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Great read good content and concept the blind man's blues.
posted by
Mystereo
on January 9, 2009 at 10:07 PM
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excellent expression
well written
posted by
mejustme
on September 20, 2008 at 7:31 PM
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Fantastic poem! Sad but telling. Like Nautikos I found it disturbing but at the same time very musical, with rhythm and meaning it tells a story and freezes a moment in time... Very well done and I loved the shapes of the words into ... an ashes urn? Outstanding work.
posted by
Sinome
on September 20, 2008 at 3:28 PM
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I can see your heart here.
posted by
EX_TURPI
on September 20, 2008 at 3:26 PM
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Smittenheimer
A powerfully disturbing poem...with a kind of haunting rhythm that seems as telling as the words themselves...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 20, 2008 at 7:15 AM
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it's always hard to understand what you're not living.
but i guess it was good for him you were there then.
posted by
pelagus
on September 19, 2008 at 2:59 AM
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A singer in our band at the dance club is a young blind man...
and that's only his evening job...his day-time job is Economist at the IMF... go figure...never under-estimate the physically / mentally challenged...strike a conversation and u'll be amazed...welcome back my friend, and thank u for the nice comments :)! - Ash
posted by
ash_pradhan
on September 18, 2008 at 5:21 PM
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Thanks for your replies, they are precious. The blind guy I wrote about was a true enigma and maybe even more troubled than other blind folks. It is such a coincidence but at Walmart today I recognized a blind guy that I had met at a computer training place about three years ago. My heart wanted to say something but I thought too much about it and eventually went about my business, letting him and his guide person do theirs as well. Take care
posted by
Smittenheimer
on September 18, 2008 at 3:15 PM
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What a great poem!
Well written indeed
posted by
lionreign
on September 18, 2008 at 5:42 AM
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What beautiful thoughts and words! I've taught blind teenagers, and it's so difficult for us to imagine what they must feel at times.
posted by
Nita09
on September 18, 2008 at 4:11 AM
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I really liked the way you wrote about this encounter.
posted by
Brickhouse
on September 17, 2008 at 6:23 PM
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I wokked for a blind man for some time. He had awesome capacity for voices and memory. Still I think a lot is missed. We just can't fathom the blind mans blues.Right on.
posted by
merkie
on September 17, 2008 at 5:38 PM
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