Comments on: There’s a lot to be learned from a spinning windmill and a terrifying clown http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/theres-a-lot-to-be-learned-from-a-spinning-windmill-and-a-terrifying-clown/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:36:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jessiecarty http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/theres-a-lot-to-be-learned-from-a-spinning-windmill-and-a-terrifying-clown/#comment-606 jessiecarty Wed, 21 May 2008 14:59:39 +0000 http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-606 We will totally have to Putt Putt :) I bet I could use a kiddie club..hmmm We will totally have to Putt Putt :)
I bet I could use a kiddie club..hmmm

]]> By: emmabolden http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/theres-a-lot-to-be-learned-from-a-spinning-windmill-and-a-terrifying-clown/#comment-603 emmabolden Mon, 19 May 2008 01:24:50 +0000 http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-603 Oh, no. That's a terrible story. Why do teachers have to be so cruel?! I think you should be very proud that you DO still try for things, after that. If I'm ever up your way, we'll totally play Putt-Putt together. Though you've been warned to watch out for flying clubs. :) Oh, no. That’s a terrible story. Why do teachers have to be so cruel?! I think you should be very proud that you DO still try for things, after that.

If I’m ever up your way, we’ll totally play Putt-Putt together. Though you’ve been warned to watch out for flying clubs. :)

]]> By: jessiecarty http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/theres-a-lot-to-be-learned-from-a-spinning-windmill-and-a-terrifying-clown/#comment-600 jessiecarty Wed, 14 May 2008 13:01:15 +0000 http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-600 Great post :) I so regret the years I tried to walk away from writing. I had (here would have been my essay) a bad experience while trying out for cheerleading in 6th grade (why was I doing this when I was also non-athletic?) and the teacher in charge singled me out--long store--basically it made me feel it was ok not to try things because those in charge were just going to laugh at me. I think I am over that but when those rejection slips comes, I think of that still. Amazing what haunts you. Here is my depressing comment but really your post boosted me up and I still want to try putt Putt because no one has ever taken me :( Great post :)

I so regret the years I tried to walk away from writing. I had (here would have been my essay) a bad experience while trying out for cheerleading in 6th grade (why was I doing this when I was also non-athletic?) and the teacher in charge singled me out–long store–basically it made me feel it was ok not to try things because those in charge were just going to laugh at me. I think I am over that but when those rejection slips comes, I think of that still.

Amazing what haunts you.

Here is my depressing comment but really your post boosted me up and I still want to try putt Putt because no one has ever taken me :(

]]> By: emmabolden http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/theres-a-lot-to-be-learned-from-a-spinning-windmill-and-a-terrifying-clown/#comment-599 emmabolden Mon, 12 May 2008 13:22:49 +0000 http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-599 This is what I hope, too. Though I must admit that I came to a point during NaPoWriMo where I suddenly realized that I'd written four versions of the same poem, and the first three versions simply had to go visit the trash can, save a few scattered words and phrases. Perhaps it's writing the poems so close together that caused this -- or, else, caused me to SEE this. :) Braver, or less sane -- it's unclear which. :) This is what I hope, too. Though I must admit that I came to a point during NaPoWriMo where I suddenly realized that I’d written four versions of the same poem, and the first three versions simply had to go visit the trash can, save a few scattered words and phrases. Perhaps it’s writing the poems so close together that caused this — or, else, caused me to SEE this. :)

Braver, or less sane — it’s unclear which. :)

]]> By: mariegauthier http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/theres-a-lot-to-be-learned-from-a-spinning-windmill-and-a-terrifying-clown/#comment-598 mariegauthier Mon, 12 May 2008 13:18:25 +0000 http://emmabolden.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-598 Re: writing the same poem over & over -- I think it's a symptom of feeling, consciously or unconsciously, as though you haven't found the exactly right expression of the poem's essence, this isn't what you're tying to say, it's not there yet, so you keep trying. My <i>hope</i> is always that the all the poems will ultimately be successful on their own terms, and each have something unique to offer, even if their themes are similar. Re: NaPoWriMo -- bravo! You're a braver woman than I, Emma Bolden! Re: writing the same poem over & over — I think it’s a symptom of feeling, consciously or unconsciously, as though you haven’t found the exactly right expression of the poem’s essence, this isn’t what you’re tying to say, it’s not there yet, so you keep trying. My hope is always that the all the poems will ultimately be successful on their own terms, and each have something unique to offer, even if their themes are similar.

Re: NaPoWriMo — bravo! You’re a braver woman than I, Emma Bolden!

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