Comments on: Pacific University MFA Commencement Student Speech

By: Robert Peake

Robert Peake — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:01:16 +0000

Thanks, Jen! Don’t be a stranger.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:56:48 +0000

Robert, thanks for the wonderful speech – I had to go write something immediately after I read it! As a fellow businessperson/GTDer/writer, I’m so glad to have found your blog, and look forward to reading more.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:07:40 +0000

Thanks, Justin. I’m sure this is an experience I will be re-visiting and learning from for years to come.

By: Justin Hamm

Justin Hamm — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:41 +0000

Thanks for posting this; it’s really well done. Made me stop for a few minutes and think about what I got out of my MFA experience, revisit some of the better lessons.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:52:25 +0000

Great to see you, Kyle.

By: Kyle Lang

Kyle Lang — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:24:46 +0000

Robert,

Well done! I am really sorry I had to miss it but it was nice speaking to you on the lawn on Friday. Much love to you and Val, congratulations on your big day, and thank you for sharing this advice with all of us. I’m logging off the internet to take up a pen.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:18:15 +0000

Hi Patrick–thanks for asking. Most journals consider a poem “previously published” if it appears anywhere on the web. That said, I will have poems coming out online in a couple places in July, and will link to them from here. So, stay tuned.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:08:40 +0000

Hi Robert: You discuss your poetry a lot on this site; however, I think you only share one, or maybe two, of your poems here. Why don’t you share some more of your poetry? Thanks.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:28:24 +0000

Thanks, Michelle! So great you and the family could make the trip. I pretty much just wrote what I needed to hear myself at the time, given the momentous nature of completing this life-changing two year experience. So great to travel this road with you during that time.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:27:01 +0000

Thanks, Jeannine!

By: Michelle Bitting

Michelle Bitting — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:28:55 +0000

Again, a magnificent speech and beautifully delivered, RObert. I’m so grateful to have it to refer back to in times of inspirational need. Much love to you and Val from all of us… M

By: Jeannine Hall Gailey

Jeannine Hall Gailey — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:08:12 +0000

Nice speech, Robert! Wish I could have been there. Congrats again!