Burning The Old Year Comments

Where there was something and suddenly isn’t, an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space. I begin again with the smallest numbers./// the world was always modern in own time; was plentiful always; no scarcity the world had, but always everything was, is and will be decaying; at ending of anything begin another thing to born; the end is no end but starting of others; beautiful philosophical poem penned

'So much of any year is flammable, lists of vegetables, partial poems. Orange swirling flame of days, so little is a stone.'... are nice lines. Yeah, so much to do in the coming year. Nicely done.

So much of any year is flammable, lists of vegetables, partial poems. Orange swirling flame of days, so little is a stone. - - - - - An amazing poem- - There are so many things we forget easily- -But a small amount of things we do not forget and carry them with us as we welcome a new year.

So much of any year is flammable, lists of vegetables, partial poems. Orange swirling flame of days, so little is a stone. - - - - - An amazing poem- - There are so many things we forget easily- -But a small amount of things we do not forget and carry them with us as we welcome a new year.

The imagery and metaphor in the poem are noticeable but poem as a whole lacks unity. it seems different parts of different images hardly put together. it may belong to a special style I don't know much about.

Saying Goodbye to the Old Year and Welcoming the New Year in such a scintillating flamable way. All sizzling like moth wings. What a greatest joy! CONGRATULATIONS being The Modern Poem Of The Day. Hooray! 5 Stars Full Vote.

Only the things that I didn’t do crackle after the blazing dies. What a marvelous poem! Naomi Shihab, you take the crown today!

Swirling flame! ! ! ! ! ! Able to marry the air. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

Good poem. Then the following year a list of new year resolutions and things to do but by year end the whole process repeats encore. Thats humanity

Oh, my, I love the way she expresses herself- So much of any year is flammable, lists of vegetables, partial poems. Orange swirling flame of days, so little is a stone.

hmmmm I will have to do a lot on this end of year day...thanks

Goodbye to old year and Welcome to New Year with Love!

My favorite lines: So much of any year is flammable, so little is a stone.

Beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing. Ten points.