tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post943580830224648755..comments2024-03-28T02:36:55.037-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: "To Be in Love," by Gwendolyn BrooksCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-25947865762446504532007-04-21T00:00:00.000-04:002007-04-21T00:00:00.000-04:00Anon,Well, that is even better. :)Anon,<BR/><BR/>Well, that is even better. :)lizzy_lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440553174754279495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-7460028885733944582007-04-20T16:39:00.000-04:002007-04-20T16:39:00.000-04:00lizzy- of all of the lines of the poem, that one g...lizzy- of all of the lines of the poem, that one grabbed me the most. it was like looking in the mirror.<BR/><BR/>but not for my "new love," but for the way that after 11 years, i still ache every morning i have to say goodbye to my husband. i wait impatiently for his return, not out of passion, but out of the loneliness of that "ghastly freedom." when our love was new, i didn't know a fraction of what i was missing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-73296664990825426132007-04-20T14:38:00.000-04:002007-04-20T14:38:00.000-04:00"You are the beautiful halfOf a golden hurt."Ah, n..."You are the beautiful half<BR/>Of a golden hurt."<BR/><BR/>Ah, new love.lizzy_lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440553174754279495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-48302902833638492792007-04-20T14:03:00.000-04:002007-04-20T14:03:00.000-04:00I love that poem. I came upon it a poetry book on...I love that poem. I came upon it a poetry book one of my high school teachers was going to getting rid of so I took it home. Just makes me smile to read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com