tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post158310551586664756..comments2023-09-26T08:04:43.755-07:00Comments on Mark Doty: The Reader You Don't WantMark Dotyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-57035526544121318442009-01-11T16:25:00.000-08:002009-01-11T16:25:00.000-08:00I'm so sorry this happened to your work. You don't...I'm so sorry this happened to your work. You don't deserve this ugly nonsense. I've enjoyed your poetry for some time. And I've read "A Display of Mackerel", a fine poem. Let's hope this blows over-quickly.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-24224262421256027642009-01-08T11:01:00.000-08:002009-01-08T11:01:00.000-08:00Miguel was reading my mind -- or maybe I was readi...Miguel was reading my mind -- or maybe I was reading his -- making the connection to Cunningham's Specimen Days. I thought the exact same thing when I read this on Towleroad a bit ago. Sorry your beautiful words are being twisted this way.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-63321484045364510822009-01-08T08:48:00.000-08:002009-01-08T08:48:00.000-08:00i'm very saddened by this; my heart goes out to yo...i'm very saddened by this; my heart goes out to you.Nancy Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895934793253274506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-60260410205744779852009-01-08T07:10:00.000-08:002009-01-08T07:10:00.000-08:00Markyour poem is as clean and pristine as the firs...Mark<BR/>your poem is as clean and pristine as the first time i laid eyes on it<BR/>-no need for any washing, literal or metaphysical.<BR/><BR/>as terrible as this is, perhaps you as one of the very finest poets alive will be able, in time, to mine this for art which will far outreach the effects of this sick mind in Seattle.<BR/><BR/>as if you needed me to tell you this- you know, you're blameless Mark.<BR/><BR/>so sit and stew Mark- grab a quick reassuring hug from Paul, and then write, that's what poets do!David@Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08447479118332347163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-24026389726809936812009-01-08T07:03:00.000-08:002009-01-08T07:03:00.000-08:00How terrible to have that open and inviting space ...How terrible to have that open and inviting space between poet, poem, and reader (mis)used this way. I hope nothing comes of this threat - thank you for creating another channel of awareness.Imagined Therefore Limitlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025535054414502029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-44754277129540770492009-01-08T06:12:00.000-08:002009-01-08T06:12:00.000-08:00I'm so sorry, Mark. I remember the first time I h...I'm so sorry, Mark. I remember the first time I heard this poem, you were reading it at a book fair in San Francisco, and the sun on gasoline splendor of the fish in their rows was an image that stayed with me over the years, never left. I just read it again, and it really is magnificent, that poem. It is, it's heartbreaking and awful to think of someone approaching this work with hatred and violence surging within them, but the poem holds its own power, its own protection, I think. I'll be thinking about you, and about ending threats and fear. And of the courage to explore beauty in unexpected places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-81742881697517908532009-01-07T23:15:00.000-08:002009-01-07T23:15:00.000-08:00Oh, Mark, I'm just sick for the whole of it. Unfo...Oh, Mark, I'm just sick for the whole of it. Unfortunately this is one of those pitfalls of celebrity. I imagine you don't often have the ugly side rear its head. Your words are pure and they don't soak up this kind of ugly--rest assured. <BR/><BR/>-the previous delete was to fix a silly errorluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486545199810361580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-30319480255369527662009-01-07T23:13:00.000-08:002009-01-07T23:13:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486545199810361580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-32603303906131458212009-01-07T22:46:00.000-08:002009-01-07T22:46:00.000-08:00I haven't paid attention to the local news today, ...I haven't paid attention to the local news today, so I hadn't heard this troubling story until I read your post. I live in the Seattle area, and this feels like a tragedy. Even if nothing actually happens, something has in fact already happened, which is fear and intimidation.<BR/><BR/>I am so sorry your words were used like this.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298235100913678894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-23166474814652779442009-01-07T22:41:00.000-08:002009-01-07T22:41:00.000-08:00Reminds me of the middle section of Cunningham's S...Reminds me of the middle section of Cunningham's Specimen Days, in which Whitman's texts are used by a fundamentalist group to train young boys to be suicidal terrorists.Miguel Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02183899013421989591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-91040060858840857882009-01-07T19:32:00.000-08:002009-01-07T19:32:00.000-08:00I was racking my brain to think of what this remin...I was racking my brain to think of what this reminded me of. It just came to me, and how ironic. It reminded me of the passage in Paul's "Famous Builder" about Fred Phelps, and the question of what he'd do if Phelps' group used one of his hymns.galincalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978562458486027011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-55570685873897026982009-01-07T19:24:00.000-08:002009-01-07T19:24:00.000-08:00What a terrible feeling to have your art incorpora...What a terrible feeling to have your art incorporated into such a threat. I truly hope it is only a hoax.galincalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978562458486027011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-3445572868720198092009-01-07T19:13:00.000-08:002009-01-07T19:13:00.000-08:00I heard about this today through the Seattle King ...I heard about this today through the Seattle King County Public Health Department, with a document about symptoms to watch for and treatment guidelines. It's a bit unsettling, to say the least.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.com