The WELL: inkwell.vue.55: Jane Hirshfield

#85: brighter clouds ahead (noebie) Thu 27 Oct 11 05:36

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:36:00 PDT

just realized that i am a moron - had clearly not had enough coffee that morning - glad the misplaced post sparked the seed of poetry though [Read entire topic]

#84: Dave Waite (dwaite) Wed 26 Oct 11 20:00

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:00:00 PDT

from Gail's type to Jane's prose! Wonderful! [Read entire topic]

#83: Gail Williams (gail) Wed 26 Oct 11 12:59

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:59:00 PDT

> I used to think that it would be > dishonorable to die without having > spent a night in jail for > reasons of principle. I thus far > have not earned the status of > honorable, I am very sorry to say.

Sounds almost like the seed of a poem that would resonate with a lot of us. [Read entire topic]

#82: Jane Hirshfield (jh) Wed 26 Oct 11 11:47

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:47:00 PDT

I rather imagine that was supposed to go in the Occupy topic.

I used to think that it would be dishonorable to die without having spent a night in jail for reasons of principle. I thus far have not earned the status of honorable, I am very sorry to say. [Read entire topic]

#81: Jennifer Powell (jnfr) Mon 24 Oct 11 16:01

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:01:00 PDT

I hope Jane wasn't one of them. [Read entire topic]

#80: brighter clouds ahead (noebie) Sun 23 Oct 11 07:10

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:10:00 PDT

cross-posted from the politics conference:

130 arrested in chicago last night

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/at-least-100-arrests-as-occupy-chicago-protesters-remain-in-park-defying-order-to-leave/2011/10/23/gIQA2A8p8L_story.html

brings total arrests in chi to around 300 so far since the start of the protests [Read entire topic]

#79: Ed Ward (captward) Sun 23 Oct 11 03:20

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:20:00 PDT

There is one right now, called Come, Thief! [Read entire topic]

#78: the secret agenda of rabbits (cjp) Sun 23 Oct 11 00:02

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:02:00 PDT

Darn... I thought a new collection of poems was coming up! [Read entire topic]

#77: Jane Hirshfield (jh) Thu 13 Oct 11 10:19

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:19:00 PDT

Thanks, Gail... I have been remembering that I did an Inkwell conversation before, didn't realize how very long ago it was. (I myself won't be rereading it, though a visit with an earlier self could be interesting at some point... ) [Read entire topic]

#76: Gail Williams (gail) Thu 13 Oct 11 09:16

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:16:00 PDT

I remembered this fine older conversation from back in 1999, and sure enough it gives a lovely backdrop to today. Perhaps somebody else will enjoy re-reading it too. [Read entire topic]