tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post331702807576846192..comments2024-03-29T01:13:33.074-04:00Comments on Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference: With Stomachs RumblingTabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-7978533626513370032014-10-12T18:51:18.975-04:002014-10-12T18:51:18.975-04:00I never know what inspiring story/poem I'll fi...I never know what inspiring story/poem I'll find when I visit your blog, Tabatha. I'm never disappointed. Thank you for expanding my view of the world. =)Bridget Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185985167366724404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-81823931529590380102014-10-12T08:51:13.788-04:002014-10-12T08:51:13.788-04:00What Heidi said. Times 10.What Heidi said. Times 10.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-57800181054816128562014-10-11T08:42:24.653-04:002014-10-11T08:42:24.653-04:00Tabatha, you broaden my horizons every single time...Tabatha, you broaden my horizons every single time. Thanks.Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-36199925668037438792014-10-10T20:08:32.795-04:002014-10-10T20:08:32.795-04:00I was thinking how much he says with a few well-ch...I was thinking how much he says with a few well-chosen metaphors. One appreciates the power and subtlety of poetry when it's used in political comment like this. No wonder poets get arrested in repressive regimes.Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-41908738498446344022014-10-10T17:05:05.626-04:002014-10-10T17:05:05.626-04:00Powerful stuff... both the poem and the history be...Powerful stuff... both the poem and the history being made today. I am concerned about how it will all end, though.Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-48650731371054025102014-10-10T15:54:54.232-04:002014-10-10T15:54:54.232-04:00"eaten their fill of history, wolfed down leg..."eaten their fill of history, wolfed down legends --<br />and still the banquet goes on, leaving<br />an unfilled void in an ever-changing structure.<br />Constantly we become food for our own consumption. "<br /><br />wow. thanks for sharing this.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-5327810259850437832014-10-10T12:27:42.414-04:002014-10-10T12:27:42.414-04:00I wish I were more historically savvy in order to ...I wish I were more historically savvy in order to grasp more fully the context of Leung's words. The metaphor of feasting and banquet is powerful ("we swallow our loved ones"). This is the second poem shared today with "tintinnabulation" in it. Maybe the translator was a Poe fan. :)jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-63949707409826907132014-10-10T10:16:06.360-04:002014-10-10T10:16:06.360-04:00"new injunctions set in bronze" says so ..."new injunctions set in bronze" says so much. Thanks for sharing this. <br />Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-67407232164791077362014-10-10T09:08:57.970-04:002014-10-10T09:08:57.970-04:00Here's the rest, Linda. Sorry it was so hard t...Here's the rest, Linda. Sorry it was so hard to find on the site! <br /><br />Creation’s aspirations are trussed,<br />caught tight by the luminous bronze.<br />In his campaign against the Chu, the southern state,<br />as the Emperor approached the wilderness beyond the Central Plain,<br />ten thousand bawled for the rustics beyond the pale,<br />to make their low bow of homage;<br />Stone and metal engraved; vessels fashioned; tintinnabulations of history.<br /><br />The proclamations sit heavy on the stomach,<br />destroy the appetite; the table is altogether overdone.<br />May I abstain from the rich banquet menu,<br />eat my simple fare, my gruel, my wild vegetables,<br />cook them, share them with you? Is there a chance<br />your pomp and circumstance could ever change,<br />evolve slowly into a new motif, some new arabesque of beauty?<br />Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91636461349673530.post-36450727827303439542014-10-10T09:02:22.813-04:002014-10-10T09:02:22.813-04:00I couldn't find the proper translation of the ...I couldn't find the proper translation of the rest, Tabatha, & Google translate was a garbled mess. But the part you shared is interesting to connect the poem to the protests & the arrest. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.com