tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post3739570958842640812..comments2024-03-01T00:32:17.498-05:00Comments on Read Write Believe: Poetry Friday: Carrion ComfortSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-76608467574395572562008-03-23T10:59:00.000-04:002008-03-23T10:59:00.000-04:00wow! i'd forgotten how much hopkins kicks my butt...wow! i'd forgotten how much hopkins kicks my butt! the things he does with words and rhythm should be illegal...and yet they're exactly perfect. i needed this powerful poem. thank you. <BR/><BR/>and thanks for the heads-up on mary karr. i haven't gotten through either of her memoirs, though i have them (wrong timing, perhaps) -- maybe i'll start with her poetry instead.concretegodmotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715507653195339418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-54418407143493834672008-03-22T12:37:00.000-04:002008-03-22T12:37:00.000-04:00I'll have to check out Mary Karr-- it's interestin...I'll have to check out Mary Karr-- it's interesting to read about other adult converts to Catholicism, with all of the layers of issues that implies. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday, I found out that a friend's wife and a long-time family friend both have cancer. "No Easter joy without walking through the depths of Good Friday" hits home particularly this year. Thank you for this poem and post.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-26550435811425500722008-03-22T08:57:00.000-04:002008-03-22T08:57:00.000-04:00Yes, don't the struggles of life beautifully paral...Yes, don't the struggles of life beautifully parallel the struggle for the perfect balance in poetry.Donna Jones Koppelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857811448882017818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-49480219913548927652008-03-22T01:12:00.000-04:002008-03-22T01:12:00.000-04:00That's beautiful.That's <I>beautiful</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-24424694125366736302008-03-21T22:47:00.000-04:002008-03-21T22:47:00.000-04:00Dang, Sara. I feel like I've just been physically ...Dang, Sara. I feel like I've just been physically beaten by that poem. Fierce stuff.<BR/><BR/>Lemme go read that again... and again...eishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309571088586091875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-39960119488346747512008-03-21T14:19:00.000-04:002008-03-21T14:19:00.000-04:00Oh, wow! What an incredible whirlwind, barrage, to...Oh, wow! What an incredible whirlwind, barrage, torrent of words. Very powerful!Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-46605835430183553642008-03-21T12:02:00.000-04:002008-03-21T12:02:00.000-04:00Hopkins is always best read aloud. Thanks for the...Hopkins is always best read aloud. Thanks for the reminder!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-54775769470218584732008-03-21T10:49:00.000-04:002008-03-21T10:49:00.000-04:00Powerful. I don't understand it but a sob well up ...Powerful. I don't understand it but a sob well up in my throat.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-16602987011192085952008-03-21T08:36:00.000-04:002008-03-21T08:36:00.000-04:00Hopkins is master of agony and turmoil. Such a pow...Hopkins is master of agony and turmoil. Such a powerful poem, very appropriate for today.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-23134418567901672662008-03-21T08:07:00.000-04:002008-03-21T08:07:00.000-04:00This has always been one of my Holy week reads. I ...This has always been one of my Holy week reads. I am always so low by this day, but you're right in that it just makes the joy of Easter that much sweeter. <BR/><BR/>I was thinking Hopkins today as well, though I was looking for a pick me up on this somber day.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-23140125559096499922008-03-21T07:30:00.000-04:002008-03-21T07:30:00.000-04:00WHEW.And I need to read that. And re-read that. Al...<I>WHEW</I>.<BR/>And I need to read that. And re-read that. Aloud. It brings to mind Jacob, wrestling... and me wrestling with the rhyme. But the experience brings a certain convoluted beauty, as his work always does. :)tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com