tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850528079740158873.post3163098016069641577..comments2024-03-22T19:06:59.701-05:00Comments on Lit Hum: Mary Ruefle on John Ashbery's Three PoemsLit Humhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15874450288224688235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850528079740158873.post-89960978187577000632012-11-23T09:19:58.294-06:002012-11-23T09:19:58.294-06:00I felt the same connection when I read 19 Varietie...I felt the same connection when I read 19 Varieties of Gazelle by Naomi Shihab Nye, though I have never been to Palestine. Her intricate connection to the daily life of people struggling in their own situations, struck a chord. It is, after all, the commonality of man that lets us understand and feel the suffering of others.<br /><br />She has a beautiful way of sketching portraits of individuals and individual situations. She takes the reader along in her reminiscences. These poems serve to draw people together at a time when media and social propaganda promote the opposite.lunchatgiverny.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597226412745770460noreply@blogger.com