I read The Yellow Wallpaper in high school, and again in college -- it was one of my favorites! If I remember correctly, I even included it in a paper about some other early feminist works (Susan Glaspell's "Trifles," which I always highly recommend to people, along with Gilman's "Herland"). This piece captured the theme of the original short story well, while being a little more sharpened in its tone, so I love that you found that fresh inspiration in it that could lead you to this!
You have uplifted me! I thought this was likely to take a downward turn at the end, citing how dark events of our recent past would next go down in history, but instead you left me feeling a touch more optimistic. I'm grateful for that. And your rhyming scheme is exceptional!
This is such a divisive topic, but it's angering trying to understand why sometimes. We should all be united in protecting schoolchildren, and all of our fellow citizens at large. I've never been able to wrap my head around anyone's argument for their need for an assault rifle or the laws that permit them, and likely never will, so I stand united with you. Thank you for opening my eyes to some of the hard facts that haven't sunk in for me before: the exact number of kids affected by shootings, etc.
"Kyro" is this week's featured visual on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Everyone can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
"Annie" is this week's featured poem on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Y'all can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
elise.writer, your writing is anything but laughable! The note you ended this on, that's the right conclusion: The thing to do is carry on living -- and carry on writing! Your poetry warms our hearts, and we only wish we still published a weekly page in the Burlington Free Press. I'm sorry that opportunity is no longer available. But I love seeing that today, you wrote a poem.
I read The Yellow Wallpaper in high school, and again in college -- it was one of my favorites! If I remember correctly, I even included it in a paper about some other early feminist works (Susan Glaspell's "Trifles," which I always highly recommend to people, along with Gilman's "Herland"). This piece captured the theme of the original short story well, while being a little more sharpened in its tone, so I love that you found that fresh inspiration in it that could lead you to this!
Thank you, that means a lot!
"I wrote it using nothing
and something,
and a mix of these things" - love this so much!
You have uplifted me! I thought this was likely to take a downward turn at the end, citing how dark events of our recent past would next go down in history, but instead you left me feeling a touch more optimistic. I'm grateful for that. And your rhyming scheme is exceptional!
This is such a divisive topic, but it's angering trying to understand why sometimes. We should all be united in protecting schoolchildren, and all of our fellow citizens at large. I've never been able to wrap my head around anyone's argument for their need for an assault rifle or the laws that permit them, and likely never will, so I stand united with you. Thank you for opening my eyes to some of the hard facts that haven't sunk in for me before: the exact number of kids affected by shootings, etc.
"Kyro" is this week's featured visual on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Everyone can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
"Annie" is this week's featured poem on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Y'all can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
What descriptive personification! I could so easily picture Winter here as a frozen beauty of a woman, sparkling as snow does in the sunlight.
Thank you!
elise.writer, your writing is anything but laughable! The note you ended this on, that's the right conclusion: The thing to do is carry on living -- and carry on writing! Your poetry warms our hearts, and we only wish we still published a weekly page in the Burlington Free Press. I'm sorry that opportunity is no longer available. But I love seeing that today, you wrote a poem.