Well, I finally upgraded to paid today because the poems that you have curated and the notes on them are so thought provoking. I’m certain to be thinking of the 800 who will no longer be able to witness a sunset or be captured by a love poem. Bravo. I look forward to reading your book as well. Keep up the essential work.
‘There’s a cruelty inherent in such a paradox, that those with the power to take away people’s humanity also think that they, too, can restore it.’
Well this all strikes me so beautifully hard. From the idea about "confessing" love and and happiness to the one about the arrogance of "restoring their humanity". God, yes. Just floored me. And your stunningly resonant poems. Took me awhile to gather myself up to comment here. Thank you so much!
"A poem like Farah’s reminds us of that — that justice and happiness go hand in hand." ..."It’s about the way in which one tragedy of violence is that it can make us ashamed to be free. It’s about how even love, in such a moment, has to be whispered."
When I read Dacher Keltner in the Sun Magazine on the "Science of Awe", he mentioned the experience of "awe", in addition to nature, beautiful sunsets, includes "awe of moral justice": as when a person stops to help another person in bad circumstances.
Thank you for this poem which reminds me that violence and moral injustice can trample on our feelings of joy.
"To read, then, is to practice seeing." Thank you.
thanks so much, Cass
Congratulations on the four poems published. I enjoyed reading them very much
Thanks for reading them, Mariah
"Recentering, and recentering, and recentering." Thank you for this reminder xo
Thank you, Antonia!
Well, I finally upgraded to paid today because the poems that you have curated and the notes on them are so thought provoking. I’m certain to be thinking of the 800 who will no longer be able to witness a sunset or be captured by a love poem. Bravo. I look forward to reading your book as well. Keep up the essential work.
thank you, Elton. really appreciate that!
‘There’s a cruelty inherent in such a paradox, that those with the power to take away people’s humanity also think that they, too, can restore it.’
Such good insight on so many levels. Thank you!
thank you so much
Well this all strikes me so beautifully hard. From the idea about "confessing" love and and happiness to the one about the arrogance of "restoring their humanity". God, yes. Just floored me. And your stunningly resonant poems. Took me awhile to gather myself up to comment here. Thank you so much!
Thanks always, Leanne -- for reading and for reaching out. Appreciate you!
"A poem like Farah’s reminds us of that — that justice and happiness go hand in hand." ..."It’s about the way in which one tragedy of violence is that it can make us ashamed to be free. It’s about how even love, in such a moment, has to be whispered."
When I read Dacher Keltner in the Sun Magazine on the "Science of Awe", he mentioned the experience of "awe", in addition to nature, beautiful sunsets, includes "awe of moral justice": as when a person stops to help another person in bad circumstances.
Thank you for this poem which reminds me that violence and moral injustice can trample on our feelings of joy.
Bookmarking that Keltner piece to read! Thank you for referencing it, and for reading.