Comments for My Words of Wisdom

Comment on Gilgamesh, the Iliad by redhead4eva292

redhead4eva292 — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:05:43 +0000

thanks for the correction, it was a thoughtless error by me as a high school student!

Comment on Gilgamesh, the Iliad by potatoboat

potatoboat — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:56:52 +0000

I know this is an old post and everything but I ran across it, and THESE ARE NOT NOVELS D: They are epic poems. never, ever, ever novels.

Comment on Frank Bidart by mr english

mr english — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:20:58 +0000

don’t forget to keep poet and speaker separate.

yes, very disturbing.
and what about the dark spaces inside anyone…everyone. maybe not so dark as this, but metaphorically, occassionally, close. ?? isn’t close pretty bad?
who do you see in the mirror: the one you want to be, the one others see, or the one you are?
and what of our neighbors–brethren–do we ignore, ostracize, eliminate; or do we recognize, acknowledge, realize we must act…?

somehow we’ve come to a place where we need to confront this poem. bidart is putting it in front of us in an emotional, visceral way that forces our hand. hard as that might be.

Comment on James Tate by hwood295

hwood295 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:16:14 +0000

with us having 98% DNA the same of an ape, it makes me wonder if tate wrote it like WE were the apes

Comment on Frank O’Hara by hwood295

hwood295 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:01:02 +0000

i think that idea of when to let go of your child and let them experience things for themselves differs from parent to parent and child to child. it really depends on the personal experiences that are had

Comment on Lorna Dee Cervantes by redhead4eva292

redhead4eva292 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:17:31 +0000

it really does– such beautiful wording!

Comment on Lorna Dee Cervantes by Scot

Scot — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:42:13 +0000

this is a very good poem, I like the line breaks, but the end really make it.

Comment on Sylvia Plath by nystrombh

nystrombh — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:35:33 +0000

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Comment on Sylvia Plath by mr english

mr english — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:25:19 +0000

of course, a mirror is only a re-presentation of a thing. and to know that thing, through that one-dimensional representation in the mirror, requires yet another re-presentation: language. can you ever know yourself? how do you know you know yourself? isn’t it always a struggle–tension between desire and perception?
or you could create yourself from all the representational tools.

Comment on Sylvia Plath by paulie11

paulie11 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:56:10 +0000

Sylvia Plath was an amazing poet for the short time she was alive. What a shame that she did not go on to full life of well accredited writing! This poem, in particular, shows one of her great talents: the ability to suck a reader in to an alien point of view. Thanks for posting this! Paulie11 from inside the Snakepit