tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post2344146337977241263..comments2024-03-16T21:58:10.545-04:00Comments on Susan's Poetry: The Elephant in the Room is WhiteSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-46006917504953075722016-11-22T18:21:41.501-05:002016-11-22T18:21:41.501-05:00Yes, indeed, we ignore elephants in the room at ou...Yes, indeed, we ignore elephants in the room at our peril, Susan... Now the fact that the elephants are white is a brilliant touch in this poem. I enjoyed this...Intellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-68360498458191183492016-11-17T13:49:46.539-05:002016-11-17T13:49:46.539-05:00Oh, that's how it is...sigh! The poem applies ...Oh, that's how it is...sigh! The poem applies to an obvious risk no one wants to discuss -- that of an elephant in a room -- is just impossible to overlook/ignore!<br />Thought provoking poem, Susan!Panchalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08832164041967778122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-1996934385092438762016-11-17T13:29:05.386-05:002016-11-17T13:29:05.386-05:00Thank you Susan. This is exactly how many are feel...Thank you Susan. This is exactly how many are feeling today. The feeding and festering of an unknown. May we all be brace to speak up and melt the colors...bkmsigned...bkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558304976280070986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-60663471051914539262016-11-17T12:51:44.890-05:002016-11-17T12:51:44.890-05:00I wonder why your poem reminds me so much of the r...I wonder why your poem reminds me so much of the recent presidential election in the U.S.? What you've written is both delightful and sobering.Magical Mystical Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-35319196585189874962016-11-17T04:27:47.016-05:002016-11-17T04:27:47.016-05:00What is so puzzling to many days is how unreadable...What is so puzzling to many days is how unreadable our world has become. (Of course, it doesn't help that we've forgotten how to read.) How could we not see the massive shift that was nowhere then everywhere at one, the invisible white elephant herd suddenly trumpeting in triumph? Mad people can't see the darkness at the center of their thoughts; white fragility is like that too, blind to the racism which drives its narrow and declining dominance. This poem was an excellent way to get a handle on that invisibility in our midst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-27532433457764477492016-11-17T01:56:32.911-05:002016-11-17T01:56:32.911-05:00wow well expressed you make what is not discussed ...wow well expressed you make what is not discussed come alive. This poem would apply easily here in NZ but not in the Netherlands as people are way too direct <br />Marjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-5042392807059681052016-11-16T23:34:18.326-05:002016-11-16T23:34:18.326-05:00Brilliant, Susan!Brilliant, Susan!purplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-57469344990682570792016-11-16T18:11:27.125-05:002016-11-16T18:11:27.125-05:00Well told bitter truth. But I believe one day...
...Well told bitter truth. But I believe one day... <br />hopefuly not too lateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-45710482428819582212016-11-16T17:55:27.334-05:002016-11-16T17:55:27.334-05:00A wonderful expansion of the 'elephant in the ...A wonderful expansion of the 'elephant in the room' idea, carried to its logical conclusion – and alas, all too common. A good warning! And I love the witty details which make thees elephants so real.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-61289060666573202482016-11-16T15:20:56.545-05:002016-11-16T15:20:56.545-05:00Ah yes, the invisible elephant that stands in our ...Ah yes, the invisible elephant that stands in our midst. Denial is easy to do when it is only an occasional whiff, that can be swiftly ignored, forgotten in center of other pleasantries. Well structured piece, and is a reminder in darkness we are finally able to see. <br /><br />Elizabeth<br />https://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/indivisible/ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-73427375996451694122016-11-16T13:59:00.853-05:002016-11-16T13:59:00.853-05:00This is so brilliant! You have put into words the ...This is so brilliant! You have put into words the decades of polite chit chat ignoring the burning issues underneath that we have lived through. The lid is off now. May the white elephants rise and look through awakened eyes. This is an important poem, my friend. Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-24163500657951554732016-11-16T11:11:09.973-05:002016-11-16T11:11:09.973-05:00Thisis a profound treatise to denial, for the best...Thisis a profound treatise to denial, for the best way of dealing with those issues we would rather not is to vanish them into the realm of invisibility, even though we are wary of the pregnant factor<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-57242073002687952702016-11-16T09:42:55.294-05:002016-11-16T09:42:55.294-05:00My goodness this is good! Especially the image &qu...My goodness this is good! Especially the image "No one pushed them away or looked under our seats to see what color corpses lay beneath" left me absolutely breathless! Beautifully executed.<br /><br /><br />Lots of love,<br />SanaaSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-62090218640894295732016-11-16T08:53:33.777-05:002016-11-16T08:53:33.777-05:00A clever timely write Susan.
It is so easy to ign...A clever timely write Susan.<br /><br />It is so easy to ignore the elephants...until they trample us to death...<br /><br />Kind regards<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-28017022145346605812016-11-16T08:42:35.124-05:002016-11-16T08:42:35.124-05:00You have artfully how insidiously and almost invis...You have artfully how insidiously and almost invisibly the white elephant grows.....until it cannot be ignored, when it is (almost) too late, when the corpses (that one had wanted to ignore) are found lying beneath the sets. Sad commentary on today.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-76300079704528813752016-11-16T07:10:02.159-05:002016-11-16T07:10:02.159-05:00Just brilliant. We live with our skinny white elep...Just brilliant. We live with our skinny white elephants, both alive and dead, in complete denial. Loved this poem. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-82764185923646083492016-11-16T06:40:17.350-05:002016-11-16T06:40:17.350-05:00that's exactly how danger lurks about & se...that's exactly how danger lurks about & settles & multiplies...ugh...so well put...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-10767274277378583592016-11-16T05:48:28.451-05:002016-11-16T05:48:28.451-05:00One thing we had learned that having good conversa...One thing we had learned that having good conversations without undue influence or hassles were pleasant and enjoyable. Let not provocations and unnecessary bickerings spoiled the evenings. Let the white elephant be! A great poem evoked lots of interpretations as in this one Susan!<br /><br />Hank<br /><br />kaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.com