tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post2451294153371003495..comments2024-03-29T07:16:09.835-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: Poetry Sunday: The Wind Frost by Susanna MoodieDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-10010420707343133742018-12-09T17:07:45.535-06:002018-12-09T17:07:45.535-06:00How not to?! I'm a New Englander at heart. ;-)...How not to?! I'm a New Englander at heart. ;-) I think I was one even before becoming one.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-84396466376748939952018-12-09T16:36:13.973-06:002018-12-09T16:36:13.973-06:00I think you have really understood the spirit of t...I think you have really understood the spirit of this poem.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-75053451958014306522018-12-09T14:17:49.767-06:002018-12-09T14:17:49.767-06:00How beautiful! I like the cadence and the rhyme. T...How beautiful! I like the cadence and the rhyme. The imagery is simply glorious and spot on. It's true that sometimes the wind "screams". I especially liked,<br /><br />"...And he shouts aloud in his wild disdain,<br />As he whirls them down to the frozen plain..."<br /><br />And this, <br />"I have visited many a creek and bay,<br />And curdled the streams in my stormy way;<br />I have chilled into hail the genial shower:—<br />All this I have done to increase thy power."<br /><br />So, so true! :-)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-79621162252258436112018-12-09T11:50:26.739-06:002018-12-09T11:50:26.739-06:00It’s a power that a lot of the country is feeling ...It’s a power that a lot of the country is feeling this weekend.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-88983546038157223872018-12-09T10:54:24.726-06:002018-12-09T10:54:24.726-06:00I can see why you were captivated by this poem. I ...I can see why you were captivated by this poem. I feel a definite Canadian influence. Also she captured that intention of almost dastardly power I always get from wind.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.com