Comments on: Omens on my Forty-Ninth Birthday http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/ A Writer's Reflections on Nature and Culture Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:38:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Elizabeth Enslin http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Elizabeth Enslin Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:13:45 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-400 Thank you, David. Coming from an accomplished poet like yourself, that means a lot. Thank you, David. Coming from an accomplished poet like yourself, that means a lot.

]]> By: David Moolten http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-395 David Moolten Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:28:35 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-395 A lovely and insightful poem, and a great picture of one of my favorite critters. I love the 'wildness of childhood,' and the sense of a circularity rather than linearity to age. A lovely and insightful poem, and a great picture of one of my favorite critters. I love the ‘wildness of childhood,’ and the sense of a circularity rather than linearity to age.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Anonymous Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:52:26 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-394 This is a wonderful poem. I love the way it values a personal relationship with the natural world. This is a wonderful poem. I love the way it values a personal relationship with the natural world.

]]> By: Liz http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Liz Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:58:39 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-393 Therese - Thanks. I've enjoyed my forties but welcome the benefits of maturity, especially the license to be more eccentric. That includes a fascination with all snakes, even poisonous ones. We'll see where it leads. Therese – Thanks. I’ve enjoyed my forties but welcome the benefits of maturity, especially the license to be more eccentric. That includes a fascination with all snakes, even poisonous ones. We’ll see where it leads.

]]> By: Therese http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Therese Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:46:18 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-392 What a terrific poem! I love so many aspects of it. I like the interplay of good omen (sleeping snake) with bad omen (a poisonous snake). Sometimes we don't know what a "sign" means until destiny plays out. As someone who recently turned fifty years old, I can say that I'm really glad my forties are over! What a terrific poem! I love so many aspects of it. I like the interplay of good omen (sleeping snake) with bad omen (a poisonous snake). Sometimes we don’t know what a “sign” means until destiny plays out. As someone who recently turned fifty years old, I can say that I’m really glad my forties are over!

]]> By: Liz http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Liz Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:41:51 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-391 Pamela - It's helpful to know what worked for various readers. I appreciate the details in your lovely comments. Thanks. Pamela – It’s helpful to know what worked for various readers. I appreciate the details in your lovely comments. Thanks.

]]> By: Pamela Villars http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Pamela Villars Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:10:52 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-390 The simplicity and straightforwardness of these lines is elegant. I feel as if I know the woman who wrote them, her love of nature and can feel the cool air as she wanders. My favorite? I see in each snake, a confection and in each toad a plum The simplicity and straightforwardness of these lines is elegant. I feel as if I know the woman who wrote them, her love of nature and can feel the cool air as she wanders. My favorite?

I see in each snake,
a confection
and in each toad
a plum

]]> By: Liz http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Liz Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:13:00 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-387 Thanks Gautami. I think I work more out of everyday experience and observation than imagination. I really had these encounters and the dream on my birthday. I don't have enough of an imagination to make this stuff up. Thanks Gautami. I think I work more out of everyday experience and observation than imagination. I really had these encounters and the dream on my birthday. I don’t have enough of an imagination to make this stuff up.

]]> By: Liz http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Liz Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:11:19 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-386 Barbara - Thanks for the comment and birthday wishes. I was working out of a personal history -- love of reptiles and amphibians, irrational phobia or spiders, especially hairy ones. But I appreciate your insight into more varied meanings of the symbols. Barbara – Thanks for the comment and birthday wishes. I was working out of a personal history — love of reptiles and amphibians, irrational phobia or spiders, especially hairy ones. But I appreciate your insight into more varied meanings of the symbols.

]]> By: gautami tripathy http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/09/omens-on-my-forty-ninth-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-385 gautami tripathy Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:31:21 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3856#comment-385 Wonderful imagination. Loved the last stanza! <a href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2009/09/for-pittance-you-buy-that-confection.html" rel="nofollow">for a pittance, you buy that confection</a> Wonderful imagination. Loved the last stanza!

for a pittance, you buy that confection

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