tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post8008601439528519762..comments2024-03-22T07:52:09.997-04:00Comments on Another Porch ...A Poetry Blog: White Moon NightJanet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-69409116627558995162012-03-06T13:17:30.461-05:002012-03-06T13:17:30.461-05:00Don't stop noticing these things and pointing ...Don't stop noticing these things and pointing them out - yes, there is beauty in everything, our challenge is to find it.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-31851071267442035532012-03-06T10:10:07.281-05:002012-03-06T10:10:07.281-05:00Yes, I likely should have said...although I also b...Yes, I likely should have said...although I also believe you can lead them to it, but you cannot make them 'see'! They are quite accustomed to mom's 'oh, just look at the way the....' My son Matt told me as we were driving to his hockey game one day and I was o-o-o-hing and a-a-a-hing over the way the snow hung on the cedar grove...etc,he said, mom, you seem to see something beautiful no matter where you go'. we laughed.<br />I refrained from saying something last night on the way home as the moon flooded the landscape because on the way out I could hardly keep my eyes on the road, the sun was setting in glorious originality! and the kids were saying M-o-o-m! the sun has set before:))<br />I appreciate your encouragement to mention it...yes,I will continue to mention it! at least for that moment my teen-age daughters need to take their eyes off of their phones and stop texting...but THAT is a whole 'nother topic for a whole 'nother poemJanet Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-22227573895721904252012-03-06T09:28:59.168-05:002012-03-06T09:28:59.168-05:00Oh, you should have said...as sometimes I think it...Oh, you should have said...as sometimes I think it is helpful to be taught how to see beauty. I loved the last verse, Janet.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.com