tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post5219776484746909602..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: A Few Different Takes on PoetryBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-37694242703090193972010-01-28T19:54:04.835-05:002010-01-28T19:54:04.835-05:00AH and Barbaro, those are indeed great MPs. Thanks...AH and Barbaro, those are indeed great MPs. Thanks. I haven't watched 'em for years, so this has been a welcome trip.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-10887372074849733552010-01-22T10:04:34.438-05:002010-01-22T10:04:34.438-05:00Brenda, I've wondered the same thing, re: war ...Brenda, I've wondered the same thing, re: war among the mammals. <br /><br />Barbaro, you're not the first to ask about legitimacy of the bird. Answer: I don't know. <br /><br />Re: Haiti and others, your comment reminds me of the documentary Hearts and Minds, about Vietnam--wrenching scene of a Vietnamese mother or wife wailing over the body of her loved one, as a voice-over has Westmoreland (or some high-up) saying something like, "Those people don't have the same feelings about death that Americans do." <br /><br />One of my favorite topics for definition essays was "they." Or the slightly more sophisticated, "The Other."Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-64747886956198578962010-01-19T14:22:37.511-05:002010-01-19T14:22:37.511-05:00Always up for MP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z...Always up for MP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLDSlYsje80Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-28075180700058025582010-01-19T01:31:17.639-05:002010-01-19T01:31:17.639-05:00Evokes Charles Simic a bit, maybe b/c I was just r...Evokes Charles Simic a bit, maybe b/c I was just reading an essay of his descrying the real-life version of such pettiness in Serbia. <br /><br />I fear this is how we view Haiti--and a hundred other countries--most of the time. Except we prob. think about them less.<br /><br />Is that bird for real?!<br /><br />"Funniest Monty Python sketch ever" is an extremely high bar, but this is one of my faves, hilarious physical comedy with a subtly serious message:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7wBarbarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038516078498541056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-57659987228376903822010-01-18T16:30:28.658-05:002010-01-18T16:30:28.658-05:00This Lux poem is MAJOR depressing! I think of nati...This Lux poem is MAJOR depressing! I think of nation vs. nation... like Venezuela vs US, etc. I consider that humans are the only higher thinkers who do this. Birds don't, dogs and cats don't... just us guys!Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.com