tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post5220112230793626468..comments2023-12-30T18:56:13.073-05:00Comments on Land Mammal: Saw Wai newsAnne Haineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038705452206752521noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-66321784400246556362008-03-11T04:08:00.000-04:002008-03-11T04:08:00.000-04:00I know this is an old post, but I have been search...I know this is an old post, but I have been searching for updates. There is not magic wand but there are things you can do. Censorship spreads from country to country and what happens elsewhere creeps in- in the name of "protection". As you know.ren powell https://www.blogger.com/profile/15593358547415514500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-61848822301414940242008-02-02T17:30:00.000-05:002008-02-02T17:30:00.000-05:00Thanks to Bush and Co anyone can be detained prett...Thanks to Bush and Co anyone can be detained <A HREF="http://mondoglobo.ning.com/group/questionauthority/forum/topic/show?id=1509099%3ATopic%3A2937" REL="nofollow">pretty much on a whim now</A>.<BR/><BR/>Too bad only a couple Presidential candidates are alarmed by this rending of the law (and one already dropped out).<BR/><BR/>This makes me so mad. Stupidheads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-34539710651210609692008-02-02T04:12:00.000-05:002008-02-02T04:12:00.000-05:00All the more reason to exercise our rights of free...All the more reason to exercise our rights of free speech, even though it's not always that simple or free, to be active witnesses to whatever we see as inadequate or inacceptable.<BR/><BR/>Here or there. Anywhere.<BR/><BR/>So long as we remember to praise the things worth praising along the way.<BR/><BR/>Amen.Relief Maphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16139373440918450525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-69944240970730091062008-02-01T23:56:00.000-05:002008-02-01T23:56:00.000-05:00I try to think of poetry as a tool for change even...I try to think of poetry as a tool for change even when it doesn't refer directly to the present political situation. Cultural change can lead political change.<BR/><BR/>Of course it's not enough, but that's why I keep going-- until it is enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-48913075490025265212008-02-01T16:06:00.000-05:002008-02-01T16:06:00.000-05:00oops, I edited that wrong: maybe what we SHOULD do...oops, I edited that wrong: <BR/>maybe what we SHOULD do more of in our poetryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-581132180564010782008-02-01T16:05:00.000-05:002008-02-01T16:05:00.000-05:00I wish I had that wand, too.When I hear stories li...I wish I had that wand, too.<BR/><BR/>When I hear stories like this, it makes me wonder about the whole (stupid) 'Should poetry be political?' debate in the Americana po-biz. I was reading some more of Dorianne Laux and Kim Addonizio's "The Poet's Companion" last night, and they have a great chapter on "Witnessing." For some reason, I never considered that word to describe what we sometimes do as poets, and maybe what we do more of in our poetry. <BR/><BR/>Burma, can we have a witness?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com