tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post8314227931385011658..comments2024-02-03T14:41:13.330-05:00Comments on Writing Without Paper: Kitty Genovese (Poem)Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-24867365602427354742012-03-21T17:03:40.755-04:002012-03-21T17:03:40.755-04:00Excellent write, Maureen!
http://charleslmashburn....Excellent write, Maureen!<br />http://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/a-promis-comes/Marbles in My Pockethttp://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/a-promis-comes/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-72139887841503890462012-03-21T16:13:00.266-04:002012-03-21T16:13:00.266-04:00I wasn't around but I picked up pieces of the ...I wasn't around but I picked up pieces of the story throughout the years and now know the story well. Thank you for sharing this story in poem.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Mark ButkusMark Butkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028422696260495656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-72435727656919277202012-03-21T06:19:35.026-04:002012-03-21T06:19:35.026-04:00I, too, remember this chilling case, which told us...I, too, remember this chilling case, which told us more than we wanted to know about ourselves. What I really like is the staccato rhythm of the lines, which for me mimic the violence of the experience you describe, not easy to write so convincingly, to make the rhythm of the language reinforce its meaning.Rob Mustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210194364918460896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-39849830451169078622012-03-21T00:34:35.388-04:002012-03-21T00:34:35.388-04:00How awful! And how much further have we come? Or...How awful! And how much further have we come? Or rather gone. Great poem on a very emotive subject.Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16929674746784140738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-87244764843086488972012-03-20T23:52:21.997-04:002012-03-20T23:52:21.997-04:00As a sociologist, I've studied the Kitty Genov...As a sociologist, I've studied the Kitty Genovese murder as an example of social alienation. This is the first time the humanity of this tragedy was brought to my heart. Sublimely good.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-56212929308525166212012-03-20T23:19:17.778-04:002012-03-20T23:19:17.778-04:00I remember this story still. It shocked even my 8 ...I remember this story still. It shocked even my 8 year old mind. I used it for years when, as a teenager, I inveighed against the ills of modern society. You retell the story with such humanity and compasion, a loving tribute to a person whose memory must always be celebrated as an individual and not a statistic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-87510340379834039112012-03-20T23:15:00.686-04:002012-03-20T23:15:00.686-04:00I remember this story from my childhood. Even as a...I remember this story from my childhood. Even as an 8 year old I was shocked at the indifference people displayed. It stayed with me for years and it would crop up in my conversations as a teenager when I inveighed against the ills of modern society. You retell it so objectively, yet revealing the humanity of the victim, whose memory should always be invoked in tender terms.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-65257268391840297652012-03-20T20:25:15.310-04:002012-03-20T20:25:15.310-04:00i had not heard of kitty, until now.
i did hear a...i had not heard of kitty, until now.<br /><br />i did hear a piece on opb radio in the car today, about how a certain type of community garden can actually form community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-50780432012342018402012-03-20T19:18:33.316-04:002012-03-20T19:18:33.316-04:00this story just turns my stomach...to think of all...this story just turns my stomach...to think of all those not doing anything...but i imagine it all the easier to happen this day and age...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-87018043081422946112012-03-20T18:55:17.641-04:002012-03-20T18:55:17.641-04:00Never even knew, that many people saw? wow that is...Never even knew, that many people saw? wow that is just sad. Great write.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-59780994702747439742012-03-20T17:52:28.809-04:002012-03-20T17:52:28.809-04:00I remember this story. Yes, we look back at it now...I remember this story. Yes, we look back at it now as the symbolic beginning of the age of apathy--the "I Don't Want To Get Involved" generation. <br />Now, it probably wouldn't even make a ripple in the news.Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-29587393959371324732012-03-20T13:49:45.959-04:002012-03-20T13:49:45.959-04:00The heartache of this is tangible through your wor...The heartache of this is tangible through your words.S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-17013289468470299112012-03-20T12:04:00.315-04:002012-03-20T12:04:00.315-04:00I wonder if things have changed, even in NYC. A ch...I wonder if things have changed, even in NYC. A chilling story and poem, Maureen.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-72892491042214998632012-03-20T07:06:19.119-04:002012-03-20T07:06:19.119-04:00I wasn't yet 13, but I remember reading and he...I wasn't yet 13, but I remember reading and hearing about it. Some commentaotrs mark this death as the beginning of the time when New York City was no longer the qwonderful place to live it had been - the murder and the apathy said something had changed.Glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.com