tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post8083827639901352502..comments2022-11-30T07:49:07.119+13:00Comments on To Write is to Dream...: Walk the lineAllison Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15421003416125711649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-39918224286320723792008-12-25T01:06:00.000+13:002008-12-25T01:06:00.000+13:00I always try to avoid adding what I was thinking t...I always try to avoid adding what I was thinking to the poems I post here. As I prefer to see what others think about when they read them. But with this piece, by doing that I am not being honest about this poem and now I realise that is ignoring the truth behind it. The inspiration for this poem was after reading the blog Baghdad Burning http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>I am not trying to lay blame on anyone - it is more a comment on conflict and how easy it is to blame someone else for things that go wrong in your life. The power of war, whether you call it that or a police action or by some other name - is 'that blame' ends up costing lives...<BR/><BR/>Every time I find myself thinking about Riverbend and what she wrote I feel admiration for her honesty and compassion - even when faced with the fact that her world was falling a part.Allison Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15421003416125711649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-86086837252768901132008-09-10T22:29:00.000+12:002008-09-10T22:29:00.000+12:00Comment from the author about the poem Walk the Li...Comment from the author about the poem <I>Walk the Line</I><BR/><BR/>This is a revision of a poem that I posted previously http://allisonbrown.blogspot.com/2007/06/walk-line-tall-tales.html<BR/><BR/>I felt that this poem needed more work done on it, as do some other poems I have posted.Allison Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15421003416125711649noreply@blogger.com