Oh, Mary, how glad I am that you are here and that your writing exists! Yes, yes, yes! Poetry matters, the truth matters and an open dialogue is essential. You are an inspiration!
Thank you for your writing and sharing Judge Lutti's testimony in the hearing before the Jan. 6th Committee. I was propelled back in time to hearing through my TV. He verbalized such wisdom and decades of the practice of law, a moral compass that I formed his every word. I had wish I had been in the road to hear him in person.
The poem at the end was amazing. Poetry has always meant a great deal to me. It is music to my soul. Again thank you.
Oh, Helen, Just seeing this and apologies for late reply! I also was propelled back in time to a moral compass that is non-partisan. And the poem--couldnt help but quote it. xx
Thank you for this post. Amidst those who seek to destroy and dominate, there are still those on both sides who know we need to meet, greet each other with a neighbor's and friend's love and respect and get down to the business of taking care of those who need it. It's a very large boat we sail on, these United States. Or as I've heard the Iroquois call it, this Turtle Island.
Your mind is proof that not all is lost; there’s some sanity left in our country ! Thank you for getting us through these times, through your poetry and your presence.
So utterly apt; as much or more so than a year ago. This is a stirring piece, with your words and those of Heaney and Judge Luttig. We need belief. We need hope that there can be a "tidal wave of justice." May it be so.
that poem was amazing, as was this whole post thank you for writing it.
My fav lines:
Believe in miracles
and cures and healing wells.
Call the miracle self-healing:
The utter self-revealing
double-take of feeling.
What i struggle with is the thick shawl of cynicism I've got over me these days. I watched the hearings and freaked out at all the testimony but I truly dont know if anything will get done about it, and sort of have to assume that it won't so as to not get my hopes up. Idk. How do you stay positive and hopeful about it ??
I, too, Alex, am seriously disturbed by the polls and believe we may very well lose our Democracy to Autocracy big time. Not a single seated Republican in the Senate has spoken out against "the big lie" -- and the ads I've seen that encourage violence and the Republicans running who outrightly state they will not accept the results of their election if they lose discourage me even more. My optimism is gone! But I voted here in LA and have given as much money as I can to Mark Kelly, to Beto O'Rourke and to others fighting the good fight. You also will never lose your place in line and good luck with the show tonight. xo Mary
I like this very much. I like that it starts with self-healing, aligning with the internal belief that miracles and cures can be located, accessed and integrated. You are right that facts speak volumes however, there has been a concerted effort to discredit facts as fake. Those who don't care about democracy, because they never studied it, never identified with it, never knew personally what the opposite of democracy could do to them, their loved ones, and their lives are at the mercy of potent sound bites that attract their simplistic attentions. We never thought we would return to a time where this country could go so far backwards in such short a time. Thank you for posting this and being that wise, honest voice contributing to the conversation about our choices of today!
I so agree with what you say about the discrediting of facts--and I wonder if we've ever seen anything like this since McCarthy when folks were being blackballed and discredited in the arts. Your comment here is so generous. My heart to yours. I love what you're doing and have meant to comment, particularly on the piece about your mother and yourself. I'd like to offer you a one-month paid subscription to my newsletter: I truly see a book in what you're doing. If you write me at mltabor@me.com, I'll do that, Jounalisa.
Well said Mary. That opinion piece by Luttig was great.
And my thanks for reading my essay, Pamela. Judge Luttig personifies courage.
He certainly does.
Wonderful.
Thank you so. We need more like Luttig to take Trump on -- or we are lost ...
Oh, Mary, how glad I am that you are here and that your writing exists! Yes, yes, yes! Poetry matters, the truth matters and an open dialogue is essential. You are an inspiration!
Ah Imola, my thanks--and now Judge Luttig is speaking out again about Trump's violation of the rule of law.
Great post of course and I love seeing Artist Mary!
Oh, lovely, Elizabeth.
Mounting frustration that major voices are silent - including the former presidents. Unconscionable.
Mounting frustration that leaders aren't showing to up to marshal... how many millions of us?
Mounting evidence that we need to do it ourselves.
So agree, Linda!
