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Comment on Write Naked by manda morris

manda morris — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:15:00 +0000

i read this in awe. this is beautiful Andrea. I finished it with tears in my eyes…you have moved me to undress! (hahaha with tears but true!)

Comment on Drought by andreabates

andreabates — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:59:51 +0000

Hi Allen,
Thank you for your kind words! The lines at the end of the posting are from the Conrad Aiken poem referenced in the second to last paragraph of the posting; it can be found online. It is a lovely poem, and I hope you’ll check it out.

~a~

Comment on Drought by Allen Strous

Allen Strous — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:45:59 +0000

Where do the fine lines at the end of this post come from?–Thank you for sharing them here.

Comment on Silence by Allen strous

Allen strous — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:00:45 +0000

Silence and the poems we all can know, then:

Silence in the poem on the page–how the white space carries a positive charge, or a forceful negative one, blankness just as powerful–

the silence in any punctuation, marking off pauses–how the pauses mean as well as the ongoing words–

the spaces between individual words (how much the spoken word has these spaces is another question)–

Perhaps the way a poem makes meaning, the feel of a poem’s meaning is an access to a finer and finer silence–
“Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory.–”

Always the multiform-ness of silence–between people, for example, it can mean a comfortable acceptance, or rejection.–And the silence in Tim’s very moving story is yet another kind of silence.

Comment on Sightline by Weekly Writing: Guest prompt by poet Elizabeth Austen | Remembering English

Weekly Writing: Guest prompt by poet Elizabeth Austen | Remembering English — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:05:56 +0000

[...] Press next month, and the chapbooks The Girl Who Goes Alone (Floating Bridge Press, 2010) and Where Currents Meet (part of the 2010 Toadlily Press quartet Sightline). She is a dynamic performer of her own and [...]

Comment on The Hand of the Poet by Mary

Mary — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:39:45 +0000

Gorgeous – both the writing and the hand!

Comment on The Hand of the Poet by Pam

Pam — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:01:05 +0000

Just noting that this blog posting, which gets shared mistakenly on my FB page and not on the toadlily press page, is written by Andrea. I wish my hand looked as lovely as Andrea’s!

Comment on Sightline by Elizabeth Austen at Doe Bay on April 10 | Kristen Millares Young

Elizabeth Austen at Doe Bay on April 10 | Kristen Millares Young — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:39:02 +0000

[...] She is the author of two chapbooks, The Girl Who Goes Alone (Floating Bridge Press, 2010) and Where Currents Meet, part of the 2010 Toadlily Press quartet, Sightline. Her first full-length collection, Every Dress [...]

Comment on When Love Calls Us, Do We Answer? by klhyde

klhyde — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:39:14 +0000

Hi Pam, Done! Thanks for flagging this for us.
Katherine

Comment on When Love Calls Us, Do We Answer? by Pam

Pam — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:51:40 +0000

Hi,
Just a request to the wonderful toadlily facebook folks, asking if you all could remove my name as administrator on the toadlily facebook page. Andrea’s post comes up on my facebook wall with my name and of course I want to give credit to Andrea. Thanks! And welcome to the toadlily blog, Andrea.