tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post95124161122847798..comments2024-03-29T10:10:40.315-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: LuckyNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33282924074529954842017-05-12T08:01:05.719-05:002017-05-12T08:01:05.719-05:00Not me. Life is a brief flash between two enormous...Not me. Life is a brief flash between two enormous voids, and has to be savored for whatever it offers. I knew a girl who hung herself freshman year -- checked into the Orrington Hotel to do it, for some unknowable reason. I think of her from time to time -- I have a picture of us dancing at a party. But nothing close to "envy." However troubling, she missed a good life. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41799278603412628812017-05-11T18:34:35.211-05:002017-05-11T18:34:35.211-05:00Sometimes, you envy those who died young who will ...Sometimes, you envy those who died young who will never know the sorrows we run into as we make our way through life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5647381967035411772017-05-11T16:41:16.322-05:002017-05-11T16:41:16.322-05:00Bion has a similar line I've always admired: &...Bion has a similar line I've always admired: "Little boys throw stones at frogs in jest, though the frogs die, not in jest, but in earnest."Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80164192706319349412017-05-11T16:36:23.246-05:002017-05-11T16:36:23.246-05:00I find the opposite just as eerie. If not for a 3...I find the opposite just as eerie. If not for a 3' length of chain swinging from a passing truck in 1947 that struck and broke the arm of the passenger my future dad was driving, they never would have had the need to go to the hospital where they met and proceeded to double date the nurses that attended to them and of course dad married the one, and 10 children, 21 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren popped into existence because of that tiny split second of randomness. <br />Condolences. That is a sad happening. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901302553601749893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12375029774126216272017-05-11T15:51:40.278-05:002017-05-11T15:51:40.278-05:00Beautiful,Beautiful,Christmashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788893936653416319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80722729467128814012017-05-11T15:49:35.085-05:002017-05-11T15:49:35.085-05:00A fine poem by a Nobel Laureate. Life as a sequenc...A fine poem by a Nobel Laureate. Life as a sequence of narrow escapes in not an unusual theme in literature, but our enemy is usually given divine agency: "As flies to wanton boys are we to the Gods. They kill us for their sport." Or as, Woody Allen observed more recently, the way to make God laugh is to tell him your plans. <br /><br />On the simplicity of the statement, it was in line with her poetic manifesto.<br /><br /> "Don't bear me ill will, speech,<br /> That I borrow weighty words<br /> Then labor heavily <br /> That they may seem light."<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69032322450113168192017-05-11T14:07:43.357-05:002017-05-11T14:07:43.357-05:00One of those amazing works that are apparently so ...One of those amazing works that are apparently so simple and easy, discussing experiences well known to everyone, that it seems hard to believe that it hasn't been done before.<br /><br />john<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15055611643347460462017-05-11T12:04:45.745-05:002017-05-11T12:04:45.745-05:00wow, that's brutal. great poem though.wow, that's brutal. great poem though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081472802225475912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38895396464453351412017-05-11T11:42:18.708-05:002017-05-11T11:42:18.708-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50815286688833566162017-05-11T11:29:51.843-05:002017-05-11T11:29:51.843-05:00Wow. Thanks.Wow. Thanks.okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62183284662120077132017-05-11T11:29:47.026-05:002017-05-11T11:29:47.026-05:00Wow. Thanks.Wow. Thanks.okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43527208490921438802017-05-11T09:25:59.305-05:002017-05-11T09:25:59.305-05:00A wonderful poem; thanks for sharing.
SandyKA wonderful poem; thanks for sharing.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63017567003111307842017-05-11T06:56:56.303-05:002017-05-11T06:56:56.303-05:00thank you Neil for the poem and I'm sorry , f...thank you Neil for the poem and I'm sorry , for your son and others experiencing the effects of this persons deathFMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.com