tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post2259617332418433595..comments2024-02-03T14:41:13.330-05:00Comments on Writing Without Paper: Cloud Studies: Rachel WetzsteonMaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-28316096587487644422010-04-30T16:50:00.646-04:002010-04-30T16:50:00.646-04:00She was my professor, and I suppose it can be a ve...She was my professor, and I suppose it can be a very lonely world being one with your thoughts and a piece of paper. The Paris Review link to her audio is not active. Does anyone know where I can see/hear her reading?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-75730419767976580582010-04-06T14:01:50.941-04:002010-04-06T14:01:50.941-04:00i can understand why people come to a point of end...i can understand why people come to a point of ending what is their life.<br /><br />it is good to know that she wrote and her words are shared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-4544858182789806592010-04-06T12:22:53.608-04:002010-04-06T12:22:53.608-04:00Thank you for keeping one of my favorites in the c...Thank you for keeping one of my favorites in the conversation. A well done tribute Maureen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-15154051838757620672010-04-06T11:37:07.168-04:002010-04-06T11:37:07.168-04:00"how could I bear to add
the sky to my abando..."how could I bear to add<br />the sky to my abandoners?"<br /><br />How sad to hear such torment and know it went all the way to the end. Such beautiful words; such a loss.Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-65287080912094879112010-04-06T11:22:52.879-04:002010-04-06T11:22:52.879-04:00yes, i ponder the same questions as the previous c...yes, i ponder the same questions as the previous commenters. i (sadly) find myself viewing her poetry through a different lens with the knowledge of her suicide. i wonder how i might have read and received it, had i not known.Kayce aka lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479940262271959482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-9679346477210114752010-04-06T08:53:00.539-04:002010-04-06T08:53:00.539-04:00I was wondering exactly the same thing as I read y...I was wondering exactly the same thing as I read your essay. Why?<br /><br />I love the phrase -- <br /><br />I wept like the clouds. <br /><br />Powerful.Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-51951640762302592322010-04-06T07:24:22.077-04:002010-04-06T07:24:22.077-04:00It makes me wonder - why does it seem that so many...It makes me wonder - why does it seem that so many poets end in suicide -- Vachel Lindsay, Sara Teasdale, Sylvia Plath and Rachel Wetzsteon? How can one write poetry and not have hope?Glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.com