tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post5247689587616374512..comments2024-03-29T01:31:31.174-04:00Comments on The Storialist: Animal PersonHannah Stephensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-24627726153986366602012-02-23T19:39:20.494-05:002012-02-23T19:39:20.494-05:00Run first, ask questions later, that's what we...Run first, ask questions later, that's what we deer say.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-25213262891582560362012-02-23T16:36:59.231-05:002012-02-23T16:36:59.231-05:00Lovely poem, lovely image.Lovely poem, lovely image.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-10291409592946073132012-02-23T12:35:19.616-05:002012-02-23T12:35:19.616-05:00This is so creative! Excellent!This is so creative! Excellent!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-29134901188435045492012-02-23T12:09:40.380-05:002012-02-23T12:09:40.380-05:00: )
I wish I were a veterinarian and then I promi...: )<br /><br />I wish I were a veterinarian and then I promise that I would change your poem xxMrsLittleJeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261467265044347736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-1945929157616020872012-02-23T12:04:58.682-05:002012-02-23T12:04:58.682-05:00what is it about us, so that all the rest of the w...what is it about us, so that all the rest of the world knows immediately that we are not to be trusted? something surrounds us, thin but impenetrable, like a layer of crinkly cellophane between us and nature, so that we never quite touch the deer, the snake, or even the grass. what could punch a hole in this isolation?<br /><br />is it human culture that surrounds us, so that we could, conceivably, lay it aside and breathe the same sky as the deer? or have we created culture as an attempt to cover the gap in us, like a towel stretched imperfectly over embarrassed nakedness, the rift which is the basic mode of our being, which pre-exists and survives all efforts to understand or transcend it?<br /><br />it is heartbreak....James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-9622856854999158572012-02-23T12:03:21.144-05:002012-02-23T12:03:21.144-05:00That sixth stanza marks a real turn in the poem, s...That sixth stanza marks a real turn in the poem, shaking us out of any complacent reading. The use of the repetitive "Even if..." keeps setting conditions on us as we read. Well done!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-79034506282031205752012-02-23T08:56:36.252-05:002012-02-23T08:56:36.252-05:00Beautiful image and elegant poem; the deer seems l...Beautiful image and elegant poem; the deer seems lonely because we are (1) just as the deer appears frightened because we are (2). Gentleness if oftenmistaken for fear, among both deer and people.<br /><br /><br />I want me one of those deer tatoos.WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-44073670012598609022012-02-23T07:14:57.181-05:002012-02-23T07:14:57.181-05:00Even if you've written a poem light and gracef...Even if you've written a poem light and graceful and as full of beauty as a deer...Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com