<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post2145741736647742761..comments</id><updated>2012-01-28T09:25:16.757-05:00</updated><category term='nostalgia'/><category term='Poetic Asides'/><category term='The Sunday Whirl'/><category term='Thursday Think Tank'/><category term='tribute'/><category term='art'/><category term='Marc Chagall'/><category term='Poetry Form - The Tritina'/><category term='Reverie One'/><category term='Happy Hour'/><category term='writing prompt'/><category term='mother-in-law'/><category term='prompt #85'/><category term='My Room'/><category term='dragon'/><category term='favorite writer'/><category term='6WS'/><category term='cruelty'/><category term='Jesus'/><category term='dream catcher'/><category term='kids'/><category term='contest'/><category term='parenthood'/><category term='sonnet'/><category term='quatern'/><category term='The Perfect Poets Award'/><category term='carpe diem'/><category term='etheree'/><category term='cento'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Thursday Poets Rally'/><category term='hay(na)ku'/><category term='dizain'/><category term='labor of love'/><category term='Wordgathering'/><category term='Almost Anything'/><category term='movie'/><category term='John Lennon'/><category term='haiku'/><category term='photo'/><category term='short story'/><category term='craft'/><category term='Flashy Fiction'/><category term='color'/><category term='Ivan Shishkin'/><category term='Amateur Art'/><category term='Russia'/><category term='Naming Constellations'/><category term='Children&apos;s Liturgy of the Word'/><category term='Hopper'/><category term='niche'/><category term='place'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='love'/><category term='limerick'/><category term='painting'/><category term='adopt a dog'/><category term='congregate'/><category term='Shishkin Ivan'/><category term='Poetic Perils'/><category term='We Write Poems'/><category term='poem'/><category term='The Purple Treehouse'/><category term='Yu. Norshteyn'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #88'/><category term='Carry on Tuesday'/><category term='prose'/><category term='chorus'/><category term='marriage'/><category term='Russian Roots'/><category term='Funny Bunny Fridays Week 6'/><category term='Reverie Two'/><category term='Poets Rally 59'/><category term='wordle'/><category term='animation'/><category term='goodbye'/><category term='New Year&apos;s Eve'/><category term='Anne Tyler'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day'/><category term='prompt #89'/><category term='Tuesday Tryouts'/><category term='acrostic'/><category term='Francis Pharcellus  Church'/><category term='Phoenix'/><category term='Six Word Saturday'/><category term='children'/><category term='photo prompt'/><category term='seize the day'/><category term='visual prompt'/><category term='Poets United'/><category term='music'/><category term='Reverie Four'/><category term='Poetry Picnic Week 21'/><category term='life changing event'/><category term='In-Form Poet'/><category term='Poetic Bloomings'/><category term='new parent'/><category term='&apos;Hedgehog in the Fog&apos;'/><category term='Praha'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #90'/><category term='prompt #38'/><category term='Post Your Poems Day #91'/><title type='text'>Comments on The Happy Amateur: 'Three Sisters'</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/feeds/2145741736647742761/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2738702793908008</id><published>2012-01-28T09:25:16.757-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T09:25:16.757-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Norma!</title><content type='html'>Thanks, Norma!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/2738702793908008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/2738702793908008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html?showComment=1327760716757#c2738702793908008' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/8022144076169865399'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2145741736647742761' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/2145741736647742761' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-8022144076169865399</id><published>2012-01-28T07:38:05.173-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T07:38:05.173-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well crafted. I like the way you&amp;#39;ve brought it...</title><content type='html'>Well crafted. I like the way you&amp;#39;ve brought it all together in the last stanza :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/8022144076169865399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/8022144076169865399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html?showComment=1327754285173#c8022144076169865399' title=''/><author><name>Poetry and Icecream</name><uri>http://www.normamartiri.wordpress.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2145741736647742761' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/2145741736647742761' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-513868455'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-663551109184281927</id><published>2012-01-27T19:47:48.430-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T19:47:48.430-05:00</updated><title type='text'>:-) !  Thank you for visiting me!</title><content type='html'>:-) !  Thank you for visiting me!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/663551109184281927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/663551109184281927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html?showComment=1327711668430#c663551109184281927' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/6829099521857133222'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2145741736647742761' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/2145741736647742761' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-1050971512395025375</id><published>2012-01-27T19:38:25.157-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T19:38:25.157-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ahhhh! Seeing that now in your header. Wonderful! ...