tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post7158439417143916787..comments2024-03-27T06:04:15.604-04:00Comments on The Storialist: UnderthingsHannah Stephensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-52521844569727648112011-07-18T21:20:10.082-04:002011-07-18T21:20:10.082-04:00the body marked where
it meets strap and snap and ...the body marked where<br />it meets strap and snap and seam.<br />Flesh remembers.<br /><br />Hannah, I tried once, while an undergraduate, to capture my local coin laundromat in a poem. The washing machine sounded like sex. <br /><br />There's something sensual about laundering our intimates in a public sphere, how you've captured it here.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-47516088898915569042011-07-18T21:19:27.572-04:002011-07-18T21:19:27.572-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-85974063404523295482011-07-18T16:17:21.296-04:002011-07-18T16:17:21.296-04:00You make the mundane poetic. Love this.You make the mundane poetic. Love this.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-37310666381331792922011-07-18T13:37:38.890-04:002011-07-18T13:37:38.890-04:00I enjoyed this, Hannah. Great title, with so much ...I enjoyed this, Hannah. Great title, with so much meaning. And some wonderful lines. All around, a excellent poem.<br /><br />The time our washer broke I had to search out a laundromat (it wasn't easy to find one). Walls and walls of machines and people putting in their coins and then leaving their stuff, which an attendant would remove when the wash was done and put in a dryer. (I always stayed with my clothes.) And certainly no wallpaper such as you describe, though the heat of the machines created a tropical feeling.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-58475783798527434092011-07-18T11:06:04.555-04:002011-07-18T11:06:04.555-04:00I don't miss doing laundry in laundromats! I l...I don't miss doing laundry in laundromats! I love this poem, and the image that goes with it.Susan Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900811284963063686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-43042021023600545012011-07-18T10:57:48.023-04:002011-07-18T10:57:48.023-04:00I wish they'd paint our local laundrettes like...I wish they'd paint our local laundrettes like that....Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-90718026238626791062011-07-18T09:04:02.942-04:002011-07-18T09:04:02.942-04:00"It is in contemplation of the underthings, t..."It is in contemplation of the underthings, the underwear lurking just below the clothing of existence,... The study of this substratum, the foundation garment underlying reality,"<br /><br />dr howl<br /><br />when i lived in the french quarter, there was a laundromat directly across the street, and an infamous bar next door<br /><br />laundromats vary, but there is something communal about them, the necessary mostly poor shareAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-11061544864150157662011-07-18T04:59:47.333-04:002011-07-18T04:59:47.333-04:00As a denizen of the local coin laundry (my washer ...As a denizen of the local coin laundry (my washer has been broken for a while now) I have to say that mine resembles less a tropical island than the bowels of a navy ship.<br /><br />I loved the part about the marks left on skin but that the clothes forget.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.com