Comments on: Why We Can’t Be Complacent, or What is My Responsibility as a Writer https://webbish6.com/why-we-cant-be-complacent-or-what-is-my-responsibility-as-a-writer/ Jeannine Hall Gailey's Poetry Blog Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeannine https://webbish6.com/why-we-cant-be-complacent-or-what-is-my-responsibility-as-a-writer/#comment-11394 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:05:15 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=6571#comment-11394 Thank you very much for your comments, you guys. Tough weeks.

]]> By: Ann https://webbish6.com/why-we-cant-be-complacent-or-what-is-my-responsibility-as-a-writer/#comment-11388 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:27:54 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=6571#comment-11388 Thank you, Jeannine. I am slow to process such events into writing, and often cannot produce much until long after the relevance has passed. (For example, I wrote a poem about 9/11 that took nearly three years to compose.)

But on the other hand, certain poems are always relevant. I hope.

]]> By: Yvonne Higgins Leach https://webbish6.com/why-we-cant-be-complacent-or-what-is-my-responsibility-as-a-writer/#comment-11383 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 04:54:44 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=6571#comment-11383 Amen Jeannine! I admit some days are very hard but I am NOT giving up!

]]> By: Jan Priddy https://webbish6.com/why-we-cant-be-complacent-or-what-is-my-responsibility-as-a-writer/#comment-11379 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 03:13:04 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=6571#comment-11379 Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I am deeply troubled by our nation’s love affair with weaponry and violence, our abiding faith that good will triumph. I have no answers, but I know this is not primarily a mental health issue. It is not only Americans who are sometimes sad or depressed. How we are willing to rethink our values in light of 17 dead children is revealing of our will to strive for the ideals expressed in the documents of our founders. I hope we can do that.

]]> By: Tom C. Hunley https://webbish6.com/why-we-cant-be-complacent-or-what-is-my-responsibility-as-a-writer/#comment-11378 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 23:39:51 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=6571#comment-11378 Powerful post, Jeannine. I appreciate you and your openness.

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