tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post6685216552026082415..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: ResistanceGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-23021827347526249102015-11-10T00:35:10.530-08:002015-11-10T00:35:10.530-08:00yes. because it must. ~yes. because it must. ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-50437699025031089822015-11-06T08:29:02.779-08:002015-11-06T08:29:02.779-08:00Wonderful poetry!Wonderful poetry!Carol Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09366366047409134966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-38015699537639490992015-11-06T07:16:35.161-08:002015-11-06T07:16:35.161-08:00A first time encounter with your poetry - cannot p...A first time encounter with your poetry - cannot pick a favourite line as the whole really is more than the sum of the parts. Strong words spoken in a strong voice though I loved the pauses that peppered your narration. No pasanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-76033665449416843312015-11-06T03:02:15.114-08:002015-11-06T03:02:15.114-08:00Looks like you were quoting from the Bhagavad Gita...Looks like you were quoting from the Bhagavad Gita when you said,<br />"sometimes<br />we just need to pick a side & follow our heart<br />no matter what the final outcome"<br /><br />Krishna would have proud of you, as you helped destroy your own family.<br /><br />Just picking sides when it comes to machine guns and such, may be the human fate indeed. And we almost always pick the side we were raised on. And thus it goes on, and on, and on. With each side singing praise of their dead soldiers.Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-57527752953114935472015-11-05T19:12:09.529-08:002015-11-05T19:12:09.529-08:00Again, good to see you. In this form, enjambment ...Again, good to see you. In this form, enjambment makes sense. Choose a side....such an amazing thought in this. And it brings to mind my favorite "we few, we happy few...". Excellent work.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-91424337057352078252015-11-05T16:35:59.922-08:002015-11-05T16:35:59.922-08:00This part really spoke to me:
we just need to pic...This part really spoke to me:<br /><br />we just need to pick a side & follow our heart<br />no matter what the final outcome <br /><br />So good to read you again Glenn ~ Hope you are well ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-30698506041355038912015-11-05T15:43:50.111-08:002015-11-05T15:43:50.111-08:00I must say you've made an outstanding comeback...I must say you've made an outstanding comeback :D love the poem!!Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-16049709060111412422015-11-05T14:18:42.628-08:002015-11-05T14:18:42.628-08:00Cat of
War
And
Cat of
Peace
Feral
boys who fight ...Cat of <br />War<br />And<br />Cat of<br />Peace<br />Feral<br />boys who fight and<br />never hug.. become<br />cats of <br />threat and<br />war.. cats<br />who play<br />and snuggle<br />tight<br />become<br />cats of<br />peace<br />and love..<br />cats love<br />territory<br />and cats<br />can Love..<br />Humans<br />even more..<br />Moby will Love<br />to snuggle with<br />Yellowboy but<br />Yellowboy only<br />fights back with bites<br />and claws of brutal survival<br />as in ALL stuff humans and pets<br />Love<br />IS SIMpLE<br />F<br />iN <br />ANsWER..;)Katie Mia Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336627766755378406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-35114774484796005882015-11-05T13:49:37.411-08:002015-11-05T13:49:37.411-08:00"cats fighting outside my wi[n]dow" ... ..."cats fighting outside my wi[n]dow" ... Great typo. This makes the speaker a ghost, watching cats fight over his widow, the cats of course being men who want to take your place. ;)<br /><br />In all seriousness, this poem is excellent. I especially like these sections:<br /><br />"sparkling in the near<br />darkness like dwarf ersatz"<br /><br />"a gnawing need<br />to survive low on ammunition"<br /><br />"sometimes<br />we just need to pick a side & follow our heart"<br /><br />"subjugation & surrender have never been sign <br />posts within the vastness of my dreamscape"✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-78291337804742255322015-11-05T13:46:28.848-08:002015-11-05T13:46:28.848-08:00This flows beautifully Glenn. Your line breaks add...This flows beautifully Glenn. Your line breaks add so much to the solemn nature of the piece. Thank you so much for writing to the prompt! De Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-80532322066211005062015-11-05T13:42:46.925-08:002015-11-05T13:42:46.925-08:00you are a super story teller. Great haibun.you are a super story teller. Great haibun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-87883466252538244682015-11-05T13:05:25.324-08:002015-11-05T13:05:25.324-08:00Perhaps this is how wars start, with rag-tag resis...Perhaps this is how wars start, with rag-tag resisters taking up a cause on the streets and before you know it, full armored "real troops" show up to blast our mouths shut! What a dream...<br /><br />Love that Mark Twain quote.<br /><br /><br />I'm glad to see you back too, Glenn.Bodhirosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630769135515322096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-45934197322731945882015-11-05T12:22:37.896-08:002015-11-05T12:22:37.896-08:00Yes, welcome back, Glenn! You WERE missed. This ...Yes, welcome back, Glenn! You WERE missed. This is really strong writing, Glenn. Yes, sometime we just need to pick a side and follow our heart..... Sometime this is the only way! But, on another note, I am glad I don't dream about war......Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-5113448851010245822015-11-05T11:47:43.846-08:002015-11-05T11:47:43.846-08:00First of all, you create a very true to life pictu...First of all, you create a very true to life picture of the situation.<br />Loved this line: "subjugation & surrender have never been sign posts within the vastness of my dreamscape".<br />It's good to read your written word again.<br />-HAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-43404402939432109242015-11-05T11:18:48.108-08:002015-11-05T11:18:48.108-08:00So nice to have you back Glenn.. I find your drean...So nice to have you back Glenn.. I find your dreanscape rag-tag band to be something that would be very close to how we sometimes feel in our day-to-day struggle to find a path among the shining helmets of the windmilled men surrounding us... great take with sentences rolling across lines like rutted tracks across a soggy battlefield.<br />brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com