tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post113392718702778879..comments2024-01-09T05:39:44.523-08:00Comments on I Hate Poetry: The Buddah Moskowitz Archive: Another Day LaborerBuddah Moskowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-441765248915009432013-02-15T10:24:34.687-08:002013-02-15T10:24:34.687-08:00oh, Mosk, i loved this, from beginning to end. but...oh, Mosk, i loved this, from beginning to end. but didn't you get the memo? poets never quite fit in. :) (it's overrated anyway.) <br />joannahttp://the-tenth-muse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-34067067078384271092013-02-15T10:14:18.105-08:002013-02-15T10:14:18.105-08:00Thanks. I know some will have rachmones (that'...Thanks. I know some will have rachmones (that's Yiddish for empathy) and its that marginalization that made me get two sociology degrees. I knew you'd understand. Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-3045056572677769212013-02-14T11:31:00.704-08:002013-02-14T11:31:00.704-08:00we are all misplaced day labored.
when i saw the ...we are all misplaced day labored.<br /><br />when i saw the word "fitting" in at the end, it made me think of being filed in also...once we fit it, it's like we are filed away<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://zongrik.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/initiated-kiss//" rel="nofollow">Initiated Kiss</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-68773030129154608082013-02-13T22:15:42.666-08:002013-02-13T22:15:42.666-08:00Hey bruddah,
It's so interesting... the pink ...Hey bruddah,<br /><br />It's so interesting... the pink flesh tones, the feeling society has placed upon you that you "don't belong." It's something women come across all the time in education and in business: The old White Boy secret handshake. I had to learn, being an Anglo in a mostly Black music scene, that what mattered was inside, and how I expressed myself. First glance, they didn't think much of me. But when I opened my mouth and shared my music, THEN... Loved this, amazing who will relate to it, each in their own way! Your sistah, Ameleh<br />http://sharplittlepencil.com/2013/02/12/lion-hearted-man-rip-marques-bovre/Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546103899091072370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-39889789127958398902013-02-13T07:42:52.139-08:002013-02-13T07:42:52.139-08:00Thanks Lucy. I appreciate your kind words.Thanks Lucy. I appreciate your kind words.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-54932554907994553022013-02-13T07:42:09.959-08:002013-02-13T07:42:09.959-08:00Thanks so much.Thanks so much.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-86773080133466323582013-02-13T07:41:59.321-08:002013-02-13T07:41:59.321-08:00Double Bubble thanks!Double Bubble thanks!Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-42449928297987509352013-02-13T07:41:35.702-08:002013-02-13T07:41:35.702-08:00Thanks for your validating words!Thanks for your validating words!Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-12083093780367964822013-02-13T07:41:12.243-08:002013-02-13T07:41:12.243-08:00Thanks, rarely is anything "perfect" in ...Thanks, rarely is anything "perfect" in my world.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-77524022494028742452013-02-13T07:40:42.941-08:002013-02-13T07:40:42.941-08:00Thanks, I agree, and sometimes its not about meani...Thanks, I agree, and sometimes its not about meaning as uch as its about amusement. But, it's mostly meaning. :)Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-703828028520477772013-02-13T07:39:54.445-08:002013-02-13T07:39:54.445-08:00Thanks Deb! Your acceptance means a lot.Thanks Deb! Your acceptance means a lot.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-64434792446736164492013-02-13T07:39:32.059-08:002013-02-13T07:39:32.059-08:00Thanks! The not fitting in helps us see things oth...Thanks! The not fitting in helps us see things others glance over.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-40165314696835163842013-02-13T07:39:05.051-08:002013-02-13T07:39:05.051-08:00Thanks, Alex. I strive for honest and sincere and...Thanks, Alex. I strive for honest and sincere and entertaining enough to keep the reader to the end.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-32057017840435616172013-02-13T07:38:23.782-08:002013-02-13T07:38:23.782-08:00Yes, I'm almost fifty and I still timid around...Yes, I'm almost fifty and I still timid around the grown-ups. Thank you, Other Mary.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-91026248347296466062013-02-13T07:37:43.033-08:002013-02-13T07:37:43.033-08:00I agree, I'm probably too self-conscious about...I agree, I'm probably too self-conscious about the differences and blind to the similarities. Thanks!Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-41011663656283734012013-02-13T07:36:56.360-08:002013-02-13T07:36:56.360-08:00Yes, writing is a safe haven for me. Poetry is an...Yes, writing is a safe haven for me. Poetry is another place where I feel I don't fit in. Thanks :)Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-34885973721887758082013-02-13T07:35:16.271-08:002013-02-13T07:35:16.271-08:00I agree when fitting is a choice, but when it'...I agree when fitting is a choice, but when it's imposed from without, it's a drag. Thanks, me neither.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-51383403449090912752013-02-13T07:34:09.514-08:002013-02-13T07:34:09.514-08:00Thanks, bro, this is a documentary.Thanks, bro, this is a documentary.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-47908234509602387192013-02-13T07:08:15.875-08:002013-02-13T07:08:15.875-08:00the education system is designed to be a system of...the education system is designed to be a system of attrition, it is supposed to make people feel they might not fit. it would be nice if it were designed from different foundations. perhaps for students you are someone with more empathy =). great images of both worlds.lucychilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519163424062626658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-86863809943101289642013-02-13T03:40:46.965-08:002013-02-13T03:40:46.965-08:00Ah. Very nice. K. Ah. Very nice. K. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-42362140667342771332013-02-13T01:07:49.043-08:002013-02-13T01:07:49.043-08:00I don't think my comment took...so here it is ...I don't think my comment took...so here it is again...different mebbe. Guess we all wonder at times if we fit in. Frankly, I don't give a damn anymore. You certainly fit in here, poet....but keep being different...it's what makes you...you...Sensitive, well done piece here, Mosk! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-25501597059445474052013-02-13T01:05:31.213-08:002013-02-13T01:05:31.213-08:00You certainly fit in..well and comfy between the l...You certainly fit in..well and comfy between the lines. I guess we all have those moments of wanting to belong and even not wanting to belong. A very sensitive piece here, Mosk...keep wondering, you...it makes you...you. Keep "not fitting in."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-2473924187963225402013-02-12T20:33:37.946-08:002013-02-12T20:33:37.946-08:00an honest and insightful piece. the ending quite ...an honest and insightful piece. the ending quite perfect.RMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054771419356465116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-9392847065381313742013-02-12T20:18:02.566-08:002013-02-12T20:18:02.566-08:00How the world sees us is so different from how we ...How the world sees us is so different from how we see ourselves. Thank goodness for being able to escape into our writing, where we are not judged by title or position, or any preconceived notions by those who would presume to know us. We escape from the world when we write, peeling back the layers and finding ourselves in the process.Ginny Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298060016652737538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-90189286924755580452013-02-12T19:37:24.244-08:002013-02-12T19:37:24.244-08:00Loved this .. .and how you finally fit in. :) Tha...Loved this .. .and how you finally fit in. :) Thank you for doing what you do, being who you are!<br />-debAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com