tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post7547497480104540537..comments2024-03-28T08:48:49.919-07:00Comments on Imagine: Mother Blasphemy Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15506538737806033824noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-69542935927000701852015-03-16T00:18:12.788-07:002015-03-16T00:18:12.788-07:00There are the two sides....when we left home, we w...There are the two sides....when we left home, we were eager..but it's not eagerness with which we let them go....Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-83263626821645151252015-03-15T19:07:48.008-07:002015-03-15T19:07:48.008-07:00Beautiful lines Dr Pearl! It is such a tragedy to ...Beautiful lines Dr Pearl! It is such a tragedy to the soul to be deprived of the wonderful moments to be with a child at whatever age! The joy is most fulfilling!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-25143020456003034772015-03-15T17:35:19.395-07:002015-03-15T17:35:19.395-07:00A mothers attachment to her child is everlasting. ...A mothers attachment to her child is everlasting. How well you tell of this and each little death that occurs as they grow and go further apart. When a child is lost there is a sense of failure which can never be replaced. An outstanding piece of writing. Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-48641583168831452532015-03-15T16:03:44.766-07:002015-03-15T16:03:44.766-07:00the poem i shared at PU today has a similar subjec...the poem i shared at PU today has a similar subject with your poem..<br /><br />this is heartbreaking. brings me back to the time when my brother's daughter died after 15 hrs after being borntotomaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805083472267649276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-34644606670628172232015-03-15T15:12:42.824-07:002015-03-15T15:12:42.824-07:00So much love and such sorrow to say goodbye as a c...So much love and such sorrow to say goodbye as a child leaves home....I love the structure of the poem as it makes a picture....Donna@LivingFromHappinesshttp://www.livingfromhappiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-9779005364872417322015-03-15T13:58:04.442-07:002015-03-15T13:58:04.442-07:00My mother heart resonates with this one as my own ...My mother heart resonates with this one as my own Love rose above all Power in my infant son.....that firstborn who does to you and evokes within you that fierceness of love which you never knew was possible...and in those early moments, you think it impossible that you will not always be cocooned in this love of "liquid hearts gelled in essence of each other" and then he is suddenly grown and walks off into his own summer sun. Oy. Your words are so amazingly poignant and stunning. So lovely Pearl. You have captured a mother's heart here so perfectly.C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-30695827214651061472015-03-15T13:54:18.938-07:002015-03-15T13:54:18.938-07:00I'm not sure if we haunt memory or if memory h...I'm not sure if we haunt memory or if memory haunts us. Either way, you have certainly let us be aware of one of the best, and sometimes most painful, aspects of remembering,<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-21332293226155270922015-03-15T13:51:04.636-07:002015-03-15T13:51:04.636-07:00Bravo! A well written piece. Amazing...
ZQBravo! A well written piece. Amazing...<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-67176928304177462132015-03-15T12:28:29.231-07:002015-03-15T12:28:29.231-07:00Oh yes, I felt every word of this, Pearl. It could...Oh yes, I felt every word of this, Pearl. It could not be more exquisitely written - or exquisitely painful - that summer love infant of years gone by, now a man walking into a summer sun of his own......I know the feeling of loss of those years when we were all in all to and with our children, such brief and fleeting days. Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-32583525905301011742015-03-15T11:50:50.536-07:002015-03-15T11:50:50.536-07:00such sensual sorrow Pearl… I can feel, it hear it,...such sensual sorrow Pearl… I can feel, it hear it, smell the fragrance of love and loss.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-41940798904005409102015-03-15T09:56:31.294-07:002015-03-15T09:56:31.294-07:00Stunning write Pearl--it is so well crafted, but a...Stunning write Pearl--it is so well crafted, but also painful in its heartbreakAudrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-68254613340235547582015-03-15T09:34:28.532-07:002015-03-15T09:34:28.532-07:00So sad.. the forever emptiness, a hollow in the ch...So sad.. the forever emptiness, a hollow in the chest.. the loveliness and the tearing apart.. Life can have a cruel way of dealing with us sometimes.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-49007561563732807102015-03-15T09:05:26.012-07:002015-03-15T09:05:26.012-07:00oh this is so heartbreaking Pearl..."I" ...oh this is so heartbreaking Pearl..."I" standing alone is almost unbearable...beautifully written....Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-48238255680011991042015-03-15T08:57:32.048-07:002015-03-15T08:57:32.048-07:00Powerfully sad. I feel the ache as well as the rec...Powerfully sad. I feel the ache as well as the reclaiming of power in the steadfastness of memory, as set out in part 2. They say we have done our jobs when the chapters are written without us...and yet there is still pain with this knowledge.nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445777687088584603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-81856326041108210202015-03-15T07:07:32.950-07:002015-03-15T07:07:32.950-07:00Poignant, Pearl. A sad reality, but beautifully ca...Poignant, Pearl. A sad reality, but beautifully captured. <3PSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262352611143658741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-53253969050709796912015-03-15T07:06:35.220-07:002015-03-15T07:06:35.220-07:00Lovely and heartfelt Pearl - I resonate with this...Lovely and heartfelt Pearl - I resonate with this greatly and have always had a soft spot too for the concrete form - which did so much to liberate us all from so many conventional strictures.... With Best Wishes Scott www.scotthastie.comscotthastiepoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266153714529613752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-9703570890313083682015-03-15T06:12:24.193-07:002015-03-15T06:12:24.193-07:00I too would like to have a summer sun of my own:)I too would like to have a summer sun of my own:)Vandana Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270400982093787158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-31247916040238506432015-03-15T05:42:34.491-07:002015-03-15T05:42:34.491-07:00What a beautifully written poem...He will always b...What a beautifully written poem...He will always be with you..safe in your heart and mind as the child he was...Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-83265019764885136782015-03-15T05:27:57.064-07:002015-03-15T05:27:57.064-07:00at first i thought is was a lover, but then realiz...at first i thought is was a lover, but then realized a child... empty nest a difficult thing for many... loved the texture throughout... also the form of the poem as it dwindles to a single word "I"Wolfsrosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295258422523621134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-32403601552708269492015-03-15T05:10:39.962-07:002015-03-15T05:10:39.962-07:00This is so very well written, Pearl, but so very h...This is so very well written, Pearl, but so very heartbreaking. It touches my heart....Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-12026968882907988042015-03-15T04:34:28.530-07:002015-03-15T04:34:28.530-07:00Awww thank you Nurit - although I would prefer to ...Awww thank you Nurit - although I would prefer to write a smile and a laugh for your morning. Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15506538737806033824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-34316981837160706822015-03-14T20:52:03.549-07:002015-03-14T20:52:03.549-07:00Tears fill my eyes reading this, dear Pearl. Pain...Tears fill my eyes reading this, dear Pearl. Painfully beautiful...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01330699480856746284noreply@blogger.com