tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302273.post114593191714056197..comments2023-10-08T04:31:20.162-04:00Comments on The Secret Thread: Literature & Spiritual Life: Duke Altum's Poem of the Week #30Duke Altumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17494561267128023739noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302273.post-1146043546565313232006-04-26T05:25:00.000-04:002006-04-26T05:25:00.000-04:00Duke, love the new poems. I don't really know any...Duke, love the new poems. I don't really know anything about the poet, which is one of the things I really like about the series: seeing if the poet is someone well known who I admire, or someone brand new whose work I knew nothing about. Sometime, I'd like to know the process about how you make your selections. You keep it versatile each time. I sure hope other people are checking these poems out.....<BR/><BR/>Two very different subjects for these selections....what is great about poetry about nature for me is the way these writers look at what we all have seen from time to time and turn it into something wondrous. I mean, I don't know if I have ever been on a beach full of starfish, but I know what it would look like, and yet, Kinell finds away to turn the sight into something practically mystical, filled with God' grandeur. What a great service poets do for us with words. As for the second poem, the idea that our children heal us even as we hold them and attempt to provide assurance to soothe their fears is profound and a hundred percent true. I've been here almost as many times as you have, although not quite; and it's amazing how just the need and dependence of my daughters gives me inspiration and motivation for life. Their innocence is a blessing that is hard to put into words, but this poet somehow has. Great poems.Mutt Ploughmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886850428991826645noreply@blogger.com