tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534877918340341.post2265921231927991173..comments2024-02-14T10:23:28.919-08:00Comments on Poetry Laurels: Growing up Polish, becoming AmericanMaja Trochimczykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07070404303173790701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534877918340341.post-66010883068627827032011-01-13T15:16:02.718-08:002011-01-13T15:16:02.718-08:00Thank you all for the comments and thanks, especia...Thank you all for the comments and thanks, especially to John for the invitation to the PAHA Poetry session that resulted in this blog.<br /><br /> As for the two loves, Oriana - you are right. In a different poem (Ode of the Lost) I talk about replacing the "nightingale" with the "mocking bird" - the grey bird with a strong, fluted voice. <br /><br />Mina - thanks for liking the dragonflies. They are a peculiar type of insect, jewel-like and charming in orange or blue.Maja Trochimczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070404303173790701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534877918340341.post-91143682245772349552011-01-13T13:07:17.624-08:002011-01-13T13:07:17.624-08:00Maja, I totally enjoyed reading about your past an...Maja, I totally enjoyed reading about your past and your present as well! The dragonfly poem is lovely. I can see those birds and insects going along living their lives even when disturbed by humans!Minahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09754211332304057383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534877918340341.post-66089575603769039542011-01-13T11:53:07.155-08:002011-01-13T11:53:07.155-08:00Recently Ewa Parma asked me, "Why did you sta...Recently Ewa Parma asked me, "Why did you stay?" We know, don't we, that it's not because "I fell in love with democracy." But aside from other reasons, not necessarily positive, I truly did fall in love with coastal California, and now "j'ai deux amours -- mon pays et California." For birches, I substituted aspen . . . for sweat-peas, bougainvilleas. No, not the same, but their flamenco kind of beauty complements the bucolic beauty of the Polish countryside. So: I have two loves. Thank you for a marvelous post.orianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209366167129773052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534877918340341.post-55099410866084358362011-01-13T03:19:06.716-08:002011-01-13T03:19:06.716-08:00Maja, thank you for posting this and telling your ...Maja, thank you for posting this and telling your story. I especially liked the poem "A White Letter." My mother grew up in a wooded area west of Lvov, and she sometimes talked about the beautiful birch trees that stood around her house.<br /><br />I wish I could have been in Boston to hear you read your poems.John Guzlowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052735138993479204noreply@blogger.com