tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post1143349968282272013..comments2023-08-12T08:03:41.840-07:00Comments on Poetry Is For Assholes: A journal of the arts: Come to JesusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-73449611745059331472010-03-18T05:06:16.566-07:002010-03-18T05:06:16.566-07:00PS the poet turns out to have been an Iraqi commun...PS the poet turns out to have been an Iraqi communist who died in the 1960s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badr_Shakir_al-Sayyabishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-75584948004821231392010-03-18T05:03:11.386-07:002010-03-18T05:03:11.386-07:00Speaking of Jesus, I saw this unlikely poem in a v...Speaking of Jesus, I saw this unlikely poem in a very unlikely place and thought of you. <br /><br />I haven't digested it...I know nothing of its writer, but it's rather beautiful. <br /><br />http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2010/03/tarif-khalidi-translates-sayyab.htmlishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-82166852453449023282010-03-16T07:06:31.231-07:002010-03-16T07:06:31.231-07:00it would be cool if she had that passage done in b...it would be cool if she had that passage done in braille.Nazz Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722964855836770177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-66961854267820268182010-03-12T18:34:12.733-08:002010-03-12T18:34:12.733-08:00Ian, at some point I had to stop the memorials. To...Ian, at some point I had to stop the memorials. Too many dead people. Otherwise I like words in tattoos. <br />Let's see here-' Who was then the gentleman?'- 'Nolite confarmari huic a seculo'- 'So long Stevie'- 'Hold Fast'- 'Holy! Holy! The world is holy!'- Something in Greek that looks like 'Idiote' it can mean idiot, or average citizen, not one of the elite.-'Ich Dien', which is German for I serve- 'ONWARD'.<br />That's all the different words I've got written in my skin. I think it's probably OK to get your kid's names put on you, but beware of sweet heart's names. Even if you're married. Bad luck for the relationship. <br />Tattoos are poetry not prose, chess not checkers. You get them for what they mean to you not for what they "mean".Your driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406948739451124566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-82056197149843266132010-03-12T18:17:11.100-08:002010-03-12T18:17:11.100-08:00That's a cool tattoo. I really want some words...That's a cool tattoo. I really want some words on me...I'm having trouble settling for which ones. <br /><br />A friend of mine has announced his plan to get the names of all his dead friends tattooed on. Which flies in the face of advice I once heard a father earnestly deliver to his very young son on the subway, "Don't get nobody's name put on you except your momma's."<br /><br />I'm veering toward "The Creator Has A Master Plan" which resonates with me even though it's not exactly what I believe about God.ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-73045075627462388922010-03-12T10:23:36.880-08:002010-03-12T10:23:36.880-08:00Point well taken.Point well taken.@elohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974297923741455898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-43423667903448522022010-03-12T01:47:13.236-08:002010-03-12T01:47:13.236-08:00Well yes, vanity vanity all is vanity. Or a song t...Well yes, vanity vanity all is vanity. Or a song title, "Grandma's got a tattoo on her ass". I don't think you're tattooed or you'd know that the thought of getting old with your tattoos and watching them blur and fade is part of it. A metaphor for aging and death. In old age a tangible proof that you've been on some wild rides. <br /><br />That and i suspect that, were this tattoo on the butt of a studly dude, you would see something else.Your driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406948739451124566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-41806261467087304702010-03-12T00:35:13.832-08:002010-03-12T00:35:13.832-08:00What I see... is a bunch of nurses trying to read ...What I see... is a bunch of nurses trying to read it fifty years from now in some nursing home.@elohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974297923741455898noreply@blogger.com