tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post1388297473515012680..comments2023-10-14T09:31:41.455-04:00Comments on Metanoetic Poetics: Crime and TransgressionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-65851130433701197992012-04-23T08:03:12.309-04:002012-04-23T08:03:12.309-04:00Perhaps grapefruit juice? That invisible writing w...Perhaps grapefruit juice? That invisible writing we must use heat to view.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-36909876659143917882012-04-23T08:00:07.671-04:002012-04-23T08:00:07.671-04:00Thank you for the prompt, K. I was interested in t...Thank you for the prompt, K. I was interested in the notion of obligation as it responds to a command purporting to be an infinite demand.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-46648384429616669162012-04-23T07:58:24.113-04:002012-04-23T07:58:24.113-04:00C, I haven't seen the movie but will check it ...C, I haven't seen the movie but will check it out. You comment about moral development is interesting; I'd been studying Kierkegaard's theory of religious development before I wrote this. I'm also familiar with Habermas's use of social psychology in his theory of communicative action.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-21605994792185224272012-04-23T07:03:33.634-04:002012-04-23T07:03:33.634-04:00Charles,
Interesting, you drifted into the dark s...Charles,<br /><br />Interesting, you drifted into the dark side of the brain perhaps, your crow lead you there to examine something deeper.. there are good angels and fallen angels...in the grand scheme of things we all need to be washed clean from some of the impurities of life.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-65415207869185522972012-04-23T03:49:06.555-04:002012-04-23T03:49:06.555-04:00The analogy between state approval and naming prop...The analogy between state approval and naming properly the state of the heart are contrasted finely here, revealing that our greater sins may actually be of omission and not commission, failures of heart rather than of the art of getting by. And while it's mercy, not judgment, that is the greater good in the body politic, confession is a "black muse" without forgiveness. Fine write,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-67183286929614711322012-04-23T01:09:11.307-04:002012-04-23T01:09:11.307-04:00Great poem Charles, when I read great poetry like ...Great poem Charles, when I read great poetry like yours, I feel like anything I have ever written is shallow and hollow by comparision.Paul dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921671426156501151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-53855067384673102672012-04-22T21:43:08.096-04:002012-04-22T21:43:08.096-04:00This is very thought-provoking. We leap to judgmen...This is very thought-provoking. We leap to judgment about people without any real knowledge, and so often are proven wrong (and shallow and prejudiced and intolerant and... well, you know. ). But the up-side? The angel is ready to absolve, right?PattiKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894925987580502697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-82215919101848483902012-04-22T21:28:15.487-04:002012-04-22T21:28:15.487-04:00I so love the honesty in this, Chaz, I found mysel...I so love the honesty in this, Chaz, I found myself in the same situation the other day, as far as observing others and allowing my thoughts to decide something that I didn't even know to be true but then a veil was lifted and I began to see everyone as equal and this realization comes and goes and lately has been sticking where it should. <br /><br />A beautiful poem, Chaz, truly.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-85308169876422376312012-04-22T19:30:33.239-04:002012-04-22T19:30:33.239-04:00It is humbling to have my mistaken judgment of oth...It is humbling to have my mistaken judgment of others laid bare as intolerance...there was a man that I had to be around on a regular basis...couldnt stand how he behaved, then one day I heard about his childhood and I was shamed!<br /><br />WanderWanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12384347526625976847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-77793857068647434742012-04-22T19:21:02.503-04:002012-04-22T19:21:02.503-04:00This is another great one Charles. Riveting.This is another great one Charles. Riveting.S.M. Abeleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199006566274137635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-76615267399236343672012-04-22T17:19:05.100-04:002012-04-22T17:19:05.100-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.sjbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15403307776360319288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-62804435893996911342012-04-22T16:46:19.606-04:002012-04-22T16:46:19.606-04:00The light shines only where darkness is transforme...The light shines only where darkness is transformedJohn (@bookdreamer)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11576434749272275190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-17333256748799099712012-04-22T14:20:37.648-04:002012-04-22T14:20:37.648-04:00There's a sadness to this, but also some joy ...There's a sadness to this, but also some joy in its forgiving tone. Or at least that what I read into it. We are all transgressors and once we KNOW ourselves and each other, we can understand, hopefully not judge and even forgive. What a great write.