "If we can't use it?" This is the attitude of the world and for this, this ruin. Your poem reminds me of G.M. Hopkins' poem Inversnaid: "What would the world be, once bereft / Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, / O let them be left, wildness and wet; / Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."<br />Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-39556551102622401942018-07-26T02:23:30.634-04:002018-07-26T02:23:30.634-04:00You are so right, Susan. We must hold the wilderne...You are so right, Susan. We must hold the wilderness sacred and not destroy the magic; we need it. An acre of wilderness is an acre of wilderness, full of magic and respect for wild. The use of direct address is effective in this poem. Let's hope other people get the message. I also love the personification in:<br />'then more look, and slowly wilderness seeps away,<br />wildness slowly leaves and takes its secrets with it'.<br />Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-70294393067745461682018-07-25T23:52:59.087-04:002018-07-25T23:52:59.087-04:00That's a beautiful thought.. enough to know it...That's a beautiful thought.. enough to know it is there..and the God analogy works..totally!Thotpurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729170517164200003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-22736189734636081072018-07-25T20:26:17.030-04:002018-07-25T20:26:17.030-04:00Ah, what will convince you? Wilderness will not b...Ah, what will convince you? Wilderness will not be<br />imitated or reproduced. Hold it sacred.<br /><br />Yes, and it keeps slipping out of our fingers. It is there but not there unless one searches for it as poets do! Very thoughtful write Susan!<br /><br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-43622290742281812872018-07-25T19:44:54.580-04:002018-07-25T19:44:54.580-04:00Wilderness is where nature exists without the need...Wilderness is where nature exists without the need of humans, we can enter it but we must respect it but not interfere with it or take anything away from it as it shows us how the world can be without us. We just need a few million more humans like ourselves to shake some sense into the rest of the world's population.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-68860682689013806982018-07-25T18:16:55.108-04:002018-07-25T18:16:55.108-04:00holding the wilderness so sacred I surmised
that c...holding the wilderness so sacred I surmised<br />that curiosity would remove its magic—<br /><br />how true - and how interesting to pose the question and NOT give in to the temptation - and I really love the following line - the idea that even wilderness is affected/changed for itself, of itself, even by being witnessed .... what a truly interesting perspective. <br /><br />Perhaps like our souls,<br />belief matters.<br /><br />I really like the ensuing conversation, the "gentle" argument, and how the two sides contradict - but when I came to this aspect, the part about wilderness being like our souls .... wow - that really just stopped me dead in my tracks, because it really, oh, how can I suggest this - it made sense, and not from a "tired and true to the ears" repetitive idea - but simply as something spoken from a very "honourable" conviction. Quietly spoken. And yet undebatable. <br /><br />interesting poem SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-47743171278067104592018-07-25T09:53:42.628-04:002018-07-25T09:53:42.628-04:00Yes!! A good write.Yes!! A good write.annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-37772145265108945592018-07-25T08:52:51.096-04:002018-07-25T08:52:51.096-04:00Your sacred wilderness is a beautiful hope, Susan
...Your sacred wilderness is a beautiful hope, Susan<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-24267282243827817542018-07-25T08:34:27.336-04:002018-07-25T08:34:27.336-04:00Wilderness is, a state of mind that can never be r...Wilderness is, a state of mind that can never be recovered, once humanity has touched it, in any way. Something, Western society has lost in our march of progress.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-63492517248500401602018-07-25T07:29:55.745-04:002018-07-25T07:29:55.745-04:00Good thoughts.
Good thoughts.<br />pchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599386303377582663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-8364032420583706332018-07-24T22:12:52.756-04:002018-07-24T22:12:52.756-04:00You know how much I agree with this, my friend.......You know how much I agree with this, my friend........wilderness untouched - not many places left where that is true..........I love "Hold it sacred." For it is, more than many humans seem to understand.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.com