tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post3186636450444405079..comments2024-02-03T14:41:13.330-05:00Comments on Writing Without Paper: A Higher Moral Ground (Poem)Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-29270083354012839172011-05-19T11:44:36.293-04:002011-05-19T11:44:36.293-04:00Your piece and the photo that inspired makes my he...Your piece and the photo that inspired makes my heart ache. I feel pain for everyone in that moment.I think it is so important that you wrote this piece and brought this history back to us, it is how we can learn to love one another instead. Wonderful write ~ RoseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988016086874324471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-31690414587506169792011-05-18T21:48:23.885-04:002011-05-18T21:48:23.885-04:00Decades later, I think the world still shudders at...Decades later, I think the world still shudders at the sight of that...how one photo could sum up so much that was wrong...Chris G.http://cianphelan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-46862953614224813322011-05-18T10:31:53.380-04:002011-05-18T10:31:53.380-04:00Terrific poem, and sensitive analysis of these two...Terrific poem, and sensitive analysis of these two images.Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-24763427877670933972011-05-18T10:05:13.229-04:002011-05-18T10:05:13.229-04:00superbly written....i didnt even need to see the p...superbly written....i didnt even need to see the photo to know which one you were talking about..and remember i was born in 67 and live in britain, such is the power of that image...PeteMarshyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029232967141290634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-31606630305608320482011-05-18T07:04:49.776-04:002011-05-18T07:04:49.776-04:00I'm stunned by this piece, Maureen, and by lis...I'm stunned by this piece, Maureen, and by listening to Adams talk about it. I am reading Susan Sontag's book on photography, and something she said keeps haunting me, that we think we <i>know</i> something from photographs. We see them from places we will never see in person, about people we will never meet, and we think we <i>know</i> something. Is what we know true? I was very moved by Adams saying he does not like being responsible for ruining that general's life. <br /><br />I wish we could sit and talk about this very important topic in a discussion group!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-15864098017006556002011-05-18T05:27:41.872-04:002011-05-18T05:27:41.872-04:00PowerfulPowerfulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-73786120614968449942011-05-18T01:23:07.873-04:002011-05-18T01:23:07.873-04:00"The camera
didn't lie;
it got what happ..."The camera<br /><br />didn't lie;<br />it got what happened<br />in war,<br /><br />on the street,<br />the next year even won<br />the picture-maker a Pulitzer."<br /><br />Photos stay with us a lot longer than words (at least for me). This is a striking, thought provoking piece, Maureen.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-20639950126362135642011-05-17T23:08:06.687-04:002011-05-17T23:08:06.687-04:00you made some interesting historical photo facts i...you made some interesting historical photo facts into a beautiful poem. it all looks good now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-72841479986883761142011-05-17T20:27:13.460-04:002011-05-17T20:27:13.460-04:00I know this photograph very well. It's somewh...I know this photograph very well. It's somewhat similar to Robert Capa's famous shot of the Republican soldier at the instant of his shooting death in the Spanish Civil War. Your poem pulls the many threads of this intense confrontation together in a compelling fashion, reminding us of the all too common extremes to which human beings will go in defense of one ideology or another. We feel for the victim, but for me one of the photo's meanings is that no one is entirely innocent in war (with the exception of civilians). And, of course, truth is always the first casualty.Rob Mustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210194364918460896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-68274578767921877572011-05-17T20:19:53.502-04:002011-05-17T20:19:53.502-04:00I remember it too; I was in Dallas of course for t...I remember it too; I was in Dallas of course for the other event. The tears never stopped flowing. Our lives changed, our passions ebbed, we grabbed onto whomever was closest and held on to keep from drowning in sorrow. Well done Maureen. Thanks.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-83874832154900713992011-05-17T20:09:17.740-04:002011-05-17T20:09:17.740-04:00Thank you for a beautiful thought provoking poem.Thank you for a beautiful thought provoking poem.ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-34294824656957724582011-05-17T18:05:12.865-04:002011-05-17T18:05:12.865-04:00I remember that photo too, shocking me with its st...I remember that photo too, shocking me with its starkness when I thought I could no longer be shocked by the images coming out of Southeast Asia.<br /><br />Thank you for this very powerful piece, Maureen.PattiKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894925987580502697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-70170596098472294362011-05-17T17:57:50.779-04:002011-05-17T17:57:50.779-04:00Another facet of the human experience laid bare, o...Another facet of the human experience laid bare, one we tend to hide from. I remember how the vultures descended on Jaqueline Kennedy and picked the bones of Camelot clean, and the horror of the Viet Nam shot seems part and parcel of it all, and of the devolution of civilization. in this clean and well constructed piece.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-51559128294870173962011-05-17T17:28:56.501-04:002011-05-17T17:28:56.501-04:00I could almost here the shutter click as life stan...I could almost here the shutter click as life stands still<br /><br />Thanks for the information about Eddie Adams I always appreciate the history captured by a photographer ( in many cases at their own risk of peril)moondustwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09848554806751678968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-45993755544683372482011-05-17T17:17:55.793-04:002011-05-17T17:17:55.793-04:00this is the kind of poem that leaves me speechless...this is the kind of poem that leaves me speechless... especially when I viewed the photo. <br /><br />amazingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359959975341890512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-17619603193018318322011-05-17T17:14:59.833-04:002011-05-17T17:14:59.833-04:00I still remember that day... where I was and how i...I still remember that day... where I was and how it affected the people around me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-72678889008187527502011-05-17T10:00:39.058-04:002011-05-17T10:00:39.058-04:00my heart stood still a bit as I read this ...my heart stood still a bit as I read this ...S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-1746919905337413082011-05-17T09:31:39.903-04:002011-05-17T09:31:39.903-04:00How ironic the title "One Shot Wednesday"...How ironic the title "One Shot Wednesday" seems today.Valerie Kamikubohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12864824409136614469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-57227855615878562682011-05-17T09:15:58.761-04:002011-05-17T09:15:58.761-04:00And what a fabulous offering it is!And what a fabulous offering it is!Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-66408644800186274362011-05-17T08:06:53.805-04:002011-05-17T08:06:53.805-04:00I recall the original publication of the photo - I...I recall the original publication of the photo - I was 16. The brutality of what it depicted did something to all of us, I think. Your poem brings all of that back.Glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.com