tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.comments2024-01-11T03:09:32.491-05:00Poetry EditorMary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comBlogger320125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-2745065289533303282024-01-10T15:48:31.204-05:002024-01-10T15:48:31.204-05:00Mrs. Sayler, I pray you are well. You may not reme...Mrs. Sayler, I pray you are well. You may not remember me, but I have one of your poetry handbooks and follow you on LinkedIn. I want to write a poem as a series of haiku about the trees of Appalachia in North Georgia where I live. I've never written this form of micropoetry though. Using your blog as a resource, I have read all your posts here about haiku, and they are very helpful to givingKate Sgambatinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-6697443402969234982022-05-05T12:55:02.906-04:002022-05-05T12:55:02.906-04:00What an encouraging word - especially coming from ...What an encouraging word - especially coming from you, Cathy! Thanks and blessings.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-73743751729834455462022-05-04T17:03:15.549-04:002022-05-04T17:03:15.549-04:00This beautiful, insightful, sensitive post with yo...This beautiful, insightful, sensitive post with your poetic responses (I especially enjoy the way you enter into the poets' imaginary scenes and your pleasing internal rhymes) make me love you even more as a first-rate poet yourself. God bless and keep you and your vision, Mary.Catherine Lawtonhttps://cladach.com/catherine-lawton/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-73804425951162061142021-11-24T08:44:11.067-05:002021-11-24T08:44:11.067-05:00Really nice and interesting post. I was looking fo...Really nice and interesting post. I was looking for this kind of information and enjoyed reading this one. Keep posting. Thanks for sharing. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/david-hoffmeister" rel="nofollow">a course in miracles soundcloud</a>noravictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412349618615595513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-13262542067022111982021-06-19T15:19:20.257-04:002021-06-19T15:19:20.257-04:00You did a brilliant job!You did a brilliant job!Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-4217078687811892982021-06-18T15:06:02.287-04:002021-06-18T15:06:02.287-04:00What a wonderful review! Thank you so much Mary. I...What a wonderful review! Thank you so much Mary. I'm even more proud now to have birthed this important contribution to the literature and poetry the Covid pandemic inspired. Elayne Clifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398349912654372881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-18257972187672004672021-06-02T05:36:42.625-04:002021-06-02T05:36:42.625-04:00Good to know! God bless you and your writing life ...Good to know! God bless you and your writing life in Christ.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-21849776906896660682021-06-01T16:51:07.889-04:002021-06-01T16:51:07.889-04:00I am most grateful for such an in depth review of ...I am most grateful for such an in depth review of my work! Many thanks, Mary!The Triune Embracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07761996384173638082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-33283264055235960972021-05-07T11:13:38.212-04:002021-05-07T11:13:38.212-04:00PTL! Thanks, Valerie.PTL! Thanks, Valerie.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-28849322799333427852021-05-06T18:03:46.508-04:002021-05-06T18:03:46.508-04:00Such great insight for poets and helpful links! Yo...Such great insight for poets and helpful links! You give much from your passion Mary.😀❤️🌹🙏Valerie Caraottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10587706272959409714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-88098625041172322682021-03-29T05:53:25.415-04:002021-03-29T05:53:25.415-04:00Thanks for responding. Your second paragraph remin...Thanks for responding. Your second paragraph reminded me of one of the most encouraging things anyone ever said to me: i.e., "I like how you see." Glad you've discovered that joy.