tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post8787393337279196343..comments2024-03-29T11:28:46.948-04:00Comments on The Storialist: SignageHannah Stephensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-70614840685219659362010-11-10T09:51:58.215-05:002010-11-10T09:51:58.215-05:00"Shameful, the brutal reincarnation/of buildi..."Shameful, the brutal reincarnation/of buildings." <br /><br /> " ... the earnestness with which we fix ourselves". <br /><br />These lines are spot on! It seems to me that what we build (or make new with a facade and brighter lights) is partly an attempt to 'fix' something we can't necessarily define. Too often the 'new' is a band-aid that wears off and is replaced by an 'improved' band-aid. <br /><br />Impressive poem. How do you create with such consistency?Mike Clarkhttp://www.favoritetree.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-26025411035666327302010-11-08T07:23:32.045-05:002010-11-08T07:23:32.045-05:00nice...and very true.
Cnice...and very true. <br /><br />CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-29219995283733286682010-11-04T02:21:14.800-04:002010-11-04T02:21:14.800-04:00I enjoyed reading your Blog.Creating a digital ret...I enjoyed reading your Blog.Creating a digital <a href="http://retail-displays.com.au" rel="nofollow">retail signage</a> system involves building a network of electronic devices that are controlled remotely from a central location.Samualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497033145557185992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-51197580201906140072010-11-03T19:58:56.205-04:002010-11-03T19:58:56.205-04:00Oh, this is brilliant, Hannah, one of my faves of ...Oh, this is brilliant, Hannah, one of my faves of yours, the detached voice, the description, "Shiny doors/parting like beetle wings" -- it gives me shivers (the good kind!).*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-28983647020253921382010-11-03T08:56:39.939-04:002010-11-03T08:56:39.939-04:00As Therese said, this poem, like all of your poems...As Therese said, this poem, like all of your poems is well made; your use of imagery perfect for the subject. It "animates" the store for the reader, and makes it a thing to be pitied; almost monstrous when it reincarnates, like a Frankenstein.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-2230828104286223462010-11-02T17:40:24.635-04:002010-11-02T17:40:24.635-04:00My favorite line is This is how they mourn.
We...My favorite line is This is how they mourn.<br /><br />We've got a ton of empty shells in our community. I hope they aren't like those 17 year locusts.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-50711670895467261232010-11-02T17:33:28.822-04:002010-11-02T17:33:28.822-04:00I can picture our neighborhood Safeway, recently c...I can picture our neighborhood Safeway, recently closed, squashed on my windshield. As in your poem, it will be a new safeway complex very soon.Susan Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900811284963063686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-73125243532129445422010-11-02T16:16:36.492-04:002010-11-02T16:16:36.492-04:00From Therese L. Broderick -- This poem is so well-...From Therese L. Broderick -- This poem is so well-made! Rhythm and images are in place. I love the bug-wing door metaphor! Metamorphosis, survival of the fittest, acquired resistance. As a resident of New York State, I find another implication to this poem, because stores and sites in New York City are losing income from the bed bug nastiness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-25035696734877567402010-11-02T13:09:24.103-04:002010-11-02T13:09:24.103-04:00a marvelous poem for election day...a marvelous poem for election day...WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-61200863399458106462010-11-02T12:38:07.608-04:002010-11-02T12:38:07.608-04:00I love the sense here of stores as organisms whose...I love the sense here of stores as organisms whose independent lives and characters are hostage to the whims of humans. It provides an atmosphere throughout both quaint and sinister.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-15501629805403911362010-11-02T10:17:04.252-04:002010-11-02T10:17:04.252-04:00This so well captures the dying and the resurrecti...This so well captures the dying and the resurrection of stores these days. There's a place near us that every three months or so shuts and reopens under a new name. I think the location is jinxed.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com