http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/dodging-bullet/ The Stormy Seas of the Schoolyard Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:26:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/dodging-bullet/#comment-290 Valerie Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:34:13 +0000 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-290 Bullet reminds me of this one girl in my school. I never stood up to her though. Thank you for sharing. Bullet reminds me of this one girl in my school. I never stood up to her though. Thank you for sharing.

]]> http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/dodging-bullet/#comment-213 Karen Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:16:12 +0000 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-213 This poem made me part of that world again. I remembered girls like Bullet. I was not one of them. I might have wondered, did kids like me? But I would have sat on the swing, wishing I had the courage of Bullet. This poem brings it all back. This poem made me part of that world again. I remembered girls like Bullet. I was not one of them. I might have wondered, did kids like me? But I would have sat on the swing, wishing I had the courage of Bullet. This poem brings it all back.

]]> http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/dodging-bullet/#comment-196 Diana Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:45:57 +0000 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-196 The first striking thing about this poem is the 'play' in the title! I thought it was a typo - silly me! This poem is so accessible...I remember the smell of the rust from the chains and the dust collected in the seams of the shoes. What a pleasure to read this well-constructed wonderful poem!! It brought back such memories. The first striking thing about this poem is the ‘play’ in the title! I thought it was a typo – silly me! This poem is so accessible…I remember the smell of the rust from the chains
and the dust collected in the seams of the shoes. What a pleasure to read this well-constructed wonderful poem!! It brought back such memories.

]]> http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/dodging-bullet/#comment-190 Lorraine Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:22:01 +0000 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-190 Fabulous work. The imagery is so webbed into the reader's emotional connection- Lines like: "Twelve open-toed shoes dragging despondent trails in the soft dry dust " and "hammer-wielding Thor-ling" simply make this poem. Wonderful! Fabulous work. The imagery is so webbed into the reader’s emotional connection- Lines like: “Twelve open-toed shoes dragging despondent trails in the soft dry dust ” and “hammer-wielding Thor-ling” simply make this poem. Wonderful!

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