tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post8408289780279787672..comments2024-01-31T11:23:30.195-05:00Comments on Journeys: In My Grandfather's Voice: Found Poetrydianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11292813474160548707noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-41835567756435986192014-11-11T09:49:11.944-05:002014-11-11T09:49:11.944-05:00Diane I love this idea. It is a great way to honor...Diane I love this idea. It is a great way to honor your grandparents. It's a cool story about your grandfather. I have stories my grandpa but they are all verbal. There are no surviving letters or photos from that era. You are SO lucky to have all these old items of your past. I do have my other grandfather diary though... hmmm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587787367607378888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-18240313380155929732011-09-12T07:07:08.466-04:002011-09-12T07:07:08.466-04:00Oh these are tremendous! Thanks so much for shari...Oh these are tremendous! Thanks so much for sharing them, and giving me ideas, as well as sharing your grandfather's voice.<br /><br />I know I'm a year late in commenting, but google just pointed me here, or rather, I just opened my eyes to what I could find :-)Joanna Patersonhttp://artofeverydaywonder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-41382606255027225582010-09-21T19:21:33.721-04:002010-09-21T19:21:33.721-04:00I don't think I had ever heard that bit of fam...I don't think I had ever heard that bit of family history before, thanks for sharing!A Keeper's Jackpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489344864329321964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-7837878272019431832010-09-18T17:13:56.022-04:002010-09-18T17:13:56.022-04:00Rosemary,
Thank you. It's was a privilege to ...Rosemary,<br /><br />Thank you. It's was a privilege to read them.<br /><br /><br />Mary,<br /><br />You're right - it isn't easy to see the poetry in prose. Fortunately for me, my grandfather's writing had a lyrical element that made this little exercise in "found poetry" easy for me.<br /><br /><br />Beth,<br /><br />Please share some of your student work, if you can.<br /><br /><br />Uncle Phil,<br /><br />I'm glad to know that you have the original journals. We were born into a remarkable family, a fact which daily becomes more apparent to me.<br /><br />Grandpa's journals, dad's photos, and other family artifacts keep us connected to each other and to those who are no longer with us.<br /><br />The photos of grandma and grandpa are in a little leather case, which I believe my father carried with him throughout WWII.<br /><br />I'll continue to share family photos as I upload them.<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment.dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292813474160548707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-30105343624773979432010-09-18T12:01:29.371-04:002010-09-18T12:01:29.371-04:00Hi Diane,
This is email I sent to my children that...Hi Diane,<br />This is email I sent to my children that I thought you might like to see. Thank you for posting Grandpa's beautiful words. As we all know, we couldn't have been blessed with any better parents and grandparents.<br /><br />Love Always,<br /><br />Uncle Phil<br /><br />Hi,<br />Kathy sent this to me and I thought you would like to see it. I have the original journals that grandpa wrote, there were two of them. I'm sure there were more but I assume they were lost over the years. I had one translated but have been unable to find someone to translate the other. I made copies of the journals and the one translations and gave copies to all the brothers and sisters. The hand writing is beautiful as well as the content.<br />Love Always,<br /><br />DadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-58907138795695428092010-09-16T22:38:04.514-04:002010-09-16T22:38:04.514-04:00These are spectacular! I think line breaks can ma...These are spectacular! I think line breaks can make such a difference in how we read - it casts the words in a whole new light.<br /><br />So glad you shared! You inspired me to work on some with my students.<br /><br />BethBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164620691723580802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-50275875042845951462010-09-16T20:12:23.591-04:002010-09-16T20:12:23.591-04:00Diane, I am so pleased that a little idea on Twitt...Diane, I am so pleased that a little idea on Twitter ended in your own found poetry. Your grandfather's journal is a treasure beyond words! I tried writing a found poem based on the Library of Congress slave narratives for an upcoming article in School Library Monthly. It's harder than it appears, especially for someone like me who rarely writes anything creative.<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing your grandfather's amazing story, as well as your poems!<br /><br />-MaryMary J Johnsonhttp://www.maryjjohnson.com/primarysourcelibrariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-75352448553494901692010-09-16T19:46:10.960-04:002010-09-16T19:46:10.960-04:00They make wonderful poems! Thank you so much.They make wonderful poems! Thank you so much.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.com