</title><content type='html'>Ahhhh! Seeing that now in your header. Wonderful! :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/1050971512395025375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/1050971512395025375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html?showComment=1327711105157#c1050971512395025375' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/6829099521857133222'/><author><name>De</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='22' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wo1xEUrZ--g/TwC4Ckq8OsI/AAAAAAAABes/QO9PGGw6ako/s220/Profile%2BPic.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2145741736647742761' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/2145741736647742761' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1036263305'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-8309141901778595457</id><published>2012-01-27T19:36:57.740-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T19:36:57.740-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, De!  You&amp;#39;re too kind really, but an...</title><content type='html'>Thank you, De!  You&amp;#39;re too kind really, but anyway I want to defend the &amp;#39;amateur&amp;#39; part of my &amp;#39;name&amp;#39; :-) all the connotations of amateur apply to me, but my absolute favorite is &amp;#39;lover&amp;#39; that goes to the root of the word.  I&amp;#39;m fine with just Happy for short, but I&amp;#39;ll keep the Amateur to remind myself of my motto: Live for the Love of it!&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/8309141901778595457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/8309141901778595457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html?showComment=1327711017740#c8309141901778595457' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/6829099521857133222'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2145741736647742761' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/2145741736647742761' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-4942752974259580419</id><published>2012-01-27T19:29:32.866-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T19:29:32.866-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Janet!</title><content type='html'>Thank you, Janet!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/4942752974259580419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/4942752974259580419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html?showComment=1327710572866#c4942752974259580419' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/8146709108845148810'/><author><name>The Happy Amateur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930602874359925520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01508289673510279006'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pU02exbEDuw/TtadBGAuINI/AAAAAAAAACk/e0ykLIGsLBM/s220/Sunrise%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bwater.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2145741736647742761' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/2145741736647742761' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974443247'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-8146709108845148810</id><published>2012-01-27T19:16:44.350-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T19:16:44.350-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is a true delight and inspiration!</title><content type='html'>This is a true delight and inspiration!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/8146709108845148810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/8146709108845148810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html?showComment=1327709804350#c8146709108845148810' title=''/><author><name>Janet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00674672739833774670'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eD8TdfYFh6Y/TyFgECwQ8dI/AAAAAAAAGNU/5n9BTUAFblk/s220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2145741736647742761' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/2145741736647742761' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1358381258'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-6829099521857133222</id><published>2012-01-27T18:52:03.475-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T18:52:03.475-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ooooo!  Nice! Trying to tackle the Tritina now (no...</title><content type='html'>Ooooo!  Nice! Trying to tackle the Tritina now (not so comfy with the formal forms). I just wanted to say I am now enjoying your work on several different sites. I understand the &amp;quot;Happy,&amp;quot; but would like to respectfully disagree with the &amp;quot;Amateur&amp;quot; part. You are a gifted poet. Thank you for sharing your words with me.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/6829099521857133222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/2145741736647742761/comments/default/6829099521857133222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html?showComment=1327708323475#c6829099521857133222' title=''/><author><name>De</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='22' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wo1xEUrZ--g/TwC4Ckq8OsI/AAAAAAAABes/QO9PGGw6ako/s220/Profile%2BPic.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thehappyamateur.com/2012/01/three-sisters.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686431431756062986.post-2145741736647742761' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686431431756062986/posts/default/2145741736647742761' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1036263305'/></entry></feed>
