tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post4556126243676785025..comments2024-02-03T14:41:13.330-05:00Comments on Writing Without Paper: A Matter of Opinion (Poem)Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-5183841954260135962013-08-14T21:16:55.904-04:002013-08-14T21:16:55.904-04:00A powerful write with a lot of tension and fine cr...A powerful write with a lot of tension and fine crafting.Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-8263986098780422682013-08-14T14:54:00.340-04:002013-08-14T14:54:00.340-04:00A gut wrenching travesty with many unanswered ques...A gut wrenching travesty with many unanswered questions.Kathryn Dychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175563748388497142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-59836560768105477862013-08-14T09:58:58.344-04:002013-08-14T09:58:58.344-04:00It's upsetting that this happened. That two pe...It's upsetting that this happened. That two people that should never have come together did, in the wrong place at the wrong time, and tragedy ensued. We weren't there, we will never know what truly happened--we can only speculate.<br /><br />What makes me sadder yet is that this once more brings forth all the separations, the discriminations, the us against them, blacks against whites, whites against blacks, as vicious words spew from both sides. It perpetuates and inflames differences that we should be long past. How sad, indeed.Ginny Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298060016652737538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-83108385038269395112013-08-13T23:47:21.490-04:002013-08-13T23:47:21.490-04:00This is truly a passionate poem, and the sentiment...This is truly a passionate poem, and the sentiments well understood. I do not know what to believe as I have heard testimony that makes me rethink my original understanding of this tragedy. <br /><br />Your words:<br /><br />I particularly like "one bullet<br />proof enough<br />that somebody wasn't<br />minding his own business<br /><br /><br />Pretty much sums it up! Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-92013235302373497732013-08-13T23:45:15.155-04:002013-08-13T23:45:15.155-04:00...if you don't mind, just erase my previous c......if you don't mind, just erase my previous comment. I'll write a different one. sorry.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-49979673840220325762013-08-13T23:42:09.921-04:002013-08-13T23:42:09.921-04:00I like your poem. I do. BUT... my understanding ...I like your poem. I do. BUT... my understanding is the gun went off at the side of Zimmermon... Trayvon reached for it (he was on top beating Zimmerman's face into the ground?) and Zimmerman reached for it second... Supposedly the cops came very soon after and Zimmerman didn't even KNOW Trayvon had been shot as he sat up. With testimony like that, did the news media jump the gone? (the image the media posted of Trayvon as a little boy was NOTHING like what he really looked like at the time of his death - he was no elementary school kid. I don't know. We may never know. <br /><br />I hate prejudice, I often hate the media... both sides! <br />In your poem, I particularly like "one bullet proof enough that somebody wasn't minding his own business... That can go either way - and we probably will never really know what happened in this tragedy.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-8584061200694565702013-08-13T20:54:35.119-04:002013-08-13T20:54:35.119-04:00Whatever lessons your piece calls to mind, they wi...Whatever lessons your piece calls to mind, they will never be more than lessons never learned.<br /><br />Your take is eloquently expressed. At least there is that.<br /><br />Cheers!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12823532229269308280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-91620377561867821032013-08-13T20:53:52.546-04:002013-08-13T20:53:52.546-04:00Whatever lessons your piece calls to mind, they wi...Whatever lessons your piece calls to mind, they will never be more than lessons never learned.<br /><br />Your take is eloquently expressed. At least there is that.<br /><br />Cheers!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12823532229269308280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-22938142365065447122013-08-13T20:09:00.377-04:002013-08-13T20:09:00.377-04:00Excellent piece Maureen. Such a tragic situation w...Excellent piece Maureen. Such a tragic situation without any true closure.Steven Marty Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639339699258439249.post-85507519400664239122013-08-13T16:55:29.848-04:002013-08-13T16:55:29.848-04:00Wow powerful. I will share this with many of my fr...Wow powerful. I will share this with many of my friends because we are still talking about this, bearing the Trayvon Martin pain, trying to make sense that our nation's homes house arsenals of guns even though most of us live where there are only a few hearty species of the wild left - raccoons, opossums, squirrels, rats, perhaps but little more, so other people become the natural targets. <br />First rate piece, Maureen.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.com