tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post1505445585800087721..comments2024-02-03T14:41:13.330-05:00Comments on Writing Without Paper: Staten Island Elegy (Poem)Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-20774431954205417342012-12-13T13:05:12.709-05:002012-12-13T13:05:12.709-05:00Maureen this is a strong one. The emotion is authe...Maureen this is a strong one. The emotion is authentic, powerfully-planted and transcends the twee or mawkish. Writing on tragedy can so easily go there. Instead, you pull. With words, with phrases, with a tightly-structured free verse that boasts just the right amount of aural device. Bravo.Luke Praterhttp://www.lukeprater.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-31166068212811874542012-12-13T00:35:53.487-05:002012-12-13T00:35:53.487-05:00A poignant and careful write, deep with understand...A poignant and careful write, deep with understanding. Well done.Lesley-Anne Evanshttp://www.buddybreathing.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-72814565605048715952012-12-12T09:13:17.994-05:002012-12-12T09:13:17.994-05:00Feeling that deep ache here. Just broken. Broken. ...Feeling that deep ache here. Just broken. Broken. The hard work of grief--the hard work of a mother...who can bear this burden?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263995875732832349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-90218081238185530172012-12-12T00:16:55.686-05:002012-12-12T00:16:55.686-05:00So well written ... the feelings tangible.So well written ... the feelings tangible.S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-73640009981212713622012-12-11T22:59:47.525-05:002012-12-11T22:59:47.525-05:00...your poem flows softly and smoothly for anyone ......your poem flows softly and smoothly for anyone not easily love... yet filled of bitter memories... excellent... smiles...kelvin s.m.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02591849636814413110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-39185260697705656282012-12-11T21:55:59.782-05:002012-12-11T21:55:59.782-05:00Such an eloquent elegy. It is hauntingly beautiful...Such an eloquent elegy. It is hauntingly beautiful. Thank you!Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-5915104739858205302012-12-11T21:25:47.370-05:002012-12-11T21:25:47.370-05:00So many sad stories from Sandy. This one especiall...So many sad stories from Sandy. This one especially.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-87289400250927140412012-12-11T21:06:43.615-05:002012-12-11T21:06:43.615-05:00This made me cry... This made me cry... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08917475421671859755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-2830170212270148402012-12-11T20:18:53.299-05:002012-12-11T20:18:53.299-05:00*sorrow* beautifully expressed*sorrow* beautifully expressedBeth Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00123202473118521429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-9358349839086252942012-12-11T19:50:08.250-05:002012-12-11T19:50:08.250-05:00Few things, we tend to think, are stronger than a ...Few things, we tend to think, are stronger than a mother's love. The final image of the mother still reaching (forever reaching) will haunt me. Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-9122864310074240912012-12-11T19:31:57.581-05:002012-12-11T19:31:57.581-05:00Maureen you express this expansive sorrow with dee...Maureen you express this expansive sorrow with deep compassion.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-21446417783167824372012-12-11T19:08:49.975-05:002012-12-11T19:08:49.975-05:00youve captured sorrow very beautifully hereyouve captured sorrow very beautifully hereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-49232482216565461972012-12-11T18:15:26.886-05:002012-12-11T18:15:26.886-05:00after this last week of feeling the tug and lift o...after this last week of feeling the tug and lift of waves...i can easily imagine not being able to hold on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-49427881834090626102012-12-11T17:14:41.218-05:002012-12-11T17:14:41.218-05:00I remember hearing this story when it happened, yo...I remember hearing this story when it happened, your words are a fine tribute to the pain that mother must have felt.mrs mediocrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021079985184737831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-5777118516346914932012-12-11T16:45:05.474-05:002012-12-11T16:45:05.474-05:00Wow. This put a lump in my throat and a fist aroun...Wow. This put a lump in my throat and a fist around my heart. A sad tale, told too well. Excellent write.Marbles in My Pockethttp://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/popcorn-and-soda-pop-4/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-43104193300111288592012-12-11T16:23:49.041-05:002012-12-11T16:23:49.041-05:00Maureen, the sorrow in your poem is bottomlessMaureen, the sorrow in your poem is bottomlessAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088944123595868347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-68456342276206590682012-12-11T16:21:40.871-05:002012-12-11T16:21:40.871-05:00Maureen, the spareness of your words really adds t...Maureen, the spareness of your words really adds to the emptiness that the loss of children must leave in a family's hearts. This is what poetry is supposed to be about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-55662087429284700092012-12-11T15:28:11.257-05:002012-12-11T15:28:11.257-05:00ugh...its hard....the death of children is so sad....ugh...its hard....the death of children is so sad...and i guess the sad truth as well is that we as parents can not protect them from everything...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-4649682263139567452012-12-11T15:15:24.143-05:002012-12-11T15:15:24.143-05:00that is absolutely brilliant. touching and with su...that is absolutely brilliant. touching and with such little use of words. you really get so much emotion in here, really give us the feeling of the tragedy. Nicole Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257018414680492705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-78339463866667450162012-12-11T15:14:54.390-05:002012-12-11T15:14:54.390-05:00this is very sensitively written maureen...brought...this is very sensitively written maureen...brought me to tears..Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-1745741471347606042012-12-11T14:13:58.338-05:002012-12-11T14:13:58.338-05:00You carried this story into my heart in a way no n...You carried this story into my heart in a way no newscast has done. Oh! The heart breaks. Masterful, Maureen. Masterful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-51265692054177424702012-12-11T13:58:13.918-05:002012-12-11T13:58:13.918-05:00So amazing, so beautiful, so wonderfully presente...So amazing, so beautiful, so wonderfully presented. Just wow, really loved this one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12950025662124064408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-73217462581338160392012-12-11T11:19:05.352-05:002012-12-11T11:19:05.352-05:00Maureen this is a poem I wish I'd written. You...Maureen this is a poem I wish I'd written. You did it, you captured it, you captured it all.Semaphorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945917520773585129noreply@blogger.com