I love it!! What a fun and beautiful thing to read first thing in the morning with tea. Going into the day with a smile and feeling a bit more enchanted. 🙏🙌
Excellent! This site is also interactive at "The Enchanted Forest" - a monthly digest of enchanting things on Substack. If you see or write something you find enchanting, restack it and tag me @ Tara Penry so I can put it in the draft for the next month. (It should be something published within the month.) I repost 10 enchanting things and tag the nominators. I seem to like gatherings. ;-)
Thank you, Donna! I'm glad you enjoyed it. The connection between the Raggedy Ann stories - dolls coming alive - and poetry just made all kinds of sense to me. Same sort of magic. ✨
Tara, I've read this repeatedly, and each time I experience it a little differently. This last time, I'm imagining Ramona as a child, reciting the po'm from memory, beaming at how it was written, by her doll friends, just for her. Well done!
OMG, I LOVE it! It's stunning and smart and funny and endearing and...
I LOVE IT!
Thank you!
My pleasure! :-)
I love it!! What a fun and beautiful thing to read first thing in the morning with tea. Going into the day with a smile and feeling a bit more enchanted. 🙏🙌
Oh yay! That’s just right. 🥳
Definitely a big part of my childhood.
What fun. I'm sorry I missed the friendly competition. I will join next time around!
Excellent! This site is also interactive at "The Enchanted Forest" - a monthly digest of enchanting things on Substack. If you see or write something you find enchanting, restack it and tag me @ Tara Penry so I can put it in the draft for the next month. (It should be something published within the month.) I repost 10 enchanting things and tag the nominators. I seem to like gatherings. ;-)
Wonderful! Heading over there now.
Ok, I just searched for The Enchanted Forest and what arose didn’t look connected to you. Should I be searching with other key words?
I should have linked it. Sorry that it gave you any trouble. Here is the first edition, to make sure you found the right place. :-) https://open.substack.com/pub/enchantedinamerica/p/introducing-the-enchanted-forest?r=1mk0zn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I have arrived. ;) See you there!
Such wit and warmth in this! Thank you for the delight.
So wonderful!
Wow! I bow to you Tara Penry. This is amazing.
I love this poem so much.
Thank you, Donna! I'm glad you enjoyed it. The connection between the Raggedy Ann stories - dolls coming alive - and poetry just made all kinds of sense to me. Same sort of magic. ✨
Tara, I've read this repeatedly, and each time I experience it a little differently. This last time, I'm imagining Ramona as a child, reciting the po'm from memory, beaming at how it was written, by her doll friends, just for her. Well done!
Elizabeth, Thank you for sharing that lovely sense of it! 🙏🏼