Comments on Ecological Gardening: April is Poetry Month

You're welcome. Lucky you that you got to hear...

2011-05-03T05:11:11.893-07:00

You're welcome. Lucky you that you got to hear her read!

Thanks, Don.

2011-05-02T06:22:37.271-07:00

Thanks, Don.

What Was Once the Largest Shopping Center in No...

2011-05-01T18:30:08.059-07:00
What Was Once the Largest Shopping Center in
Northern Ohio Was Built Where There Had Been
a Pond I Used to Visit Every Summer Afternoon

Loving the earth, seeing what has been done to it,
I grow sharp, I grow cold.

Where will the trilliums go, and the coltsfoot?
Where will the pond lilies go to continue living
their simple, penniless lives,

Hi Don, I know the Neruda poem--it's nice you...

2011-05-01T06:56:25.453-07:00
Hi Don,

I know the Neruda poem--it's nice you can do your own translations. Don't know that Mary Oliver poem. I saw her read a few years ago.

Thanks for your help with the Spanish. The Word Set Language and Spell Check worked well. I was then able to paste it into blogger with no problem.

Great poem, Adrian. I was not familiar with it. I...

2011-04-30T09:34:38.913-07:00
Great poem, Adrian. I was not familiar with it.

I have my comp students read a poem by Pablo Neruda (Ode to the Apple; my own translation). Another poem I use in class is one by Mary Oliver about the wanton destruction (for a shopping mall) of a pond she used to play around as a child.

Regarding accents and other diacritics in Spanish, a Spanish keyboard is the best solution