tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post2354087096933794239..comments2024-01-29T07:09:43.833-05:00Comments on Wild Rose Reader: Lives In the BalanceElaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-60502981035394450282007-10-28T13:38:00.000-04:002007-10-28T13:38:00.000-04:00What a beautifully powerful post! The poems are w...What a beautifully powerful post! The poems are wonderful, and the Jackson Browne (long a favorite!) video was both heartbreaking and hopeful...hopeful because people are speaking out now. Thank you.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857602206725562335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-17183517995175378222007-10-28T09:17:00.000-04:002007-10-28T09:17:00.000-04:00Jama & Crispus,Thanks for commenting. I had the Li...Jama & Crispus,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting. I had the Lives in the Balance album on tape and used to listen to it often when I was driving in my car. I'd like to hear more songs like Browne's being written and performed today.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-72754577052244331982007-10-27T01:20:00.000-04:002007-10-27T01:20:00.000-04:00Thank you, Elaine. Jackson Browne is a wonderful ...Thank you, Elaine. Jackson Browne is a wonderful songwriter/poet. I enjoyed the poetry also.Mike Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884530459318356746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-53725149381328081512007-10-26T12:55:00.000-04:002007-10-26T12:55:00.000-04:00Your entire post was so moving and powerful, Elain...Your entire post was so moving and powerful, Elaine. Singer/songwriters like Jackson Browne were definitely poets in my eyes, poets who definitely made me wake up and become socially conscious. We're all asking ourselves, "When will we ever learn?"jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-9285470023435562422007-10-26T12:32:00.000-04:002007-10-26T12:32:00.000-04:00Kelly F.,To me the lyrics of many songs are just p...Kelly F.,<BR/><BR/>To me the lyrics of many songs are just poetry put to music--besides, more people would be likely to hear a song like Lives in the Balance by Jackson Browne than read its lyrics if they were published as a poem in a book. My generation was moved by the songs/poetry of folk singers.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-45305298790984013382007-10-26T11:27:00.000-04:002007-10-26T11:27:00.000-04:00Tadmack,I agree about the Merriam poem. It's so sh...Tadmack,<BR/><BR/>I agree about the Merriam poem. It's so short--but it says so much.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Cloudscome,<BR/><BR/>Yes, we need more peace poetry--or poems that rage against war.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-74688440308364013592007-10-26T11:19:00.000-04:002007-10-26T11:19:00.000-04:00We ought to have more peace poetry, don't you thin...We ought to have more peace poetry, don't you think? Thanks for this.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-84635751827742940692007-10-26T11:18:00.000-04:002007-10-26T11:18:00.000-04:00Oh... the Eve Merriam poem. This is haunting, all ...Oh... the Eve Merriam poem. <BR/><BR/>This is haunting, all of it.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-34918842513172958712007-10-26T11:08:00.000-04:002007-10-26T11:08:00.000-04:00Tricia,I didn't mean to make people cry--I did hop...Tricia,<BR/><BR/>I didn't mean to make people cry--I did hope to make them feel.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Kelly,<BR/><BR/>The poem "The End and the Beginning" was written by Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska--not Czeslaw Milosz.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-52830019786896006092007-10-26T10:28:00.000-04:002007-10-26T10:28:00.000-04:00A poet friend constantly bemoans Jackson Brown's b...A poet friend constantly bemoans Jackson Brown's becoming a musician - he claims we lost a great poet that way, and recites some of Brown's lyrics as poetry. <BR/><BR/>I have a collection of Milosz poems, but that particular one isn't in there. I'm glad you shared it, and the others - the Merriam one is particularly devastating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-1286969766704625322007-10-26T09:41:00.000-04:002007-10-26T09:41:00.000-04:00Okay, I'm in my office crying -- not a good way to...Okay, I'm in my office crying -- not a good way to start a Friday morning. Thanks so much for sharing the video and these wonderful poems.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-53647917916954772242007-10-26T09:10:00.000-04:002007-10-26T09:10:00.000-04:00Sarah,I hope you're mother is well. Maybe we'll ge...Sarah,<BR/><BR/>I hope you're mother is well. Maybe we'll get a chance to meet at Keene next year.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Merriam's poem is so simple--yet makes a profound point.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-80951185111441567782007-10-26T08:37:00.000-04:002007-10-26T08:37:00.000-04:00Thank you for these moving poems, especially the s...Thank you for these moving poems, especially the simple and beautiful "Fantasia".<BR/><BR/>I had hoped to meet you this weekend at the Keene CLF but unfortunately I'm taking care of my mother this weekend who just had a melinoma excised.. Things look good for her, but it just brings the need to fight cancer even closer to home..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com