Comments on: A poem in The Collagist, ARCs and Poetry, Cancer, and Ambition https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/ Jeannine Hall Gailey's Poetry Blog Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Serena https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/#comment-9369 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:59:33 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=5647#comment-9369 I am keeping my fingers crossed for something wonderful to happen and hoping that you have more time for more poems. You’re one of the best modern poets of our time. I may not have a PhD, but I know I’m write about that.

Fingers crossed that all you are doing is leading you to the right path and a longer life of poetry for you.

]]> By: Jeannine Hall Gailey https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/#comment-9358 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:04:12 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=5647#comment-9358 In reply to Lissa Clouser.

Lissa, Thank you so much! Yes, that is the kind of little thing that really makes a difference in the life of a poet!

]]> By: Lissa Clouser https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/#comment-9356 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:34:00 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=5647#comment-9356 I just want you to know that I requested my city-county library order your books. We have an option as a member to request books be added to the collection (which spans 25 locations!), and I threw your name in the hat. They didn’t buy them all, but they DID agree to add “The Robot Scientist’s Daughter”. I know it is only a one-time sale for you (for two copies), but at the same time I’m hoping that with your name being on the shelf, more people will discover you and get interested. I’ll do the same when the new book is released. =) It’s a small thing I can do for poets I appreciate and admire in hopes that they will receive further support to continue making the art they love!

]]> By: Jeannine Gailey https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/#comment-9332 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:30:50 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=5647#comment-9332 Thank you Penny, your encouragement has meant so much!

Suzanne – I would love to see those essays!

Lesley – thank you so much for teaching the book! It means the world! Publisher sent out the book to you today!

]]> By: Lesley Wheeler https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/#comment-9327 Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:01:00 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=5647#comment-9327 Jeannine, I think about you every day! And the new book is on my fall syllabus, for the end of term, and my students will do a project about it similar to the Gaileyland web site, so you WILL have readers on this end of the continent. I’d love an advanced review copy to help me plan. 202 Myers, Lexington VA 24450.

]]> By: Suzanne Edison https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/#comment-9325 Thu, 18 Aug 2016 01:39:21 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=5647#comment-9325 I have several poems about cancer and a whole essay about writing about illness and metaphor/not metaphor. I would love to find some time to share these with you. I hope your journey is much longer than you imagine. Death concentrates us.

]]> By: Penny Harter https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/#comment-9324 Thu, 18 Aug 2016 01:00:53 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=5647#comment-9324 Jeannine, first I’m so glad you got through those tests okay. And thank you for sharing your thoughts while confronting your cancer diagnosis, and continuing your writing / publishing work.

I’m grateful for your words above. I, too, have felt that, “Well, this may be my last book,” thinking about how I want to spend my time, identifying what really matters from what doesn’t so much. I have a new book ms. now under active consideration and am hopeful I’ll be healthy enough to promote it when it may come out a year or more from now. And so it goes….and we go on, girl! We go on!

]]> By: Jeannine Gailey https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/#comment-9323 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:09:14 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=5647#comment-9323 Thank you so much, Melanie!

]]> By: melanie https://webbish6.com/a-poem-in-the-collagist-arcs-and-poetry-cancer-and-ambition/#comment-9322 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:00:51 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=5647#comment-9322 I love this poem – the small things, the crayons, the kind rabbits that create the fabric of the day.

Congratulations on being published (again)! So eager to read your new collection.

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