tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post8091276044928686470..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : "If you're poor, you ain't got no government."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-23783322865604812112009-08-29T17:35:01.274-07:002009-08-29T17:35:01.274-07:00Still playing with the colors. If anyone can't...Still playing with the colors. If anyone can't read the "Post Comment" link, let me know....?Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-59140304621598780722009-08-29T14:03:00.959-07:002009-08-29T14:03:00.959-07:00There - I've adjusted the colors and now the &...There - I've adjusted the colors and now the "Post Comment" should show. Hmmm - yellow, blue, black. I have to get used to it!Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-11190093189861169552009-08-29T10:24:29.319-07:002009-08-29T10:24:29.319-07:00I'll try to fix that "post a comment"...I'll try to fix that "post a comment" link color - thanks for the heads-up.Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-29227192148382339172009-08-29T08:47:13.019-07:002009-08-29T08:47:13.019-07:00You're right about our failing. I know a numbe...You're right about our failing. I know a number of people who traveled to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast to provide help and support, and did a tremendous amount to help, but it was as much in response to the lack of organized support that came following the storm. Your poem is incredibly moving, as is the story and poem about Emmett Till.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-51971709478157047602009-08-29T07:46:57.313-07:002009-08-29T07:46:57.313-07:00Julie,
Thanks for reminding us of this terrible t...Julie,<br /><br />Thanks for reminding us of this terrible time in our history. I think what happened in New Orleans was emblematic of what's been going on in our country in the recent past--prop up the rich and forget about the poor and unfortunate...and the middle class <br /><br />Maybe we haven't come as far as we would like to think. I think we've been seeing a lot of racism bubbling to the surface since Obama became president.<br /><br />Excellent poem!Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-43068475497841638692009-08-29T06:20:24.274-07:002009-08-29T06:20:24.274-07:00Julie, your "post a comment" link at the...Julie, your "post a comment" link at the bottom of your post is really hard to see. On my screen it is as black as the background. If I didn't know it was there in blogger I wouldn't know how to comment. Maybe it is just my browser but you might check it...<br /><br />Your poem is haunting and powerful. Thank you for reminding us of that horror and marking the anniversary. The whole gov. response to NOLA's (and all of our) tragedy is unbelievable still. Poetry expresses that so well.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-71476092058891699312009-08-29T04:27:12.219-07:002009-08-29T04:27:12.219-07:00What a powerful and brutally honest poem (so "...What a powerful and brutally honest poem (so "rank and fetid" our homeland empire...)<br /><br />Haunting, indeed.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-30796294601796521222009-08-28T21:02:52.945-07:002009-08-28T21:02:52.945-07:00Thank you, Pat. And anyone who is reading this sho...Thank you, Pat. And anyone who is reading this should know that Pat's poem about Hurricane Katrina was published in SURVIVING THE STORM, edited by April Whately Bedford and Judith Kieff, published by the Association for Childhood Education.Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-37213405804694976262009-08-28T03:50:14.935-07:002009-08-28T03:50:14.935-07:00A lambent elegy, Julie, that ought to go in a corn...A lambent elegy, Julie, that ought to go in a cornerstone somewhere in New Orleans so that no one will forget.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845206473171251419noreply@blogger.com