Thank you for your writing and sharing Judge Lutti's testimony in the hearing before the Jan. 6th Committee. I was propelled back in time to hearing through my TV. He verbalized such wisdom and decades of the practice of law, a moral compass that I formed his every word. I had wish I had been in the road to hear him in person.
The poem at the end was amazing. Poetry has always meant a great deal to me. It is music to my soul. Again thank you.
Oh, Helen, Just seeing this and apologies for late reply! I also was propelled back in time to a moral compass that is non-partisan. And the poem--couldnt help but quote it. xx
There's never a bad time to quote Heaney, but this seemed like a particularly good moment to do so, as you have so tellingly done here, Mary.
I also love your watercolour image of the flag!
Oh, you are so kind. I voted for Harris. Hoping here that we save our democracy!
Love your water color flag 🇺🇸
Thank you, John. I was one of the first ones I ever did! You made my day!
Thank you for this post. Amidst those who seek to destroy and dominate, there are still those on both sides who know we need to meet, greet each other with a neighbor's and friend's love and respect and get down to the business of taking care of those who need it. It's a very large boat we sail on, these United States. Or as I've heard the Iroquois call it, this Turtle Island.
Yep!
Your mind is proof that not all is lost; there’s some sanity left in our country ! Thank you for getting us through these times, through your poetry and your presence.
💞
gotta love the Irish especially Yeats: "Cast a Cold Eye...." 😉
you have a big heart
Ah, "Under Ben Bulben" !
apparently he believed "fate" to be those moments when the divine and human interact..
hmmm i guess i'll take that
🫠
Let's hope the ballot box does what it should.
Writers like you are what got me through the last 8 years and what will keep getting me through! Thank you for sharing truth and hope.
You are a blessing.
So utterly apt; as much or more so than a year ago. This is a stirring piece, with your words and those of Heaney and Judge Luttig. We need belief. We need hope that there can be a "tidal wave of justice." May it be so.
Such a lovely comment. Thank you, Del.
that poem was amazing, as was this whole post thank you for writing it.
My fav lines:
Believe in miracles
and cures and healing wells.
Call the miracle self-healing:
The utter self-revealing
double-take of feeling.
What i struggle with is the thick shawl of cynicism I've got over me these days. I watched the hearings and freaked out at all the testimony but I truly dont know if anything will get done about it, and sort of have to assume that it won't so as to not get my hopes up. Idk. How do you stay positive and hopeful about it ??
I, too, Alex, am seriously disturbed by the polls and believe we may very well lose our Democracy to Autocracy big time. Not a single seated Republican in the Senate has spoken out against "the big lie" -- and the ads I've seen that encourage violence and the Republicans running who outrightly state they will not accept the results of their election if they lose discourage me even more. My optimism is gone! But I voted here in LA and have given as much money as I can to Mark Kelly, to Beto O'Rourke and to others fighting the good fight. You also will never lose your place in line and good luck with the show tonight. xo Mary
thank you mary !! ♥
I like this very much. I like that it starts with self-healing, aligning with the internal belief that miracles and cures can be located, accessed and integrated. You are right that facts speak volumes however, there has been a concerted effort to discredit facts as fake. Those who don't care about democracy, because they never studied it, never identified with it, never knew personally what the opposite of democracy could do to them, their loved ones, and their lives are at the mercy of potent sound bites that attract their simplistic attentions. We never thought we would return to a time where this country could go so far backwards in such short a time. Thank you for posting this and being that wise, honest voice contributing to the conversation about our choices of today!
I so agree with what you say about the discrediting of facts--and I wonder if we've ever seen anything like this since McCarthy when folks were being blackballed and discredited in the arts. Your comment here is so generous. My heart to yours. I love what you're doing and have meant to comment, particularly on the piece about your mother and yourself. I'd like to offer you a one-month paid subscription to my newsletter: I truly see a book in what you're doing. If you write me at mltabor@me.com, I'll do that, Jounalisa.
Very appropriate for the day and the times. Hopefully duty and honor win over lies, power, and greed.
I'm losing hope and wrote this to give myself some hope. But, geez, it's taking so long when the facts speak volumes.