| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 02/20/12 at 08:53 PM I love this Jim. It takes me back to my early 20's when I actually read Marx and Engles. And what you say is true. |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 02/21/12 at 12:07 AM Striking commentary under a very engaging love of that language. Great work, as always. |
| Posted by Paganini Jones on 02/21/12 at 12:03 PM Yes - one of your best I think. I need time to absorb it |
| Posted by Paganini Jones on 02/21/12 at 12:03 PM Yes - one of your best I think. I need time to absorb it |
| Posted by Linda Fuller on 02/21/12 at 05:38 PM Added to favorites for further contemplation. (I shudder when I think, followed by popping sounds and the smell of smoke... |
| Posted by Linda Fuller on 02/21/12 at 05:39 PM ) |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/22/12 at 04:02 PM Many, many fine lines in this musing about our language, its uses and mis. "A shared tongue
in the gutter of meaning." - this one stands out for me. Thanks, Jim.
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| Posted by Nadia Gilbert Kent on 02/27/12 at 07:38 AM "Nice job." --a linguist |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 03/02/12 at 11:11 AM The actual use of guns / as a metaphor / in this context...
I am bleeding--period[s] |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 04/13/12 at 09:12 PM Jim. Wow. Thank you for this. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/28/12 at 02:52 PM Good to see this as POTD! Congrats! |
| Posted by Linda Fuller on 04/28/12 at 05:09 PM what Kristina said |
| Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 04/28/12 at 05:49 PM CONGRATULATIOS on POTD! I missed this the first time, so I am extremely glad it made potd. I really love this and it's going in my Fav's. ~hugs |
| Posted by James Zealy on 05/01/12 at 02:16 AM A masterful dissertation on the hypocrisy of form over content. Loved it Jim |