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-73742671051175748622012-04-22T12:32:55.343-04:002012-04-22T12:32:55.343-04:00Our real transgressions are seldom found at the DM...Our real transgressions are seldom found at the DMV, indeed, but bleed out of us and stain our own souls and all around us with that grape juice-like permanence of a crying purple sin. Your examples are extremely original and effective--and personally unsparing. Sometimes the worst crime is not forgiving the criminal, or so the crow was telling me the other day.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-35893775390855736682012-04-22T10:40:56.778-04:002012-04-22T10:40:56.778-04:00awesome ... so many things to enjoy love n learn i...awesome ... so many things to enjoy love n learn in your poems.Celestial Dreamzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11665499902779022498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-49406372725355907192012-04-22T10:04:28.191-04:002012-04-22T10:04:28.191-04:00this is fabulous, so many facets pulling us round ...this is fabulous, so many facets pulling us round and round, little glimpses of sadness and beauty in each one.mrs mediocrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021079985184737831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-33968367428799489542012-04-22T07:10:24.114-04:002012-04-22T07:10:24.114-04:00I think this highlights how we have an obligation ...I think this highlights how we have an obligation to understand. I find that sometimes I can be quick to dismiss- to pre- judge- only then to feel like the fool when I properly understand the background, the story. Maybe this poem just speaks about our obligation to be human, to treat people as humans and not as a process- as ever, I love your words, you got grit and honesty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-4507512696199321192012-04-22T05:48:22.064-04:002012-04-22T05:48:22.064-04:00Thank you for making me think. Sometimes I shut m...Thank you for making me think. Sometimes I shut my mind to woes and distress, which is a mistake. It is better to empathise, without judging, as you have done.vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-13834565588102918542012-04-22T04:17:36.307-04:002012-04-22T04:17:36.307-04:00the angel
that redeems disgust
and graces those ...the angel <br />that redeems disgust <br />and graces those who others <br />would corrupt with hate. <br /><br />A poem of great power. These lines seemed to me to call for special mention in a post which was in every aspect special.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-227448210372106712012-04-22T02:20:53.115-04:002012-04-22T02:20:53.115-04:00"stunned
silent by the angel
that redeems dis..."stunned<br />silent by the angel<br />that redeems disgust"<br />that was my favourite part. really enjoyed this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-69221690412835521112012-04-22T00:57:32.965-04:002012-04-22T00:57:32.965-04:00I really dig this one. Grace and mercy exist for e...I really dig this one. Grace and mercy exist for everyone, even those who we don't feel deserve it. (But who does, really.) I shared this on my Facebook page. I hope that's cool.Justin Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540827237593614818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-88779636620314579162012-04-22T00:51:33.903-04:002012-04-22T00:51:33.903-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Justin Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540827237593614818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-89754705137903357152012-04-21T22:25:07.039-04:002012-04-21T22:25:07.039-04:00I specially like the second stanza...and this line...I specially like the second stanza...and this line is terrific:<br /><br />Regret is an algorithm ones and zeroes despise.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-62155710068107563292012-04-21T21:21:53.008-04:002012-04-21T21:21:53.008-04:00Oh a poem after my heart. Darker the better. lov...Oh a poem after my heart. Darker the better. love the ominousness here. Crow at the end is a great close. In fact, we used to call the people at the DMV old crows, so found it funny in that respect how you opened about the license, just one of those crossing paths indiscriminately things. The ones and zeroes, such a good line, just there, was not expecting it and it got me…loved it. Great Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885047796180529498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-32023322795134602552012-04-21T19:29:09.012-04:002012-04-21T19:29:09.012-04:00so are you like Edgar Alan Poe, a crow is your mus...so are you like Edgar Alan Poe, a crow is your muse? wait, his was a Raven...nevermind ;)<br /><br />you gonna start writing like Poe?<br /><br /><a href="http://zongrik.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/duty-to-challenge/" rel="nofollow">duty to challenge</a>zongrikhttp://zongrik.comnoreply@blogger.com