<br /><br />Have you read Billy Collins? His poems have brilliant levity. I'd not heard of Anthony Esolen, so I just looked him up online and agree with much of what he wrote in "The Young Poet andMary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-86089173077136541572021-03-27T08:09:04.141-04:002021-03-27T08:09:04.141-04:00I write poetry for the joy of it. Even a sorrowful...I write poetry for the joy of it. Even a sorrowful or an angry poem should have the peculiar joy of expressing the sorrow or anger in a deeper way. <br /><br />I'd like my readers to say, "Yes, wow, that's it exactly - " and sometimes to add, "I never quite saw it that way, before." I'm most satisfied to publish a poem which a reader wants to read aloud to someoneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12737778184126789941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-24836715647185344012020-09-18T14:54:40.654-04:002020-09-18T14:54:40.654-04:00Glad to hear it, Laurie! Thanks for writing. God b...Glad to hear it, Laurie! Thanks for writing. God bless.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-8903680720835607222020-09-18T14:13:03.337-04:002020-09-18T14:13:03.337-04:00Good afternoon Ms. Sayler. I send you warm greetin...Good afternoon Ms. Sayler. I send you warm greetings in the Name of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, our Savior and LORD. I was most encouraged to find you on Blogger.<br /><br />I too am a writer of poetry, mostly short-form, although I am not published beyond the borders of my blog, Between Two Rivers.<br /><br />This post encouraged me as I have read and been touched by Mr. Berry's writing many timesLAKhttps://www.between-2-rivers.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-81491559896161216502020-06-30T20:08:22.158-04:002020-06-30T20:08:22.158-04:00Oh, thank you, Nells. Too many poems go on too lon...Oh, thank you, Nells. Too many poems go on too long, but you're becoming a master of haiku and brevity! Your comments mean a lot.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-80386336865047601742020-06-30T17:19:29.535-04:002020-06-30T17:19:29.535-04:00I love every one of them. It is amazing how much ...I love every one of them. It is amazing how much can be said in such few words. Good work, my friendNells Wasilewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344186015959927238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-7315324368075803852020-04-29T08:29:32.624-04:002020-04-29T08:29:32.624-04:00Good to know, Sam! Thank you. I hadn't read hi...Good to know, Sam! Thank you. I hadn't read his work but just searched out some of his powerful poems.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-30193625901361541502020-04-29T00:54:42.472-04:002020-04-29T00:54:42.472-04:00Thank you for sharing these delicious morsels of h...Thank you for sharing these delicious morsels of her poems. I know another poet whose also a huge fan of her work - Atholl Williams. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024318360702479254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-33502023135057611072020-03-26T15:19:23.474-04:002020-03-26T15:19:23.474-04:00Praise the Lord! And thank you so much, Adrian, fo...Praise the Lord! And thank you so much, Adrian, for commenting. God bless.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-37710091736037852182020-03-26T14:54:55.491-04:002020-03-26T14:54:55.491-04:00Hi! It's Adrian. I really love this article. R...Hi! It's Adrian. I really love this article. Really explores the conscience of the poet behind the psalms. Adrian K. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13220430754679601701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-74786557141803823412020-03-06T12:52:51.270-05:002020-03-06T12:52:51.270-05:00Just saw this! God bless!Just saw this! God bless!Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-47713686267270599732020-02-18T02:00:53.778-05:002020-02-18T02:00:53.778-05:00great content! paraphrasing tool online I found yo...great content! <a href="https://smartparaphrasingtool.com" rel="nofollow">paraphrasing tool online</a> I found your blog on google and loved reading it greatly. It is a great post indeed. Much obliged to you and good. keep it up..Jack Vickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922783738535444011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-60667384425468315692019-12-12T00:31:34.363-05:002019-12-12T00:31:34.363-05:00PTL! Thanks, Cathy.PTL! Thanks, Cathy.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-24793749298637623772019-12-05T15:01:19.849-05:002019-12-05T15:01:19.849-05:00Thanks, Mary, for describing the differences so cl...Thanks, Mary, for describing the differences so clearly. Lovely examples!Cathy Lawtonhttps://cladach.com/catherine-lawtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266151532403601584.post-78294566741775821092019-09-09T18:33:25.825-04:002019-09-09T18:33:25.825-04:00Good to hear, Beckie. Thanks for commenting.Good to hear, Beckie. Thanks for commenting.Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com