tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3933982574370506108.post8680039067222936459..comments2024-03-28T04:54:20.979-05:00Comments on Poetry & Popular Culture: Guest Posting: A Review of Elizabeth Alexander's "Praise Song"Mike Chasarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00272500491569722314noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3933982574370506108.post-83661319945925009202009-01-25T21:35:00.000-06:002009-01-25T21:35:00.000-06:00I too was disappointed...there was no central poin...I too was disappointed...there was no central point...maybe that was the point..<BR/>but it didn't work for the occasion.<BR/>I think it had wonderful pieces to it, but needs to cohere.<BR/>I hate saying this. I wish Obama would have picked someone else.<BR/><BR/>I don't hate saying that I am glad to find your blog. I was raised In Iowa and attended the University in the 60s, and have such fond memories...SusanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854951434047457981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3933982574370506108.post-89217034277287009542009-01-21T12:49:00.000-06:002009-01-21T12:49:00.000-06:00Here here. It would've been nice to see a nonpoet...Here here. It would've been nice to see a nonpoet or a parapoet address the audience; someone like Toni Morrison or Christopher Hitchens.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325453101034074956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3933982574370506108.post-6639527431187755122009-01-21T10:16:00.000-06:002009-01-21T10:16:00.000-06:00I'm with you in wishing she had "said it plain," a...I'm with you in wishing she had "said it plain," and in fact I don't like that line from her poem because it calls attention to how much she is <I>not</I> saying it plain.<BR/><BR/>As a single consumer weighing in, I do own Angelou's inaugural poem chapbook; I don't expect to purchase Alexander's.<BR/><BR/>I love the work you're doing with the Press-Citizen, and I'm very pleased I found this blog entry pointing to Marvin Bell's superior poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com