tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post5888841047493409798..comments2023-10-28T07:14:53.152-04:00Comments on Mouse Droppings: MotherLolamousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-12980538297700438432014-10-29T23:00:20.664-04:002014-10-29T23:00:20.664-04:00Fantastic story poem and the "I didn't kn...Fantastic story poem and the "I didn't know<br />I was only ten: was placed perfectly in the poem. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-56699525447259512582014-10-29T01:06:24.519-04:002014-10-29T01:06:24.519-04:00Beautiful and heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing...Beautiful and heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing.Archer's Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507043334472692421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-29488430452643674262014-10-26T22:47:03.612-04:002014-10-26T22:47:03.612-04:00You have had a hard beginning but it might have ma...You have had a hard beginning but it might have made you more empathetic to suffering and more giving than most.That would be something good that came out of an awful situation.Good poem.rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-47747124663049858112014-10-26T19:56:04.477-04:002014-10-26T19:56:04.477-04:00Aieee. The way some Jewish mothers can undermine ...Aieee. The way some Jewish mothers can undermine in dulcet tones! You are not alone. I was spared, but not my cousins. Your poem is brilliant!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-39622796851495395502014-10-26T19:41:45.146-04:002014-10-26T19:41:45.146-04:00Well done!
ZQWell done!<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-67683396681129985172014-10-26T19:10:46.803-04:002014-10-26T19:10:46.803-04:00I can relate to this piece...there always seemed t...I can relate to this piece...there always seemed to be a distance between my mother and I. Her death still has my trying to make her see/hear me...beautiful melancholySusie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-38778668133612328352014-10-26T17:35:08.945-04:002014-10-26T17:35:08.945-04:00Nice. I love the way you wove the Jewish words int...Nice. I love the way you wove the Jewish words into the story. It is sad that the mother was so superstitious and how her assumptions were so foreign to the child's understanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-58448104872237313132014-10-26T16:36:55.257-04:002014-10-26T16:36:55.257-04:00so sad... you captured this emotion so wellso sad... you captured this emotion so wellWolfsrosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295258422523621134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-65201642840472387042014-10-26T12:44:42.077-04:002014-10-26T12:44:42.077-04:00This is heartbreaking. The daughter just wanting m...This is heartbreaking. The daughter just wanting mother's love, the mother incapable, the daughter still trying. Sad and haunting.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-48395306314668766222014-10-26T08:54:34.696-04:002014-10-26T08:54:34.696-04:00The unsettling rises through your words! I love h...The unsettling rises through your words! I love how you did this and it chilled me to the bone. The mother's dread and the daughter's hope of being loved-I am haunted!<br />Brilliant!Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-32393740693019993832014-10-26T07:30:51.942-04:002014-10-26T07:30:51.942-04:00So sad indeed growing up with so many rules to bre...So sad indeed growing up with so many rules to break.. And that it matters.. I'm glad you still put a stone on her grave.. brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-70165499278343333552014-10-26T07:00:31.510-04:002014-10-26T07:00:31.510-04:00eerily learned something here. between your 'm...eerily learned something here. between your 'mother' dedication and Kerry's comments, it introduced me, a man never to feel or be maternal, into a realm totally unfamiliar.<br /><br />enjoyed, mi amigaMarcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907193349185074114.post-72695114502652395712014-10-26T03:40:18.922-04:002014-10-26T03:40:18.922-04:00This poem takes the theme of mother-daughter relat...This poem takes the theme of mother-daughter relationships to a whole other level. I read a thread of fear from start to finish - the mother's dread of being supplanted by her daughter, as if her birth rendered her mother unnecessary. It is a fascinating psychology and your inclusion of Jewish vernacular really grounded the piece in culture. This really made me think.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.com