tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post9069481212990540468..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: What enduresGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-23953816647219301642011-09-11T23:58:03.002-05:002011-09-11T23:58:03.002-05:00Love the "jihad of technology" and the &...Love the "jihad of technology" and the "speck of the Word" that "endures". Nicely written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-40032408756054031932011-09-11T15:58:44.939-05:002011-09-11T15:58:44.939-05:00"Theology of death resonates...as well as spe..."Theology of death resonates...as well as speck of the Word..." A concise poetic truth, Glynn.Ann Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501522748426995035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-48779733107840085162011-09-11T15:28:28.390-05:002011-09-11T15:28:28.390-05:00Glynn this such a perfect piece and so well writte...Glynn this such a perfect piece and so well written. You have really captured this time and done such a wonderful tribute to all. I am so happy that I came here to read this thank you for sharing<br />http://gatelesspassage.com/2011/09/11/the-sorrow-of-our-times/Ann LeFlorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09421100825301270608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-62847990782667753032011-09-11T14:55:20.997-05:002011-09-11T14:55:20.997-05:00'with a speck of the Word' enduring... mad...'with a speck of the Word' enduring... made me think of John 1:5<br />the light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it.<br /> <br />choking in a rain<br />without water...<br />overwhelming imageryPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00991524097486901864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-795411756858742332011-09-11T13:34:07.265-05:002011-09-11T13:34:07.265-05:00Glynn x xGlynn x xlibithinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804271915695515140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-53559876616931127722011-09-11T13:32:23.207-05:002011-09-11T13:32:23.207-05:00'choking in a rain without water' ~ so pow...'choking in a rain without water' ~ so powerful ~ choked ~ and yes endures ~ still seems so unreal ~ great write Glyn ~ glad you put pen to thoughts ~ Liblibithinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804271915695515140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-8320073873561791832011-09-11T13:10:49.712-05:002011-09-11T13:10:49.712-05:00That second stanza stands on its own.
One of the ...That second stanza stands on its own.<br /><br />One of the most moving sights at Trinity is the ribbons tied to the iron fences. When I was last there, it was raining and the ribbons were thick and multi-colored and heart-felt testament to sorrows.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-8298759941222928802011-09-11T12:38:56.279-05:002011-09-11T12:38:56.279-05:00Oh, Glynn, this is a powerful and well done piece ...Oh, Glynn, this is a powerful and well done piece on such a difficult topic. i wrote and re-wrote and really struggled to give the proper due to the enormity of such a tragic event. this is perfect, and i enjoyed hearing you read as well. thank you :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547380098561803645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-80788702971210244582011-09-11T11:33:27.629-05:002011-09-11T11:33:27.629-05:00You prove that what is the most difficult to write...You prove that what is the most difficult to write often has the most to say. The truth of your perception, that this evil came from the twisted reinterpretation by one sick man of a Word, shows both the power of words and ideas misused, and in your close, the power of the spirit to tackle the results and do its best to find balance. Fine write on a most challenging theme.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-30420494190344508322011-09-11T09:39:25.691-05:002011-09-11T09:39:25.691-05:00We wonder how and why, yet bask in the miraculous ...We wonder how and why, yet bask in the miraculous discoveries of small unscarred bits. Wonderful poetry.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-14897398907437270142011-09-11T08:47:20.664-05:002011-09-11T08:47:20.664-05:00"A little speck
of the Word,
engulfed in dust..."A little speck<br />of the Word,<br />engulfed in dust,<br />buried in debris,<br />choking in a rain<br />without water,<br />endures."<br /><br />i'd like to quote the whole poem back to you - but that would be silly. it's very fine, and brought me to tears with its delicate yet powerful expression of the darkness of that day, yet the hope that remains...Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221703763145912238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-19657579963336411122011-09-11T08:19:32.299-05:002011-09-11T08:19:32.299-05:00One of your key words is "endure"... May...One of your key words is "endure"... May whose who still hurt endure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-80030515122454164422011-09-11T07:52:52.925-05:002011-09-11T07:52:52.925-05:00You captured the violence and hope of that day... ...You captured the violence and hope of that day... the speck of the Word...how it endures ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-346576714382650222011-09-11T07:35:32.525-05:002011-09-11T07:35:32.525-05:00I still don't get it. I listened to a report o...I still don't get it. I listened to a report on the radio this morning telling me that politics creates terrorists, the race for power, I must say that any acts of mindless violence like this are not the results of politics, but a sick bitter and twisted few. Thansk for sharing this GlynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-41158315343175197682011-09-11T07:13:53.593-05:002011-09-11T07:13:53.593-05:00yes - that is what endures..fine write glynnyes - that is what endures..fine write glynnClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-54806590547489780522011-09-11T04:05:29.289-05:002011-09-11T04:05:29.289-05:00Great work, Glynn. The juxtaposed image of the per...Great work, Glynn. The juxtaposed image of the perfect September blue with so much shattered Word blizzarding Trinity Cathedral is haunting. My dad lived down near the Towers in the mid-70s and I stayed with him one summer between semesters of college. We went to services at Trinity several Sundays and it was a magnificent relic of old Manhattan (Alexander Hamilton is buried there, after losing his famous duel), God's world set next to modern Mammon's. (I recall the music master of the time was a young longhair, who had set the mass to a sort of Emerson Lake +Palmer riff, complete with lights strobing throughout the dark hallows of the cathedral.) Your final lines gave an ironic ring to Lowell's line from "Quaker Graveyard," "The Lord survives the rainbow of His will." As do we, albeit covered still with that black rain. - BrendanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-2445392498437936352011-09-11T00:48:32.636-05:002011-09-11T00:48:32.636-05:00So simply said and so sadSo simply said and so sadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-41571017017313463162011-09-10T22:52:27.654-05:002011-09-10T22:52:27.654-05:00Never knew about the church, great piece, really r...Never knew about the church, great piece, really resonates with the churches endurance.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-58705806718642801292011-09-10T21:02:24.208-05:002011-09-10T21:02:24.208-05:00Trinity Chruch building, the third.Trinity Chruch building, the third.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-36231485569932505222011-09-10T20:40:18.037-05:002011-09-10T20:40:18.037-05:00Powerful image - your words here, Glynn. I've ...Powerful image - your words here, Glynn. I've heard that silence at ground zero. Our oldest son was a plebe at Kings Point. We'd flown home out of JFK not 36 hours before the world changed. One year later, and many times since, we made our way past Wall Street into the silence at Ground Zero. It was the first thing we all noticed that first year. It was a holy sobering silence.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435071269417046903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-46476029320035875282011-09-10T20:39:51.094-05:002011-09-10T20:39:51.094-05:00Your capitalization of "word" reveals an...Your capitalization of "word" reveals another theology; alas, for some of us, that word is utter silence.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-56917063568898378972011-09-10T19:57:11.074-05:002011-09-10T19:57:11.074-05:00accurate brevity drives home a stark set of images...accurate brevity drives home a stark set of images - well written and very effective - smart craft GlynnArron Shillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989854352644796752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-56138085181365625352011-09-10T19:11:20.594-05:002011-09-10T19:11:20.594-05:00silenced by this ....silenced by this ....S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-67931155486383251572011-09-10T19:00:00.424-05:002011-09-10T19:00:00.424-05:00a nice write, Glynn.a nice write, Glynn.ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-68950575788953085332011-09-10T18:56:13.724-05:002011-09-10T18:56:13.724-05:00Stunning Glynn! You have captured what happened th...Stunning Glynn! You have captured what happened that day through an authentic and brief synopsis of perfect verse.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922760815882403820noreply@blogger.com