tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post6520710398582658462..comments2024-02-23T17:38:07.840-05:00Comments on Therisa's World: Prepping For Soul Soup (January 13, 2016)Therisa's Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-70071776502026937322016-01-15T12:06:18.744-05:002016-01-15T12:06:18.744-05:00Thank you, Moondustwriter, for your generous words...Thank you, Moondustwriter, for your generous words, and taking the time, to read this poem.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-88055350144310757422016-01-14T18:05:42.147-05:002016-01-14T18:05:42.147-05:00Congrats on 2500!
I love the parallel of the onion...Congrats on 2500!<br />I love the parallel of the onion to life - a necessity to be suremoondustwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09848554806751678968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-6420419216990910922016-01-14T14:25:04.146-05:002016-01-14T14:25:04.146-05:00Thank you, Sherry, titles are one of the hardest p...Thank you, Sherry, titles are one of the hardest part, about writing my poem that I have. Leaving the title, to the very last moment, before finishing the poem. And yes, I would love to share some soul soup, with you, but not fully out of my depression, yet, to start cooking a patch, on the weekend.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-85891179684511411252016-01-14T14:21:07.498-05:002016-01-14T14:21:07.498-05:00Thank you, Mary, for the kind words and the cookin...Thank you, Mary, for the kind words and the cooking tip, but I dislike onions. Especially, after my mom made me, drink a liver and semi-cooked onion smoothie, after one of my childhood surgeries. Still have nightmares about that night's supper.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-75046473735290326082016-01-14T14:18:48.926-05:002016-01-14T14:18:48.926-05:00Thank you, Susan. Do wish that my dad hadn't t...Thank you, Susan. Do wish that my dad hadn't told me, to "suck it up", as a child, given the harm, it has done, to me, emotionally and physically.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-4620854235146096242016-01-14T14:04:45.451-05:002016-01-14T14:04:45.451-05:00Thank you, thotpurge, not to mention, your autoimm...Thank you, thotpurge, not to mention, your autoimmune system, as well.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-70621073596213364562016-01-14T14:02:39.933-05:002016-01-14T14:02:39.933-05:00Thanks, Old Egg, but I do wear glasses, of the pol...Thanks, Old Egg, but I do wear glasses, of the polarized variety, to protect my eyes, from extreme photosensitivity. Just sometimes, a finger gets under the lens, and rubs the eye.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-62106730884100813922016-01-14T14:00:24.821-05:002016-01-14T14:00:24.821-05:00Thank you, Sumana. Originally, I had a different i...Thank you, Sumana. Originally, I had a different idea, on how I was going to use it, as a metaphor, for the struggles that I have experienced, in my healing, with chronic depression, PTSD and various other anxiety disorders. But, am very happy, with the poem that I written here, before you.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-37023170109446010832016-01-14T13:51:06.423-05:002016-01-14T13:51:06.423-05:00Thank you, Sanaa, for your kind words, on this poe...Thank you, Sanaa, for your kind words, on this poem. Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-65727733634854778562016-01-14T07:23:27.106-05:002016-01-14T07:23:27.106-05:00I love this :D brilliant response to the prompt :D...I love this :D brilliant response to the prompt :DSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-16300115771059680752016-01-14T04:51:05.394-05:002016-01-14T04:51:05.394-05:00love this layered poem showing the way to move on....love this layered poem showing the way to move on...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-26248877202142642202016-01-14T00:29:21.699-05:002016-01-14T00:29:21.699-05:00It helps to wear spectacles however having an oppo...It helps to wear spectacles however having an opportunity to cry allows you to remember all those you have loved and lost with dignity.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-3384157043581159452016-01-13T20:25:32.749-05:002016-01-13T20:25:32.749-05:00Well if the crying can result in hot soup.. it has...Well if the crying can result in hot soup.. it has to be good for the soul!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-26499037412175988002016-01-13T19:42:14.203-05:002016-01-13T19:42:14.203-05:00We can never over-rate catharsis! Onion with it&#...We can never over-rate catharsis! Onion with it's layers and ability to produce tears is the perfect prop and allegory.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-91900435045711837582016-01-13T19:39:20.660-05:002016-01-13T19:39:20.660-05:00So true that crying can be cathartic. But really ...So true that crying can be cathartic. But really in regard to onions, red onions don't make one cry as much. (Smiles) But, yes, leeks are better still. I enjoyed this. A poem with many layers....just like an onion!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-64188670940590671962016-01-13T19:12:51.318-05:002016-01-13T19:12:51.318-05:00LOVE the title. I could do with a serving of soul ...LOVE the title. I could do with a serving of soul soup right about now. I love that the chopping accompanies remembering, so the tears serve a double purpose.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com