tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post6290957268369279211..comments2024-03-27T06:04:15.604-04:00Comments on The Storialist: Attentiveness Is CurrencyHannah Stephensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-147252111565489832011-12-13T21:25:39.037-05:002011-12-13T21:25:39.037-05:00Yes, the devil is in the details. Just like the po...Yes, the devil is in the details. Just like the poem is in the images. A gestalt that creates the ontological presence of an art that seeks to define truth and knowledge. First lesson, too, in school---attentiveness. I, thought, then, it was the most difficult thing to do--to be attentive. On my dotage, I find that I must have spent little on it. I want to buy more now, if I had the currency. Like this. Bravo, Hannah.ALBERT B. CASUGAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403297362821170299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-81268824649917659462011-12-13T20:59:51.525-05:002011-12-13T20:59:51.525-05:00A portrait of our times, for sure--at least a part...A portrait of our times, for sure--at least a partial one.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-62858156012071036722011-12-13T13:00:21.480-05:002011-12-13T13:00:21.480-05:00Great title. Some nice alliteration (rubber bands ...Great title. Some nice alliteration (rubber bands ringing, plastic for produce, bored barista). I also really like how you follow the fourth stanza ("Chanted needs hovering/ in the mind") with the opening of the fifth ("Voice from behind/ the milk....") linking the thoughts. <br /><br />Always thought-provoking.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-33299395327515149222011-12-13T11:48:12.859-05:002011-12-13T11:48:12.859-05:00I think my grocery store experience will be differ...I think my grocery store experience will be different after this poem because I think I have paused at all of those instances...thinking or not thinking for a split second : ) I am thinking about the title though? Could we post this poem on the front door of each grocery store? Brilliant!MrsLittleJeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261467265044347736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-27502693535174451602011-12-13T11:21:43.485-05:002011-12-13T11:21:43.485-05:00I like the way your recent poems have loosened up ...I like the way your recent poems have loosened up to become more playful with sound, to give us a new pleasing voice to guide us through your mind-bending journeys.<br /><br />I've struck by many things here: the contrast between the title "Attentiveness is Currency" and the lines full of hard-edged commodification: tanks, bands, product, needs, cases, numbered. The poem re-orders the senses (as the wonderful picture suggests) simply by paying attention --oh, I get it.WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-57823202154507625452011-12-13T10:54:06.072-05:002011-12-13T10:54:06.072-05:00So true about the bored barista. I love this one H...So true about the bored barista. I love this one Hannah, and that artist -- of the image -- is brilliant.Susan Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900811284963063686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-54628529134255573022011-12-13T06:19:55.582-05:002011-12-13T06:19:55.582-05:00I hear faint echoes of Sylvia Plath in this. A rea...I hear faint echoes of Sylvia Plath in this. A really fine, strong poem.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com