[New-Poetry] Draft of a Schoolwide Blog Entry

[Anny Ballardini]

Yes, like a big mountain of knowledge, layer upon layer.


On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:

>  Anny Ballardini wrote:
>
> I would avoid the use of 'dumb.'
>
>
> Dopey?
>
>
> I particularly enjoyed your twist here:
> it can symbolize Loss, Failure--but maybe something else, maybe elation at
> letting go of the balloon and watching it climb the sky!
>
> the reading here is lovely, and the exclamation mark that follows 'balloon'
> marks as a matter of fact a wonderful detachment. The formatting got lost,
>
> Actually, it came out close to right.
>
>  but we can see that 'balloon' stands out there, up high, on its own. The
> same word: balloon, with its double light 'L's and its double 'o's conveys a
> certain lightness and joyfulness.
> Further down, weighing down, the admonishment: 'Hold on to your"
>
> *Yessir, I will, too late though, because it already escaped, :-)
> brilliant red/or blue/or yellow dot in the sky.
> *
>
> Thanks, Anny.  But do you think the idea of the layers as I describe them
> works?
>
> --Bob
>
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