tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post6478812522856333478..comments2024-01-09T05:39:44.523-08:00Comments on I Hate Poetry: The Buddah Moskowitz Archive: The Long, Brown LineBuddah Moskowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-62919247617572494562016-10-28T08:57:46.834-07:002016-10-28T08:57:46.834-07:00People have short memories when it comes to their ...People have short memories when it comes to their beginnings.rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-55032145931258735342016-10-28T05:19:41.052-07:002016-10-28T05:19:41.052-07:00I don't know Spanish, but I knew without being...I don't know Spanish, but I knew without being told what the final phrase must mean – because you wrote the poem so well, and had me identify so much (despite the whole thing being outside my experience) that it just HAD to be that.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-80123412717395973772016-10-26T16:41:29.426-07:002016-10-26T16:41:29.426-07:00A sad commentary on how second and later generatio...A sad commentary on how second and later generations look down upon those, who are struggling to provide the dream for their children and grandchildren, whether or not, they're in the U.S. or back home, in one of numerous Spanish speaking countries, in Latin and South America. we "whites" tend to forget that classism and racism knows no boundary. Thank you, for reminding me, this sad relative.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-16466562299401647282016-10-26T14:20:56.394-07:002016-10-26T14:20:56.394-07:00Yo. ADORO. Este. Poema. :)
Holy hells I can rela...Yo. ADORO. Este. Poema. :) <br /><br />Holy hells I can relate to everything in this so much.Rommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343895193475984183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-47678738443782716752016-10-26T07:37:46.558-07:002016-10-26T07:37:46.558-07:00You described this scene perfectly. Situations lik...You described this scene perfectly. Situations like this happen all the time.Justin Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540827237593614818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-91577526613569338452016-10-26T07:32:41.299-07:002016-10-26T07:32:41.299-07:00Ah, even voting Republican. I'm glad this guy ...Ah, even voting Republican. I'm glad this guy didn't remind you of your father after all.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-46413850064079684382016-10-25T23:28:59.593-07:002016-10-25T23:28:59.593-07:00I like the false sense of security in the poem, th...I like the false sense of security in the poem, that starts fairly gentle, with innocent observations. I really like the stanza:<br />'I look like I could be<br />related to them<br />through some long brown line<br />of ancestry'<br />And then a hint at something else, with the 'other kind of brown', which didn't prepare me for the blatant racism. The poem ends just as I wanted it to! Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-37292504658677473162016-10-25T16:43:50.680-07:002016-10-25T16:43:50.680-07:00Nice Buddah
Much love... Nice Buddah<br /><br />Much love... Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830061733849775594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-85540620057441881892016-10-25T12:00:59.551-07:002016-10-25T12:00:59.551-07:00Great commentary. Assumptions are not good.Great commentary. Assumptions are not good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-43380682877079837042016-10-25T10:31:06.632-07:002016-10-25T10:31:06.632-07:00I look like I could be
related to them
through som...I look like I could be<br />related to them<br />through some long brown line<br />of ancestry.<br /><br />I really like the way you reach this personal moment in the poem, and work the motif of the line itself, both literal and figurative.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-68889272224010008582016-10-25T09:40:16.691-07:002016-10-25T09:40:16.691-07:00"No Se" means "I don't know&quo..."No Se" means "I don't know" in Spanish. Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.com