tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post720929073165917091..comments2024-03-25T10:07:31.278-07:00Comments on There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town: Poetry Friday: Earthquake Poem Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-87416441428474585512012-09-29T08:17:18.280-07:002012-09-29T08:17:18.280-07:00Ruth, I wrote it only last week, unexpectedly, rea...Ruth, I wrote it only last week, unexpectedly, really. Thank you very much for posting, and all who took time to comment. MagalieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-13614576795148300832012-09-29T07:40:09.918-07:002012-09-29T07:40:09.918-07:00The mask of sufficiency
The fig leaf of society
W...The mask of sufficiency<br />The fig leaf of society<br /><br />What binds us...what keeps us apart....what a beautiful poem.Tara @ A Teaching Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195982194362559883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-58058349777165938182012-09-29T06:26:05.451-07:002012-09-29T06:26:05.451-07:00"The fig leaf of society" -- powerful la..."The fig leaf of society" -- powerful last line. Thank you for sharing this poem, Ruth. List poems appear to be so simple, but when they are well constructed, there is emotional impact as the list builds.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-76004595297337614852012-09-29T04:36:51.360-07:002012-09-29T04:36:51.360-07:00Such pain. Such big pain for the country's los...Such pain. Such big pain for the country's losses and such sharp pain for the particular losses. And the loss of "The mask of sufficiency/The fig leaf of society." Wow. That's grim. <br /><br />Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-27897649536629001082012-09-29T03:20:51.513-07:002012-09-29T03:20:51.513-07:00Thanks for sharing this. A list of devastation wit...Thanks for sharing this. A list of devastation without end. So many powerful lines:<br /><br />"our casual relationship with rank misery"jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-71277455142272860212012-09-28T17:55:54.477-07:002012-09-28T17:55:54.477-07:00Oh Ruth, this pushes at me with some of the sorrow...Oh Ruth, this pushes at me with some of the sorrowful words, but also seems to exemplify those words almost at the end, "the mask of sufficiency". Thank you for making sure you could share. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-29659949800342839602012-09-28T17:37:49.768-07:002012-09-28T17:37:49.768-07:00Wow. Just wow.
Powerful indeed. Thank you. Ple...Wow. Just wow.<br /><br />Powerful indeed. Thank you. Please thank her, too.<br /><br />Do you think she would let me put it up with a link back to your blog for the sake of attribution? Sarah SSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-41835182471765074232012-09-28T17:34:20.429-07:002012-09-28T17:34:20.429-07:00Oh my Goodness. Tabatha has said it: truly powerf...Oh my Goodness. Tabatha has said it: truly powerful and moving, with so many unexpected, slight shifts that jolt you into thinking about each individual entity outside the statistics that are so difficult to take on board after a disaster. Thank you so much, Ruth, for your urging, and to Magalie for allowing you to share it with us.Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12143499864104883745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26800186.post-84417985570777744982012-09-28T13:02:02.007-07:002012-09-28T13:02:02.007-07:00What a powerful, deceptively simple, moving poem. ...What a powerful, deceptively simple, moving poem. So glad your friend gave you permission to share it with us. Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.com