tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post5131827963917107754..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: StorytellersGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-16813153800170567042014-05-10T12:58:02.695-07:002014-05-10T12:58:02.695-07:00Excellent work Glenn and expert close.
Oh that the...Excellent work Glenn and expert close.<br />Oh that there be more humour in life and I do so hope you remain "a hopeless romantic, a tireless crusader, a happy historian, a damn dreamer, just (!?) a storyteller" for else, what is the point of being alive?<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-85464766397798529922014-05-09T23:15:53.270-07:002014-05-09T23:15:53.270-07:00I am glad there are still story-tellers to inform,...I am glad there are still story-tellers to inform, entertain and amuse. You are one of them, and have done justice to your theme.vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-15392503222657321792014-05-09T18:37:22.014-07:002014-05-09T18:37:22.014-07:00Glenn - love the Gilda Radner quote - and what a s...Glenn - love the Gilda Radner quote - and what a story you tell with this wonderful poem! KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-78821046135741556252014-05-09T17:21:14.840-07:002014-05-09T17:21:14.840-07:00The quotes are fun as I remember most of them. Ye...The quotes are fun as I remember most of them. Yes, all life is ultimately stories distilled, told or retold, written because we are sensitive people who all have a novel or two or screenplay in out heads. What is more important than telling the world what the rest of the world is doing...unless it is all negative ...an much of the time it is....lets hope they get the 200 girls back and continue to hunt for others lost already...like your 'other voice' or shadow companion.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-47459602756238491952014-05-09T13:20:17.645-07:002014-05-09T13:20:17.645-07:00Consumers get what they want or want what we get--...Consumers get what they want or want what we get--it's either the chicken or the egg. Storytelling is best, slanting truth so it can be handled, handling truth so it cannot be slanted in what we now call news. I enjoyed reading this. All we have is story, so everyone has an opinion about it and only a special few are true.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-46389948554666616942014-05-09T07:21:36.691-07:002014-05-09T07:21:36.691-07:00A great piece, Glenn. I have a file of movie quota...A great piece, Glenn. I have a file of movie quotations and I love incorporating them into poems. Quite obviously, not to this extent. So well done and visual (in that reading the quote, I can see the scene). A beauty!Walt Wojtanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723314300320671675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-86913585860372445472014-05-09T06:46:22.387-07:002014-05-09T06:46:22.387-07:00What a killer last line, Glenn.
And what an encycl...What a killer last line, Glenn.<br />And what an encyclopedia of movie quotes you are!<br />Sometimes it feels like we barely need to make up stories, the truth is far stranger than any we invent.Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-86892478051893244652014-05-09T06:40:06.465-07:002014-05-09T06:40:06.465-07:00Don't ask me why, but I just love, love, love ...Don't ask me why, but I just love, love, love the last bit of this (the part below the quotes)... The rest is also nice, but that bit... Brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-10120241728192661242014-05-08T23:43:07.824-07:002014-05-08T23:43:07.824-07:00i like how the poem begins with storytelling and e...i like how the poem begins with storytelling and ends in the same note completing a full circle..and its never ending like our life..some nice quotes i must saySumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-9546872906628396482014-05-08T23:21:25.572-07:002014-05-08T23:21:25.572-07:00So many traditions are being lost day by day.........So many traditions are being lost day by day..............Vandana Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270400982093787158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-26103729725567036682014-05-08T23:18:51.178-07:002014-05-08T23:18:51.178-07:00love the close, Glenn (as well as Glenn Close, but...love the close, Glenn (as well as Glenn Close, but that's a matter for another day). you've highlighted that seemingly intractable dichotomy between art and commerce, which of late seems to have been won by the latter, and turned it back - to the story that we all compose in order to make some semblance of sense in this f-d up world ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-60339178879698575602014-05-08T21:16:42.759-07:002014-05-08T21:16:42.759-07:00You are a superb storyteller, Glenn! Obviously, y...You are a superb storyteller, Glenn! Obviously, you take your research/writing seriously. I like the format of news (awful), quotes (worth repeating), and final conversation (entertaining).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-12860230978413749982014-05-08T16:16:32.497-07:002014-05-08T16:16:32.497-07:00Yes. Sometimes I think we know too much. Nothing l...Yes. Sometimes I think we know too much. Nothing like supposition.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-30851808171195507732014-05-08T15:08:38.401-07:002014-05-08T15:08:38.401-07:00Not a bad thing at all ~ The news these days are ...Not a bad thing at all ~ The news these days are so depressing that I turn to poets & storytellers to liven up my day ~ Good one Glenn ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-10369803276120063802014-05-08T13:44:02.237-07:002014-05-08T13:44:02.237-07:00That last line was just brilliant, Glenn. Without ...That last line was just brilliant, Glenn. Without imagination, what are we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-61671063905996349802014-05-08T13:32:59.068-07:002014-05-08T13:32:59.068-07:00A good story can change the world. And I agree wi...A good story can change the world. And I agree with Mary that I wish some things on the news were just stories...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-5936590723190536282014-05-08T13:04:46.055-07:002014-05-08T13:04:46.055-07:00So much I want to flee to fiction, and what better...So much I want to flee to fiction, and what better way to use a collage of movie-quotes.. so much content in your poetry.. really a great read.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-11193710758815296342014-05-08T12:16:48.627-07:002014-05-08T12:16:48.627-07:00A good one Glenn. Loved the lines from the films. ...A good one Glenn. Loved the lines from the films. >KBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-79089712402576273792014-05-08T12:16:36.416-07:002014-05-08T12:16:36.416-07:00Indeed facts are far worse than fiction it seems. ...Indeed facts are far worse than fiction it seems. Some stories would be deemed incredible if they were in books or movies.<br />I enjoyed the quotes you found for us to read.Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-64850251968365617272014-05-08T10:24:25.253-07:002014-05-08T10:24:25.253-07:00why so serious indeed....smiles...another movie qu...why so serious indeed....smiles...another movie quote...the joker....but our heads as poets are def full of something....smiles....story telling is an art, and its one i love to gaze on and play in...nice job on the convo but also weaving in the quotes....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-60296371770796038242014-05-08T10:11:42.756-07:002014-05-08T10:11:42.756-07:00i love storytellers and storytelling and i so can ...i love storytellers and storytelling and i so can relate to that quote<br />I’ve told theses stories so many times that I almost forgot it was<br />me who had these things happen to him.” <br />cause i so easily get lost in a story and live through it as i read as if it was my own... cool poem glenn...loved all the quotes - and i wish there were more good stories than bad stories to tell..Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-59196845818173834452014-05-08T09:52:49.288-07:002014-05-08T09:52:49.288-07:00Oh how I wish some of the stories and voices we ar...Oh how I wish some of the stories and voices we are hearing and reading in the news today were fiction. But then again I think that some are so horrific that no one could make them up. Who would ever conjure a story about kidnapping 200 girls? I enjoyed all your quotes, Glenn. Another thoroughly researched piece.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.com