tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post1010399221994012077..comments2024-03-29T01:31:31.174-04:00Comments on The Storialist: SoftballHannah Stephensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-73852219696129138042010-10-05T19:18:13.663-04:002010-10-05T19:18:13.663-04:00from Therese L. Broderick -- This understated poem...from Therese L. Broderick -- This understated poem is so suggestive and chilling (like this painting, or like "Christina's World" by Wyeth). What appears to be an innocent event may be a menacing drama. I think that the wedding ring and the girl's hair band are subtle images of power play, either professional or personal, either local or international (French/English). Perhaps the female grad students are on the rise, and the male professor is falling (in one or more ways)? The detachment in this piece reminds me of prose poems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-54630988431185075952010-10-05T13:51:30.726-04:002010-10-05T13:51:30.726-04:00so visual--conjures up some really fresh images! i...so visual--conjures up some really fresh images! i just love this. reference to "a third year Foucauldian" makes me smile.Mark Addison Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213406782293584006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-38069611823975213342010-10-05T13:26:08.075-04:002010-10-05T13:26:08.075-04:00I love this. Whimsical, great story telling. I wa...I love this. Whimsical, great story telling. I was just reading an interview with Philip Roth. His dream was to be a baseball player. Somehow this fits together in my head right now.<br /><br />It could be the candy corn overload though. ;-Dlisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-56783463993118902382010-10-05T12:24:58.019-04:002010-10-05T12:24:58.019-04:00ha ha "the department is still on its knees&q...ha ha "the department is still on its knees"d, I think I have really come to love how things end in your poems : ) xoMrsLittleJeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261467265044347736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-69314968136792590972010-10-05T12:14:56.558-04:002010-10-05T12:14:56.558-04:00Wow, that painting! Wow, this poem! Hannah you'...Wow, that painting! Wow, this poem! Hannah you've outdone yourself again. This reminds me of when my wedding ring once slipped into a large catering pan of cole slaw at church and I had to spend an hour sifting through the slippery slaw lest an old lady bite down on my ring and break a tooth.Susan Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900811284963063686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-80371739079816366802010-10-05T07:26:56.875-04:002010-10-05T07:26:56.875-04:00You tell the story so very well. It's a wonder...You tell the story so very well. It's a wonderful poem, Hannah.<br /><br />Reminds me of the time a wedding ring was lost at a rowing meet along the Charles River. Alas, it was never found.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com