tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641638.post112368836433348371..comments2023-06-17T04:25:51.988-04:00Comments on <center>Living Poetry</center>: Grace PaleyAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754785071196846157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641638.post-1123817383847085532005-08-11T23:29:00.000-04:002005-08-11T23:29:00.000-04:00I always enjoy hearing her read. Somehow she make...I always enjoy hearing her read. Somehow she makes me feel as though I am involved with her, as though I have a relationship with her that is created merely by her voice.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15073960668480704066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641638.post-1123783885530964222005-08-11T14:11:00.000-04:002005-08-11T14:11:00.000-04:00Yes, Amy, one's suicide is always carried out in s...Yes, Amy, one's suicide is always carried out in silence and in utmost secrecy. <BR/><BR/>Most often, the psychologist or psychiatrist would say that those people who curtail their lives are psychologically disturbed. However, based on my experience about the people who are dear to me, they carried out their self-destruction so perfectly without leaving us a hint that tomorrow or this evening they are going to succumb to their own deaths. <BR/><BR/>Grace Paley's poem "This Life" is flatly woven so as not to dramatize the grim picture of suicide.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479613153214548166noreply@blogger.com