tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post4117986899285074802..comments2023-11-05T07:53:12.708-05:00Comments on Poets United: POEM OF THE WEEK ~ BY ANNA GRAMME :o]Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-41192376250714166112018-07-05T05:26:29.691-04:002018-07-05T05:26:29.691-04:00Thank you for your kind comments everyone, and tha...Thank you for your kind comments everyone, and thanks again Sherry for featuring.<br />Kind regards<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-74772425325087482712018-07-04T14:03:04.343-04:002018-07-04T14:03:04.343-04:00Anna, thank you for voicing the horrors we see and...Anna, thank you for voicing the horrors we see and feel daily, but cannot find the proper words. This is an important, powerful, and truthful poem. My heart felt felt torn like the idea of "confetti" you mention. Outstanding.purplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-30118424716700584152018-07-04T05:19:37.423-04:002018-07-04T05:19:37.423-04:00You speak in the voice of so many of us who watch ...You speak in the voice of so many of us who watch the news, who read the news, and are horrified. Thank you for that voice Anna<br /><br />Much💞loveGillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-28277440532338807362018-07-03T14:46:14.400-04:002018-07-03T14:46:14.400-04:00Anna is such an amazing writer, and she has writte...Anna is such an amazing writer, and she has written a beautiful and sad story. Thank you so much for featuring Anna in your post, Sherry!!annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-62951143735077642312018-07-03T14:10:55.625-04:002018-07-03T14:10:55.625-04:00This piece-so needed--so that we remember empathy-...This piece-so needed--so that we remember empathy--Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-19251987090803628432018-07-03T11:56:41.421-04:002018-07-03T11:56:41.421-04:00Anna, this is an exceptional, EXCEPTIONAL poem. I...Anna, this is an exceptional, EXCEPTIONAL poem. I am glad you told her story. I think you should DO something with this poem. Perhaps send it to Human Rights Watch and tell them how much it impacted you. There are so many individual stories out there. So many sad stories. You are right...we hear these stories, cry for a time over them, then filter them out as we move to another sad story. So so many. We have to continue to find ways to keep hope. It isn't easy. But even harder for her. I am just awed by this poem, Anna. <br /><br />Thanks, Sherry, for this wonderful and thoughtful feature.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-62149437291797292992018-07-03T10:44:52.149-04:002018-07-03T10:44:52.149-04:00I love that, Rosemary. Yes, "necessary poems&...I love that, Rosemary. Yes, "necessary poems". We must keep writing them, much as i wish we lived in a world where we didnt have to.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-64469748892144209652018-07-03T09:04:16.359-04:002018-07-03T09:04:16.359-04:00Truth is powerful, and this very truthful poem is ...Truth is powerful, and this very truthful poem is also very powerful – never more so than in that confronting last line. Thank you to Anna for writing this, and to Sherry for featuring it. It's one of the most necessary poems I ever read.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-23453744830508364472018-07-03T08:46:38.868-04:002018-07-03T08:46:38.868-04:00"confetti of war"
"little pretty th..."confetti of war"<br />"little pretty things"<br /><br />Thank you, thank you, thank you.<br /><br /> <br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-69056427845473284352018-07-03T06:52:00.932-04:002018-07-03T06:52:00.932-04:00Sherry thank you for sharing this amazing work...A...Sherry thank you for sharing this amazing work...Anna your poem not only tells the truth of what is going on in these wars, but puts voice to the pain and keeps it alive so we cannot forget since forgetting is what allows hatred and war to continue. I will not forget this image...thank you Anna.Donna@LivingFromHappinesshttp://www.livingfromhappiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-44465021076164895252018-07-03T05:39:02.878-04:002018-07-03T05:39:02.878-04:00A great voice and interviewA great voice and interviewJae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-43191405741400576682018-07-03T01:26:10.106-04:002018-07-03T01:26:10.106-04:00The graphic details here will not let any reader f...The graphic details here will not let any reader forget the horror story that's being written in Afghanistan every moment. Only two days ago in a huge explosion 19 of the minority people were killed.<br />Thank you Anna for such powerful words woven into a fine poem. Thank you Sherry for the feature.<br />Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-12732378044321407422018-07-02T23:25:49.459-04:002018-07-02T23:25:49.459-04:00It is important to tell these stories, and spread ...It is important to tell these stories, and spread awareness - and to say we care. So many places in the world where atrocities are going on............I wonder, too, how the people ripping babies out of their mothers' arms down at the border these days in the U.S. go home to their children at night.............Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-48608338162053814462018-07-02T21:48:33.040-04:002018-07-02T21:48:33.040-04:00I remember this poem, Anna... we so need poems tha...I remember this poem, Anna... we so need poems that chronicle the horrors of war... wars for which no one seems to be held accountable. How do perpetrators sleep at night while mothers count body parts? Felt just as raw and helpless reading the poem again.. thanks Sherry for featuring this.Thotpurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729170517164200003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-85388836926338088012018-07-02T21:28:49.298-04:002018-07-02T21:28:49.298-04:00I wish you had this choice
They don't, given ...I wish you had this choice<br /><br />They don't, given the injustice and horror they had been subjected to months and years running without any hope of a peaceful solution. Very powerful take, Anna!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-42347337938989852632018-07-02T20:33:38.364-04:002018-07-02T20:33:38.364-04:00A stunning and impactful piece, powerfully rendere...A stunning and impactful piece, powerfully rendered. This IS poetry, at its finest, Anna. And - as you mention - Sherry: an important poem. Once again - I found the backstory so compelling. Thank you, Sherry, for shining a light on how great poetry comes to 'be'. Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-27067784997504701972018-07-02T18:38:23.508-04:002018-07-02T18:38:23.508-04:00Anna, thank you for writing it, and for sharing it...Anna, thank you for writing it, and for sharing it with us. I think Human Rights Watch would appreciate knowing that you care.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-26681426095636255022018-07-02T15:57:17.363-04:002018-07-02T15:57:17.363-04:00Thank you again Sherry for featuring my words - I ...Thank you again Sherry for featuring my words - I am truly honoured.<br /><br />I haven't yet sent my words to HRW and am pondering as to whether to do so or not. I think I might.<br /><br />Kind regards<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-34447940108862715552018-07-02T14:40:24.647-04:002018-07-02T14:40:24.647-04:00I so remember this poem... and I'm so glad tha...I so remember this poem... and I'm so glad that I was given the opportunity to read it again... so devastating and terrible. But just like the first time i read it the way we do forget it and get on with our lives is the true luxury.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com