tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post3456624820830083293..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Ready and waiting at the Bus Stop!The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60780099732531528882009-10-28T07:40:52.854-07:002009-10-28T07:40:52.854-07:00Hello Weaver,
An excellent and powerful poem. I t...Hello Weaver,<br /><br />An excellent and powerful poem. I think it would stand up on its own. Naturally, your own and your late husband's experience inform the poem. A "lovely" post altogether, Weaver.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-54325253585338172162009-10-28T01:53:13.728-07:002009-10-28T01:53:13.728-07:00what a poem written on hiroshima I was so young or...what a poem written on hiroshima I was so young or born after the incident I can"nt say but I heard about the fight the H2Bomb .This poem illustrat the life of a particular war man of the time .<br /> I m from India. I visit many time in Banglore the city.<br /><br />God bless you .<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Dinesh Chandra<br />9988901723Dinesh chandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258082864099940181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25993905728044474322009-10-27T17:14:13.099-07:002009-10-27T17:14:13.099-07:00Weaver, that story was so beautifully and sympathe...Weaver, that story was so beautifully and sympathetically written and the following poem just wonderful. I have no criticism, I am in awe. How clever to write fro different perspectives. I do believe quite strongly that most men have the inbuilt urge to go to war. 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus' as the book says. Brilliantly done.<br /><br />On a lighter note, as it's an unusual name, was your first husband in any way related to Roland Rivron, the comedian/presenter?BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13583858420836570792009-10-27T09:50:23.807-07:002009-10-27T09:50:23.807-07:00Thank you for all your comments. I think Loren ha...Thank you for all your comments. I think Loren has a very good point when he says one would need to read the poem in isolation before making a decision as to whether it stands on its own. I do agree. Surely the job of the poet is to present his work with the words so well=chosen that the reader can read a multiplicity of meaning into them. Perhaps it would have been better had I just presented the poem - and I must say, reading through it, that had I done that I might well have written it differently.<br />Interesting too that there is a debate amongst you all as to whether men have this inbuilt instinct to fight (as do male animals) - I agree with Rachel that maybe I should have written "some" men but as I pointed out to her - unfortunately we never seem to elect the peace-loving types into positions of responsibility.<br />It was interesting to read all your comments and the experiences of your relations/friends etc. I should add that my late husband never held a grudge, rarely referred to any of it and managed to have a full and happy life in spite of his experiences.<br />As to TFE's comment - I am all for virtual hugs - it is things like that that make the world go round!<br />Have a lovely evening.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-17648600236719421932009-10-27T02:39:03.504-07:002009-10-27T02:39:03.504-07:00Thank you for the background and for the brilliant...Thank you for the background and for the brilliant poetic response to these horrors. The multiple points of view bring home the human aspects of war, something that is easy to overlook when we read a history book or hear the news.<br /><br />My father, in Germany during the war, went through his picture albums and destroyed all photos of his time there a few years ago. He wouldn't say what prompted that, but he only talks about the funny things that happened to him and his buddies and the kindness of the German people in the countryside. I think the other is too painful for even memories.<br /><br />Beautiful take on this. This poem will stick with me.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37543640351402755012009-10-26T22:24:49.437-07:002009-10-26T22:24:49.437-07:00Well done my dear, akthough I cannot say i like it...Well done my dear, akthough I cannot say i like it, it cuts straight to the bone. War, as you may have surmised, is anathema to me slaughter abhorrent and mankind's need to inflict pain on another a mystry.Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69449642007654765672009-10-26T16:18:03.412-07:002009-10-26T16:18:03.412-07:00one of my colleagues at the college where I teach ...one of my colleagues at the college where I teach is Japanese, we were talking about Hiroshima this week strangely and he said he learned in school that the bomb was dropped to justify all the resources that had been expended in its creation, that only by actually using it would all that use be seen to be warranted by the west... which made a strange kind of sense to me sadly... your story and your poetry gave me goosebumbs, thanks as always for sharing.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08943411721370422914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2686301549209514932009-10-26T15:38:07.443-07:002009-10-26T15:38:07.443-07:00so moving.
i don't seem to have words....so moving. <br />i don't seem to have words....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7449890616073305862009-10-26T14:16:52.524-07:002009-10-26T14:16:52.524-07:00Powerful poem and story.
