tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post4291302960306519754..comments2023-08-02T05:06:28.437-04:00Comments on Having Writ: Tidal Islandsister AEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-51586570828582376612007-12-30T09:49:00.000-05:002007-12-30T09:49:00.000-05:00Hello, Dick. Any luck with that poem, then?Hello, Dick. Any luck with that poem, then?sister AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-52609873860581283652007-12-30T01:22:00.000-05:002007-12-30T01:22:00.000-05:00Memories of sitting on the banks of Mont Saint-Mic...Memories of sitting on the banks of Mont Saint-Michel 15 years ago in a buffeting wind trying to write a poem!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-20401717957926119002007-12-29T13:00:00.000-05:002007-12-29T13:00:00.000-05:00Hi, tumblewords. I'm glad I could give you more i...Hi, tumblewords. I'm glad I could give you more info. the picture is great, but it is from about a hundred years ago. Now the place is more often surrounded by mud flats instead of the blue sea.<BR/><BR/>Hello, Jo and Gautami.sister AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-2952427925444806712007-12-29T11:08:00.000-05:002007-12-29T11:08:00.000-05:00You made it come alive for me! Thanks!You made it come alive for me! Thanks!gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-36239566028040487632007-12-29T02:09:00.000-05:002007-12-29T02:09:00.000-05:00yes, I agree with what juliet said. I was there in...yes, I agree with what juliet said. I was there in summer, it's lovely.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15149139820474072721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-65040174302261699582007-12-28T17:44:00.000-05:002007-12-28T17:44:00.000-05:00I'd heard of the island but knew next to nothing a...I'd heard of the island but knew next to nothing about it. Your words tell the story so nicely and the photo is great.Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-37785078363247433852007-12-28T16:00:00.000-05:002007-12-28T16:00:00.000-05:00Thanks, Linda. It is much better now than it was ...Thanks, Linda. It is much better now than it was early this morning. Telling a story like this is like doing a cross between a jigsaw and crossword puzzle. But sometimes you have to leave pieces out anyway.sister AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-15213235213097397432007-12-28T15:59:00.000-05:002007-12-28T15:59:00.000-05:00Thanks, Juliet. There's even more, including it b...Thanks, Juliet. There's even more, including it being used not only as a fort, but also as a prison. And the architecture is gorgeous. I'm not really a gothic kind of girl, but this place really stirs the imagination, and the tiny winding roads to the top are quintessentially old-world - something definitely foreign to someone used to life in the flat US midwest where the oldest buildings might be 150 years old.sister AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-83086983293723411292007-12-28T15:57:00.000-05:002007-12-28T15:57:00.000-05:00I like your choice of rhyme for this. It gives it...I like your choice of rhyme for this. It gives it the feel of legend. And that rhyme does not take away from the story or lead the peom somewhere where it doesn't want to go.Linda Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459940700516084069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-73373879371922766172007-12-28T14:37:00.000-05:002007-12-28T14:37:00.000-05:00I didn't know the story, though I know of the isla...I didn't know the story, though I know of the island. Fascinating!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.com