tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post5155713506713943224..comments2024-03-29T05:15:20.833-04:00Comments on The Storialist: Use the House Against ItselfHannah Stephensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-17139366527273862692010-09-07T15:41:30.130-04:002010-09-07T15:41:30.130-04:00This vividly dramatizes the abstract noun of "...This vividly dramatizes the abstract noun of "de-construction"! <br /><br />I read this powerful poem. I think:<br />Civil War<br />"friendly fire"<br />tornado, hurricane, earthquake<br />the implosion of a family, ideal, nation<br /><br />It also has echoes of Biblical temples: their raising and then their destruction. Or, maybe it's not as heavy as that? Maybe it's a kind of Revenge of Home Depot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-59393213629350646122010-09-06T16:48:50.413-04:002010-09-06T16:48:50.413-04:00Fascinating poem! Reading it did feel cathartic, a...Fascinating poem! Reading it did feel cathartic, as well as secretly violent. Sometimes it's good to break things down.Abbyhttp://lovedfromthestart.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-80629686748891058772010-09-06T13:45:14.621-04:002010-09-06T13:45:14.621-04:00Wow! I didn't know I felt this way, in this mo...Wow! I didn't know I felt this way, in this moment, until I read it. Thank you. It was cathartic. Now, how do I rebuild from the rubble? "Unbury every covered thing" is, I think, the heart of this poem.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-58228501910667978012010-09-06T12:12:02.218-04:002010-09-06T12:12:02.218-04:00I can hear the smashing glass!I can hear the smashing glass!Susan Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900811284963063686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-90203198542058867292010-09-06T11:41:15.526-04:002010-09-06T11:41:15.526-04:00Quite a poem! "Rebuild it into rubble" a...Quite a poem! "Rebuild it into rubble" adds a twist.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-41708767934776730412010-09-06T09:06:21.214-04:002010-09-06T09:06:21.214-04:00There is so much I love in this. All the action. ...There is so much I love in this. All the action. The motion, the intensity. Wow, HS. Just wow.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.com