Comments on: war is obsolete. http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2009/08/12/war-is-obsolete/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=war-is-obsolete Publishing Creative and Contemporary Writing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Halifax http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2009/08/12/war-is-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 Halifax Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:11:08 +0000 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/?p=4272#comment-1656 I stopped smoking for Jesus a long time ago...now I just kind of smolder. I stopped smoking for Jesus a long time ago…now I just kind of smolder.

]]> By: Quasimofo http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2009/08/12/war-is-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-1654 Quasimofo Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:47:45 +0000 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/?p=4272#comment-1654 Yeah, he's doing 'bounce-back' poetry as comment, like poetic tennis-words read, reflected and translated into your own making like light thru kalaidoscopes twisting assortments into new seeds...creation begot by creation, the ultimate compliment as evidence of inspiration. Though sometimes i'm inclined to believe he may be on crack cocaine. lol. Well, yeah, there is so much in life that comes natural to us but that is not, arguably, natural for us to deal with in living the life God wanted us to live, or the universe if you believe that way. ...And war is one of those unnatural things many would agree. There's 'what should be' and 'what is', in other words. Are we truly the better for our sufferings or are we done-in by them? What does not kill us can make us stronger (Nietzsche) if we have the right psychology/mindset to deal with it...but war is truly too much for most... ...'unable to register their depth, we recycle our final layers into future dreams.' hmm. perceptive. nice goin' Samoan. Yeah, he’s doing ‘bounce-back’ poetry as comment, like poetic tennis-words read, reflected and translated into your own making like light thru kalaidoscopes twisting assortments into new seeds…creation begot by creation, the ultimate compliment as evidence of inspiration. Though sometimes i’m inclined to believe he may be on crack cocaine. lol.

Well, yeah, there is so much in life that comes natural to us but that is not, arguably, natural for us to deal with in living the life God wanted us to live, or the universe if you believe that way. …And war is one of those unnatural things many would agree.
There’s ‘what should be’ and ‘what is’, in other words. Are we truly the better for our sufferings or are we done-in by them? What does not kill us can make us stronger (Nietzsche) if we have the right psychology/mindset to deal with it…but war is truly too much for most… …’unable to register their depth, we recycle our final layers into future dreams.’ hmm. perceptive. nice goin’ Samoan.

]]> By: joecloyd http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2009/08/12/war-is-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-1651 joecloyd Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:40:20 +0000 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/?p=4272#comment-1651 PS: Halifax's critique has potential for a pretty decent poem. PS: Halifax’s critique has potential for a pretty decent poem.

]]> By: joecloyd http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2009/08/12/war-is-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-1650 joecloyd Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:39:06 +0000 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/?p=4272#comment-1650 I'm still trying to figure out the connection of the title with the poem itself. As far as trying to figure out the poem itself, forget it. Nothing grabbed me the first time I read it, so why should I bother reading it a second time? I'd have to say this piece was pretty boring. I’m still trying to figure out the connection of the title with the poem itself. As far as trying to figure out the poem itself, forget it. Nothing grabbed me the first time I read it, so why should I bother reading it a second time? I’d have to say this piece was pretty boring.

]]> By: fogman http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2009/08/12/war-is-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-1645 fogman Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:16:54 +0000 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/?p=4272#comment-1645 This whole poem is packed pretty tightly with tropes and altered phrases. I like the way it plays on 'paper tigers' in the sixth stanza. Stuff like "background's trees bellow ghostly tongues" kind of overdoes it though. This whole poem is packed pretty tightly with tropes and altered phrases. I like the way it plays on ‘paper tigers’ in the sixth stanza. Stuff like “background’s trees bellow ghostly tongues” kind of overdoes it though.

]]> By: Halifax http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2009/08/12/war-is-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Halifax Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:01:49 +0000 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/?p=4272#comment-1643 Death to you bureaucratic certainty! The enacting of assumptions decided by the dead and disinterested is no way to whittle down to refreshing vibrant accidents. The ticking of the clock resounds to match your heart beat only when you are young. Once you get older than that beat, your pulse just falls in line. No one can endure dripping water torture for ever. Eventually everyone joins the flood. I liked this poem immensely. Death to you bureaucratic certainty! The enacting of assumptions decided by the dead and disinterested is no way to whittle down to refreshing vibrant accidents. The ticking of the clock resounds to match your heart beat only when you are young. Once you get older than that beat, your pulse just falls in line. No one can endure dripping water torture for ever. Eventually everyone joins the flood.

I liked this poem immensely.

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