Comments on: Africa America Jamaica http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/02/africa_america_jamaica.html "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative". Oscar Wilde. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rethabile http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/02/africa_america_jamaica.html/comment-page-1#comment-8342 Rethabile Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:42:30 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/02/africa_america_jamaica.html#comment-8342 Good question, Annie (Do all of “us three” feel this way?) I don't know. But there are two things. One is that the feeling here parted from two real people I know, and as a writer, hoped that everyone else felt that way. Two, the elephant is there, and the narrator in the poem is merely pointing it out to all, where some may say, "What elephant?" BTW, the images you use in your poem are quite powerful (eg the undying kitten). The line: "Into the towns of the nation" sings. Good question, Annie (Do all of “us three” feel this way?)

I don’t know. But there are two things. One is that the feeling here parted from two real people I know, and as a writer, hoped that everyone else felt that way.

Two, the elephant is there, and the narrator in the poem is merely pointing it out to all, where some may say, “What elephant?”

BTW, the images you use in your poem are quite powerful (eg the undying kitten). The line: “Into the towns of the nation” sings.

]]> By: Annie http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/02/africa_america_jamaica.html/comment-page-1#comment-8338 Annie Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:15:08 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/02/africa_america_jamaica.html#comment-8338 "Correlated siblinghood?" Do all of "us three" feel this way, Rethabile? This is me testing the waters in trying to decide whether I want to acknowledge the proverbial elephant which I am gradually realizing is sitting uneasily in the room. “Correlated siblinghood?” Do all of “us three” feel this way, Rethabile? This is me testing the waters in trying to decide whether I want to acknowledge the proverbial elephant which I am gradually realizing is sitting uneasily in the room.

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