tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238816.post3484414429130663235..comments2024-02-24T11:28:02.310+00:00Comments on Poetry in Progress: Marion McCreadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238816.post-84482884741696491402008-11-28T13:03:00.000+00:002008-11-28T13:03:00.000+00:00Do you ever find one of your poems being used as a...Do you ever find one of your poems being used as a prayer by someone else? This has happened to me - very moving. <BR/><BR/>Having just read your revised version, I think it too beautiful to worry about retaining it. If flowers spring out of evil, there is a kind of redemption there, I think.Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238816.post-49117201951084543642008-11-20T14:35:00.000+00:002008-11-20T14:35:00.000+00:00"I was struck by how many flowers died that week" ..."I was struck by how many flowers died that week" - jim, you really crack me up!Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238816.post-84036038055653109732008-11-20T14:22:00.000+00:002008-11-20T14:22:00.000+00:00I rarely write about current events. I did write o...I rarely write about current events. I did write one about the funeral of Diana, not a very good one, but I was struck by how many flowers died that week as if somehow that made things better.<BR/><BR/>As for remembering poems, even before my memory went up the Swanee I couldn't do it. I'm quite jealous.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238816.post-63047710960413813512008-11-19T22:34:00.000+00:002008-11-19T22:34:00.000+00:00much more than I thought it would. the duffy poem ...much more than I thought it would. the duffy poem was a scandal wasn't it! <BR/>I did once write a poem about a female suicide bomber which I tried to read when I was invited to read some poems on local radio but the guy cut me off on the second sentence and shoved on a song - said he was afraid he'd lose his radio licence if he allowed me to read such a controversial poem!Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238816.post-3370426607643522912008-11-19T16:44:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:44:00.000+00:00that's a toughie. writing about stuff like that ca...that's a toughie. writing about stuff like that can mess with your head! plus, once you're done, what do you do with it? we live in a country where carol ann duffy doing a poem with a knife in it is dodgy! lolswisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.com