tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post7669805812017647199..comments2024-03-29T03:00:15.690-04:00Comments on Susan's Poetry: Surfing with DangerSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-73446180132381268852020-06-15T03:34:18.711-04:002020-06-15T03:34:18.711-04:00I love the way you’ve expanded on the old adage ‘w...I love the way you’ve expanded on the old adage ‘we’re all in the same boat’, Susan. I like the line ‘I can open my mind, even if I rarely open my door’, and the image of the raft.Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-2664705225358147012020-06-14T07:25:54.661-04:002020-06-14T07:25:54.661-04:00The mass of the moment -- its volume, violent edge...The mass of the moment -- its volume, violent edges, despair -- can't help but echo hard and loud through the safer rooms some of us are privileged and bound to live in. There are so many oppressions, and though they aren't equal, they are all real. That's the raft we share I think, and the common element is, as you say empathy, that ability to "huddle together gratefully," refusing to hoard "the opportunity to survive." Hard to write anything these weeks, and yours rings the justice bell clearly. Well done - BrendanBrendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588692544585271526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-58655781800195973442020-06-13T13:14:20.758-04:002020-06-13T13:14:20.758-04:00I love that helping others aboard is the way to st...I love that helping others aboard is the way to stabilize the tipping raft.............and LOVE the third stanza - in times of threat or turmoil, we set aside everything except being human together, and reach out for each other. I hope this will continue as we face covid, climate crisis and healing the racial divide. Wonderful poem, Susan. Like you, my words seemed to dry up, under the weight of all we are living through.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-91484044978367979692020-06-13T12:37:47.288-04:002020-06-13T12:37:47.288-04:00A beautiful write, Susan.A beautiful write, Susan.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456333369930820298.post-3033963618005952952020-06-13T12:02:21.016-04:002020-06-13T12:02:21.016-04:00We not only need to acknowledge our privilege, we ...We not only need to acknowledge our privilege, we need to be willing to share it. Well said. Kerfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679460865016032660noreply@blogger.com