tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post4013897129569122661..comments2024-03-08T00:12:49.974-08:00Comments on GottaBook: Kathi Appelt - What Was She ThinkingGreg Pincushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-34467575669191176432011-06-06T22:08:31.886-07:002011-06-06T22:08:31.886-07:00I love Kathi---her poetry, her picture books, her ...I love Kathi---her poetry, her picture books, her novels, and her, personally. Love this poem!Deborah Halversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813383597378919945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-7247329799855000502011-05-02T07:50:54.002-07:002011-05-02T07:50:54.002-07:00When I first read Kathi Appelt's 'The Unde...When I first read Kathi Appelt's 'The Underneath' and then went on to 'Keeper,' I kept thinking - poetic, beautiful, and full of imagery. I feel her prose is poetry itself.<br /><br />This poem is haunting and leaves an imprint on the soul.Barbara Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547166495514562286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-82148883068149925752011-05-02T06:34:44.692-07:002011-05-02T06:34:44.692-07:00The impact of the train, the power of these beauti...The impact of the train, the power of these beautifully written lines by Kathi Appelt ...<br /><br />Thank you, Greg, for 30 Poets/30 Days. How inspiring it's been, reading the words of such extraordinary poets each day!Martha Calderarohttp://www.marthacalderaro.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-22147439130883655682011-05-01T05:35:02.242-07:002011-05-01T05:35:02.242-07:00This is a haunting, haunting poem. So much grief i...This is a haunting, haunting poem. So much grief in these lines...Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-22188766701282856122011-05-01T01:46:58.682-07:002011-05-01T01:46:58.682-07:00Oh, this is painful.
All her faith
in speed and g...Oh, this is painful.<br /><br /><i>All her faith<br />in speed and gasoline, St. Christopher<br />dangling from the rearview mirror.</i> -- a beautiful turn of phrase, even in the awfulness of it.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com