I don't have a friend who feels at ease

[pameladean]

Two links:

This is "110 Stories," John M. Ford's poem. I do not read it when I am feeling fragile, but others do.

http://nielsenhayden.com/110.html


And this says what I feel, only much better and with much better linkage.

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011632.html#011632


I'm thinking of many of you.

Pamela

Comments

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

I am like you on "110 Stories".
*hugs your way*

[inlaterdays.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Mike Ford's poem

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

That poem is simply amazing. I have felt for years that Ford was the best poet/lyricist in Minnesota fan history (and maybe we can drop the word "fan.") This poem confirms it. And yes, a lot of us are feeling that all together. *hugs*

Nate

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

That is a beautiful poem.

[lutin.livejournal.com]

I liked the NH link for the Chile reminder and the SFGate article which accompanied it. Somebody else posted a link today to an article about an ex-Taiwan president being sentenced to life in jail. I'm not holding my breath, but one can hope.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Your post title calls up a lyric by a little known feminist singer/songwriter named Judy Fjell:

Yes, we're the ones who slipped and fell.
The storybook lives not ours to tell.
And I don't know a soul for whom all things are well.

[mplsvala.livejournal.com]

The link was quite a surprise for me. I had somehow managed to know of Pinochet's reign without grasping that we put him there. Good grief. What do we do about this? It certainly is a reminder that we are all sinners. No exceptionalism for us here.

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

Any commentary about how Chile's economy is better off that starts its graph with 1973 is transparently bogus. U.S. economic aid was one fifteenth of what it had been; military aid was fifteen times more . . .

[willshetterly.livejournal.com]

The US is still at it, but now the money goes through the National Endowment for Democracy or one of its offshoots. It's clear that the golpistas in Honduras expected business as usual, and it's not clear that they won't get it...Obama seems to be on the right side, but he's moving awfully slowly.

[pameladean]

Oh, that's fascinating.

I was quoting Paul Simon's "American Tune." This sounds like a song with a similar emotional feel, even if it's about different circumstances.

P.

Re: Mike Ford's poem

[pameladean]

Sorry to be so late replying, but I really wanted to say that I do think Mike was the best poet in Minnesota history, but I think you tie with him for lyrics.

P.

[pameladean]

Sorry about the late response. I think you would like much of his poetry. He hasn't got a poetry collection in print -- well, or out of it; that is, none has ever been published -- or I would send you one.

P.