tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post112397196798478651..comments2023-05-28T04:34:00.429-06:00Comments on Hawk Circle: Idiot Kings on their Sullied ThronesPatrick M. Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366666601869757080noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1124309696940527402005-08-17T14:14:00.000-06:002005-08-17T14:14:00.000-06:00Bill,Again, I'm glad to have your opinion and your...Bill,<BR/><BR/>Again, I'm glad to have your opinion and your comments. I think we can only overcome our lesser instincts if we know where we've gone wrong in the past. <BR/><BR/>Yes, there is anger and disbelief here, but I try to always preserve a sliver of hope, a glow from a just-open doorway far up the path.<BR/><BR/>Ken, <BR/><BR/>Indeed. No poetry in money. I'll have to remember that one.Patrick M. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366666601869757080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1124277364480362082005-08-17T05:16:00.000-06:002005-08-17T05:16:00.000-06:00I'm not going to bring up the 'heavies'... that's ...I'm not going to bring up the 'heavies'... that's been said.<BR/><BR/>However, life has no easy answers, those who think there are, soon find out the truth. It seems we humans, at least in this country, have a thirst for 'easy' though... we tend to suck up every sort of 'promise of perfect' that comes along.<BR/><BR/>In your piece, there was a sense of frustration, even disillusionment that I certainly feel almost daily. Like nearly everything of yours I’ve read, there’s also a sense of hope, that in recognizing this, that there’s hope it can be changed.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338910000372628114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1124260594975595682005-08-17T00:36:00.000-06:002005-08-17T00:36:00.000-06:00Ken,I wouldn't say I'm quite to despondency yet, b...Ken,<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't say I'm quite to despondency yet, but it's sometimes hard to keep your chin up when nothing seems to make sense in the world. <BR/><BR/>Let us hope that Shelley was right. The de facto lawmakers are certainly making a mess of things as we stand. We could, I think, use some input from people who see the world in terms other than monetary and political.<BR/><BR/>Swiftboat, <BR/><BR/>Erik Hoffer's writings have had a big effect on me. If I remember, the ideas you were speaking of came from "True Believer". It is true. Absent hope, without tools to fight against real difficulties, it's easy to succumb to fantasy fights that seem simpler and possibly within one's grasp. <BR/><BR/>Thanks to both of you for writing in. When people start bringing up heavies like Shelley and Hoffer, I feel like I might be doing something right.Patrick M. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366666601869757080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1124244477855482322005-08-16T20:07:00.000-06:002005-08-16T20:07:00.000-06:00It has indeed been a good five years since things ...It has indeed been a good five years since things last made sense. We certainly have an “idiot king”. I'm always shaking my head in disbelief – loved that line.<BR/><BR/>This poem seems to decry out purposelessness while damning those who claim to have all the easy answers. An interesting combination of elements. We crave a sense of grand meaning. Reality usually falls quite short. Erik Hoffer postulated that it was this feeling of pointlessness that leads many to the feet of “idiot kings” and cults. Of course nationalism can easily take on the qualities of cult fervor. <BR/><BR/>Bumper sticker of the week: “Please Jesus, save me from your followers”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1124119699350209742005-08-15T09:28:00.000-06:002005-08-15T09:28:00.000-06:00Brales,Glad to see you back, but you'll have to re...Brales,<BR/><BR/>Glad to see you back, but you'll have to rest up. Fun requires you to have energy. Again, you're welcome to hook a data cable of some sort to the back of my head and download whatever you'd like. <BR/><BR/>Mush,<BR/><BR/>Your comment really means a lot to me. I think that's the highest ideal of writing: to take an unformed thought and express it clearly. I'm glad you appreciated my poem.Patrick M. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366666601869757080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1124055082193985482005-08-14T15:31:00.000-06:002005-08-14T15:31:00.000-06:00Amazing. You hit the nail on the head everytime Fi...Amazing. You hit the nail on the head everytime Firehawk and put what are a lot of people's vague thoughts into crystal clear words.Mushsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135378384609982640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1123996293964957012005-08-13T23:11:00.000-06:002005-08-13T23:11:00.000-06:00Am too exhausted for proper commenting. As always,...Am too exhausted for proper commenting. As always, extremely impressed with orgasmically brilliant writing. May very well try to steal your brain in order to produce equally brilliant prose.Risuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882640814114412051noreply@blogger.com