September 06, 2008
"Facing It" by Yusef Komunyakaa
On Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial:
Posted by Abbas Raza at 10:39 AM | Permalink
September 06, 2008"Facing It" by Yusef KomunyakaaOn Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial: Posted by Abbas Raza at 10:39 AM | Permalink |
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A fine poem. But though I applaud the effort I cringe at the ploddingly literal translation to video. Less would be more.
Posted by: Zara | Sep 7, 2008 12:08:29 AM
The poem should be enough. If it's not enough, then it needn't be read. Since, in the present incarnation, it's got more stuff on it than a Christmas tree, how can we ever tell? Efforts like this deprive a reader of something invaluable -- her privacy with the poem, the wealth, or poverty, of her own answer to it.
Posted by: Elatia Harris | Sep 7, 2008 5:30:10 PM
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