| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 10/26/06 at 06:14 PM Your poem made me relive a time in my past Rusty. I
went to a naval school in Gulfport. Great tale and
so true.....Charlie |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 10/26/06 at 11:48 PM You've put another excellent anecdote in poetry form for the history of the ol' South. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 10/27/06 at 04:26 PM You really captured the Greyhound bus trip to a "tee". I did not grow up in the south, so the story of the signs always makes my blood run cold, even now. Thanks for the reminder. |
| Posted by David R Spellman on 10/29/06 at 02:11 PM What an excellent trip you have re-created for us here filled with wonderful observations and characters. Quite the message also... a sad part of our history and, yes, also sad that the ignorance still lingers. |
| Posted by Mara Meade on 10/29/06 at 11:22 PM This can only deserve a hearty AMEN... for the descriptions, layers and lesson...
...and the Greyhound Bus trails of yesteryear. It's on my favourites. |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 10/30/06 at 06:20 PM I went to UNC- I gave up my seat to a very pregnant blck girl and all h*ll broke loose. I was told not to do this again...that "they know their place" Wonderfully written- great read! |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 11/04/06 at 07:50 PM In East Texas there's a museum featuring (can you believe it?) these signs. There's an old water fountain featured that specified for "whites only" in the [daze]
You are impeccable with capturing feelings, thoughts, scents... (Tears all in my lap now.) Fave. Hugs, R*cat. |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 07/01/08 at 04:09 PM wow! this caught me off guard.
i think it's broken into two halves. i love the feeling i get when the woman is talking to the speaker - i had no idea he was 11 or that it was 1961. i think you should go with that revelation. maybe split the poem into two? i don't know. i just was so blown away, and i see how the second half is important, too. but i feel like it takes away from the 'aHA!' moment..
great poem, either way. |