Like Rachel, I don't...Powerful poem and story.<br /><br />Like Rachel, I don't think all men have it. Reminds me of the studies into aggression where there is that one very unique tribe of chimpanzees that never ever fight - hmmm, but I think they are facing extinction.<br /><br />Funnily the word verification is amenonia....so is that the state of being without men??gleanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826401785165112918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67062004204429047462009-10-26T13:04:06.852-07:002009-10-26T13:04:06.852-07:00Your poem is wonderful Weaver - probably the more ...Your poem is wonderful Weaver - probably the more so because of your first husband's experiences. So much horror and suffering - I couldn't tackle the subject and chose to write around the plan B option.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-55956739128236169532009-10-26T12:10:05.113-07:002009-10-26T12:10:05.113-07:00Well Weaver that is the background to end all back...Well Weaver that is the background to end all backgrounds.It's a great poem too, beyond that, in the confines of the written word and these crass little comment boxes, it's hard to now what to say.A hug would be nice.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67858289370212647692009-10-26T11:10:00.201-07:002009-10-26T11:10:00.201-07:00A powerful story and equally powerful poemI have b...A powerful story and equally powerful poemI have been to Hiroshima and as an Aussie who was a 5 year old when the bomb was dropped and who heard the stories on Hiroshima day year after year, it too was a powerful place, one to remember what happened on both sides,Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177627504060328999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-49728765709025761702009-10-26T11:09:33.927-07:002009-10-26T11:09:33.927-07:00A powerful story and equally powerful poemI have b...A powerful story and equally powerful poemI have been to Hiroshima and as an Aussie who was a 5 year old when the bomb was dropped and who heard the stories on Hiroshima day year after year, it too was a powerful place, one to remember what happened on both sides,Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177627504060328999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28863756543191285042009-10-26T11:00:01.891-07:002009-10-26T11:00:01.891-07:00Absolutely marvellous, your poem. I cannot write t...Absolutely marvellous, your poem. I cannot write to prompts - well maybe I could if I gave myself the time, and I admire those who can. Much more skilled than my off-the-cuff poetry happenings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-50710877194178164102009-10-26T10:58:16.635-07:002009-10-26T10:58:16.635-07:00Weaver, Thank you for the moving background story....Weaver, Thank you for the moving background story. You might be interested in a novel written by a colleague of mine, Shouhua Qi, regarding Nanking, _When the Purple Mountain Burns: A Novel_ (English edition, classic and simplified Chinese editions, 2005). <br /><br />Each of your stanzas, characterizing a man and his relationship with war is poignant.Dr. Jeanne Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277286531162894465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32704339907847835072009-10-26T10:48:04.142-07:002009-10-26T10:48:04.142-07:00A lovely moving poem and a lovely moving write-up ...A lovely moving poem and a lovely moving write-up in the circumstances. Titus says something important about the bringing in of Guernica which is where in reality the whole business started; Guernica and the Treaty of Versailles combined to light the blue touch paper; the one giving confidence of prowess in the air, the other a 'reason' (as if reasons are needed).<br />ps- Weaver, rush to be Bard on the Run page and see the Martian Dust Devils before they disappear...amazing they are. Bottom picture. Looks like a tattoo.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14962788272097196092009-10-26T10:16:35.042-07:002009-10-26T10:16:35.042-07:00great background story, oiked the poem. male anima...great background story, oiked the poem. male animals? (hu)man animals surely and unfortunatelyswisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-52696611719834745292009-10-26T09:25:26.825-07:002009-10-26T09:25:26.825-07:00Your poem is so very different from the others I&#...Your poem is so very different from the others I've been reading. I very much like your perspectives, coming at this event from all sides.<br />My great uncle too was in Asia at that time, taken prisoner by the Japanese, liberated at the edge of death after the bombs were dropped. Even in 1989 he was never far away from that experience.NanUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596765792663269178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13309467676482393372009-10-26T09:18:55.210-07:002009-10-26T09:18:55.210-07:00The lessons of history are always more powerful wh...The lessons of history are always more powerful when spoken by one who was there. I was riveted to your story. And your elegant poem was the perfect coda.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-76666361820257807282009-10-26T09:08:51.107-07:002009-10-26T09:08:51.107-07:00Moving piece.
I wish I'd read it before your...Moving piece.<br /> <br />I wish I'd read it before your explanation, though, to see if it would stand on its own as well.<br /><br />At the very least, it's a example of how powerful "haibun" like poetry can be.Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152302644577926337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-63829962417246344372009-10-26T08:45:16.710-07:002009-10-26T08:45:16.710-07:00Powerful story. Powerful poetry.prPowerful story. Powerful poetry.prLeeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28017692767259695622009-10-26T08:31:34.787-07:002009-10-26T08:31:34.787-07:00I love how you incorporated the subject of blame a...I love how you incorporated the subject of blame and the men involved. Excellent piece, Weaver.<br /><br />Nothing has ever quite effected me so powerfully as my visit to the Hiroshima Memorial.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14599854690297324742009-10-26T05:07:58.900-07:002009-10-26T05:07:58.900-07:00My father never spoke openly about his war experie...My father never spoke openly about his war experience. When the introductory music to the television serial Combat crashed onto the screen, he changed channels. Like so many traumatised by war my father kept it to himself. <br /><br />We need to talk more about war and its aftermath, only then can we get to a point of questioning its existence. <br /><br />Your poem adds to such questioning. It is very beautiful and I thank you for sharing it.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-24695218468438177932009-10-26T04:25:25.837-07:002009-10-26T04:25:25.837-07:00Such a remarkable story, which together with your ...Such a remarkable story, which together with your poem is very moving to readalisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603861640418668005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8007059358861877712009-10-26T03:56:22.520-07:002009-10-26T03:56:22.520-07:00Beautiful piece of writing, Weaver.
As steven says...Beautiful piece of writing, Weaver.<br />As steven says, the multiple perspectives are a tremendous device to show the complexity of a single action which changed our world. The use of indivdual viewpoints make us feel, rather than reel with the enormity of it all.<br />And I like the contrast made, so finely, between Guernica and Hiroshima.<br /><br />And thank you for the background, Weaver, I cannot begin to imagine what your first husband saw and endured.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.com