tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post3133888876649431099..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: Finally...Nilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-86409861121592051532021-09-23T10:02:41.773+05:302021-09-23T10:02:41.773+05:30Thank you for sharing your opinions and memories s...Thank you for sharing your opinions and memories so eloquently, Hilary! Africa is huge in my life, so are the Arablands. The ones who travel are totally on different paths than the ones who don't - absolutely agree with you on that!!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-33462409764020741522021-09-22T13:25:58.205+05:302021-09-22T13:25:58.205+05:30Hi Nila - this resonated so much ... I'm home ...Hi Nila - this resonated so much ... I'm home at last in England ... yet the love of Southern Africa, and I so enjoyed my year in Canada ... I haven't travelled as much as many people, but most definitely more than some.<br /><br />I'm so pleased I've a friend here, who relates to Africa the way I do ... I have to rein my thoughts in sometimes as those who've never travelled Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-46755832758133891972021-09-14T09:57:42.531+05:302021-09-14T09:57:42.531+05:30Exactly. People who've moved around a lot tend...Exactly. People who've moved around a lot tend to live more in the moment and define their homes by their loved ones surrounding them rather than a particular physical space.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-54525284478391926762021-09-14T09:55:50.959+05:302021-09-14T09:55:50.959+05:30Thank you, Joanne. Isn't it fascinating how we...Thank you, Joanne. Isn't it fascinating how we define our childhood selves as the real one? even though it is so short lived...Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-65572365523100231862021-09-14T09:52:26.279+05:302021-09-14T09:52:26.279+05:30Thank you. Sad is as beautiful as glad sometimes.Thank you. Sad is as beautiful as glad sometimes.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-31669997965704746232021-09-14T09:51:13.884+05:302021-09-14T09:51:13.884+05:30I know! it never does settle, does it? but that...I know! it never does settle, does it? but that's okay too.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-90751399205328750712021-09-14T09:50:10.873+05:302021-09-14T09:50:10.873+05:30Yesss, thankfully! - the heart can be simultaneous...Yesss, thankfully! - the heart can be simultaneously in different places and still be at home..Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-7537246412172397652021-09-13T19:09:37.742+05:302021-09-13T19:09:37.742+05:30So melancholy and haunting.
As a military brat, I ...So melancholy and haunting.<br />As a military brat, I grew up all over the place, so fortunately home is always where I am right now.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-55857203502598340072021-09-13T06:36:17.595+05:302021-09-13T06:36:17.595+05:30why does home feel so far away?
OMG - you've c...why does home feel so far away?<br />OMG - you've captured my life. I'm in Texas, now more than half my life, and married to a Texan...and yet, my time when I go to PA feels so comfortable. I slip back into the "real me" when I'm in the house where I grew up, seeing friends I've known forever. <br />This poem is absolutely one of your best. It's stabbing my soul Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-17652453580757139892021-09-13T03:09:28.208+05:302021-09-13T03:09:28.208+05:30Sad, haunting. Sad, haunting. Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-91981885656545747022021-09-13T02:36:10.883+05:302021-09-13T02:36:10.883+05:30Hari Om
Oh yes... the lurching of the expatriate&#...Hari Om<br />Oh yes... the lurching of the expatriate's heart. I know this 'not home, home' displacement so well. I fear I am not the one who can tell you it will settle... but I can say "I hear you!" YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-1554016729882774742021-09-13T01:09:55.338+05:302021-09-13T01:09:55.338+05:30Oh Nila.
Beautiful and simultaneously heart render...Oh Nila.<br />Beautiful and simultaneously heart rendering. I hope your discombobulation eases and your boat comes to rest...<br />Home is where the heart is - and it can simultaneously be in several places/times...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com