tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post1223161264298837999..comments2023-12-15T17:44:30.163-07:00Comments on Hayden's Ferry Review: Contributor Spotlight: Sandra BeasleyHFRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665203051008950989noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-36069439619397861342008-07-26T18:46:00.000-07:002008-07-26T18:46:00.000-07:00Hi I was at Ann Haines' Blog, and clicked onto "Co...Hi I was at Ann Haines' Blog, and clicked onto "Corn Shake", which had a link to Sandra's essay here...<BR/>I have a lot of "autobiographical elements" in ALL my poetry, and some of it I am scared to submit.(see the comment from maggie May, above).<BR/>Thanks for tellin' it like it is, Sandra!Lisa Nanette Allenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263158091013515471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-11089344316488193362008-07-14T10:18:00.000-07:002008-07-14T10:18:00.000-07:00This is so astute. I can't even remember all the t...This is so astute. I can't even remember all the times I've tried to persuade my family that poems/fiction weren't based on them ... and then there were the multiple occasions that my mother called her friends to make sure they knew that a first-person persona I'd adopted for a story held no basis in my real life. Given that the first story I ever had published was from the point of view of a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-2212640633487333492008-07-11T05:40:00.000-07:002008-07-11T05:40:00.000-07:00Enjoyed your post, Sandra. These words, "they des...Enjoyed your post, Sandra. These words, "they describe a life, a lyric moment within a life, with the kind of integrity that suggests it could have actually been lived" - I find so important for me today. Thanks for this.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-72415785569827718262008-07-11T01:06:00.000-07:002008-07-11T01:06:00.000-07:00Sandra Beasley's poetry amazes. Her feature articl...Sandra Beasley's poetry amazes. Her feature article here gives a glimpse as to why that is so.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-27403676461438762672008-07-10T16:45:00.000-07:002008-07-10T16:45:00.000-07:00This is a great piece -- I'm going to show this es...This is a great piece -- I'm going to show this essay to my creative writing students in the fall. They often have trouble navigating the point of view in poetry.Karen J. Weyanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04870809238605691875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-65265048138262184142008-07-09T13:07:00.000-07:002008-07-09T13:07:00.000-07:00great piece. this is particularly on my mind late...great piece. this is particularly on my mind lately because i just had three poems accepted to the Potomac, and one of them ( ' famous characters from literature ') is entirely about my abusive father. i tried for five years to NOT write pieces that reflected the trauma of my childhood and my poetry really suffered. i think *i* - not all poets- have to let this stream slip through and merge Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.com