tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post2927655936524649683..comments2023-11-14T13:03:49.351-08:00Comments on Miriam Levine: Tuesday Poem: Alan Dugan's "One used to . . . "Mimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-87146836406695618232010-06-04T06:16:29.867-07:002010-06-04T06:16:29.867-07:00It cheers me to hear from you all!
Tearful: Yours...It cheers me to hear from you all!<br /><br />Tearful: Yours for terse beauty . . .Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-10725629672283807262010-06-03T17:32:49.373-07:002010-06-03T17:32:49.373-07:00Mim-
I have always loved Alan Dugan's work.
...Mim-<br /><br /><br />I have always loved Alan Dugan's work.<br /><br /><br />He has some hard bark on him.<br /><br /><br />He can be the antidote to sentimentality, like a glass of ice cold water or a broken leg.<br /><br /><br />You continue to inspire me, without fail.<br /><br /><br /><br />yrs-<br /><br /><br />tearfultearful dishwasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13436954924992728636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-68305613940255954582010-06-03T02:23:29.878-07:002010-06-03T02:23:29.878-07:00What an excellent choice. Thank you.What an excellent choice. Thank you.Harvey Molloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168420609485849643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-72002672687478787782010-06-02T08:51:46.534-07:002010-06-02T08:51:46.534-07:00Of course one can't help think of the Gulf of ...Of course one can't help think of the Gulf of Mexico while reading this. Chilling and to the point. Thanks, Mim!T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-70110084573386408622010-06-02T05:38:51.724-07:002010-06-02T05:38:51.724-07:00It's a very apposite poem for our times, I wou...It's a very apposite poem for our times, I would say. Many thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-8531806336026108092010-06-02T04:37:47.126-07:002010-06-02T04:37:47.126-07:00I love the photograph! so narrow shouldered....and...I love the photograph! so narrow shouldered....and upright...<br />it's hard to watch the oil spill...we are so endlessly stupid, so bent on profit, so careless...<br />thanks..melissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-72080728060201430452010-06-01T14:39:20.405-07:002010-06-01T14:39:20.405-07:00What is to be done? I'm afraid this may be an...What is to be done? I'm afraid this may be an unending catastrophe.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-28787190817582614962010-06-01T07:52:11.782-07:002010-06-01T07:52:11.782-07:00this cuts to the chase; and i like that pic of him...this cuts to the chase; and i like that pic of him, too, Mim. good one, all around!susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-43665742312920311422010-05-31T15:21:39.698-07:002010-05-31T15:21:39.698-07:00Dear Mim - this poem is the perfect (albeit terrib...Dear Mim - this poem is the perfect (albeit terrible) synthesis for 'today' and all that is contained in and being asked of us during these times. The final lines - those spoken directly to the reader - bring me to my knees. <br />Thank you. <br />L, ClaireClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.com