tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post33610431052206425..comments2023-04-13T04:35:59.923-07:00Comments on Buch Handling: Sundown Dad - Poetry JamSusan Lindquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039551683129884367noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-21656074546592079152014-05-06T21:08:08.921-07:002014-05-06T21:08:08.921-07:00Poignant and deeply touching - resonates with me a...Poignant and deeply touching - resonates with me as I see my father in his sunset years. Thank you.Intellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-91195527821225440382014-05-03T07:11:13.660-07:002014-05-03T07:11:13.660-07:00A heartfelt tribute to a life lived to the full......A heartfelt tribute to a life lived to the full...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-55368630665859241822014-05-02T11:53:49.208-07:002014-05-02T11:53:49.208-07:00Wow Susan, what an absolutely brilliant take on th...Wow Susan, what an absolutely brilliant take on the prompt. My family is going through very similar times and my heart was in every line here--empathizing very much. The poem is so lovely, poignant and perfect. Thank youSaravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289212188617046645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-88239640097243113472014-05-01T22:23:49.271-07:002014-05-01T22:23:49.271-07:00Lovely poem and what a picture of compassion. this...Lovely poem and what a picture of compassion. this is so special. alan1704https://www.blogger.com/profile/16068631142963794991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-91459333274598700482014-05-01T11:29:05.411-07:002014-05-01T11:29:05.411-07:00This is such a wonderful take on the prompt and so...This is such a wonderful take on the prompt and something that probably will touch everyone as much as it touched me. Beautiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-32445386945253730772014-05-01T09:35:59.598-07:002014-05-01T09:35:59.598-07:00I love the way you used sunset to describe his age...I love the way you used sunset to describe his age... such a beautiful poem!Dana Dampierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711570817935555856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-22259831680933879332014-04-30T23:58:06.886-07:002014-04-30T23:58:06.886-07:00It's so hard to face the bitter truth of the s...<br />It's so hard to face the bitter truth of the sunset years of our parents...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-81976406202792540032014-04-30T18:52:52.830-07:002014-04-30T18:52:52.830-07:00Oh dear, Vee. There are many of us in this generat...Oh dear, Vee. There are many of us in this generation facing this long goodbye ... it was cathartic for me to put it to words, as it's been a increasingly hard to face the inevitability of late. Susan Lindquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039551683129884367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-85685219534304951562014-04-30T18:50:04.107-07:002014-04-30T18:50:04.107-07:00This really touched me, Susan. It's hard to wa...This really touched me, Susan. It's hard to watch our parents age, isn't it?Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-67802471609459483792014-04-30T18:39:40.235-07:002014-04-30T18:39:40.235-07:00You have done it again...I'm in a puddle of te...You have done it again...I'm in a puddle of tears. Too close to home. Way too close.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-77523886512324256832014-04-30T16:30:32.399-07:002014-04-30T16:30:32.399-07:00Oh this is really wrenching. I have seen those fad...Oh this is really wrenching. I have seen those fading sunset years as well in my own relatives. I think somethings they are probably harder to watch than to experience. I always hoped so anyway. Thanks for fixing your link!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811244438243200435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-47476079629644652782014-04-30T16:24:22.851-07:002014-04-30T16:24:22.851-07:00This overwhelmed me ... Not in a bad way, but beca...This overwhelmed me ... Not in a bad way, but because of its deep and profound message.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-42523024344670771022014-04-30T15:47:09.643-07:002014-04-30T15:47:09.643-07:00This is just lovely, Susan - very evocative of the...This is just lovely, Susan - very evocative of the emotional toll, that bittersweet good-bye takes on a family in an elderly parent's sunset days. Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816333214036262533.post-12214043690152979442014-04-30T15:46:12.796-07:002014-04-30T15:46:12.796-07:00i am glad you get those times, no matter how brief...i am glad you get those times, no matter how brief that you get to see the man that you knew as dad<br />aging can be such a sad process...especially when they are taken from us mentally<br />before taken from us...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com