tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post3030668275037635198..comments2024-03-19T18:44:15.041+08:00Comments on Little Stories: Not HomeGilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-86559385810520194822009-11-04T11:04:18.720+08:002009-11-04T11:04:18.720+08:00This is my fav of your recent poems. Devastating....This is my fav of your recent poems. Devastating.alfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076682640342976051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-56061646428698239012009-10-30T11:37:22.435+08:002009-10-30T11:37:22.435+08:00"The reason the child is alone (weather by ch..."The reason the child is alone (weather by choice or by adult instruction) becomes clear in the next sentence: ‘In the house / Grandma lay dying’ (L4-L5). <br />' Did you mean to say 'whether'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-54339935073983006782009-10-19T19:13:15.332+08:002009-10-19T19:13:15.332+08:00I like this poetry. Could relate to it to a certai...I like this poetry. Could relate to it to a certain extent but I think both children and adults can be scary.Becky Cheunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622933453484946238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-5527833182442925832009-10-15T03:57:58.201+08:002009-10-15T03:57:58.201+08:00A great poem that speaks alot, Mr Wang. Will go t...A great poem that speaks alot, Mr Wang. Will go to Kino for Two Baby Hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-85291071819989390692009-10-14T21:30:22.794+08:002009-10-14T21:30:22.794+08:00wow. simple yet so deep. reading it once is just n...wow. simple yet so deep. reading it once is just not enough to appreciate and distil the underlying tones and insights from the poems.<br /><br />bravo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-78674754331089033952009-10-14T09:38:07.910+08:002009-10-14T09:38:07.910+08:00Thanks, Hui Kheng. :)Thanks, Hui Kheng. :)Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-23211993117718162272009-10-13T17:57:02.729+08:002009-10-13T17:57:02.729+08:00Thank you for pointing that out, Hui Kheng. We hav...Thank you for pointing that out, Hui Kheng. We have fixed it.A Cup of Fine Teahttp://finecha.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-49985459701329534302009-10-13T14:43:18.659+08:002009-10-13T14:43:18.659+08:00A very sad but true poem, Mr Wang. Your poems are ...A very sad but true poem, Mr Wang. Your poems are lovely and I truly admire your writing skills and talent. A counsellor once told me that a child will do anything to get his or her parent's attention, even if it's negative attention (e.g. physical abuse). That, to a child, is still better than total neglect. 'At least papa/mama still loves me.' However, don't you think that the excerpt should write 'whether (and not 'weather') by choice or by adult instruction'? Look forward to reading more of your poems and blog postings.Hui Khenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843435505853577363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-46170973866353087762009-10-13T10:43:26.170+08:002009-10-13T10:43:26.170+08:00WSS - it is ambiguous all right - very much so. If...WSS - it is ambiguous all right - very much so. If you look at the comments in the Jeff and Tammy piece, you will see that quite a few thought the "it" refers to "her body" and not the insect.<br /><br />Anyway, complex indeed.Thehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02941744057903049051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-67007156689875335102009-10-13T09:01:20.621+08:002009-10-13T09:01:20.621+08:00I like this poemI like this poemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-80726318552889202082009-10-12T14:32:35.653+08:002009-10-12T14:32:35.653+08:00Jeff and Tammy write as follows:
"At this po...Jeff and Tammy write as follows:<br /><br /><i>"At this point, the distinction between the insect and the grandma is blurred in the persona’s mind: ‘On and on her body twitched, / till I crushed it with a stone’ (L19-L20). The ambiguity in the switch of pronouns from ‘her body’ to ‘it’ in subsequent lines is striking and unnerving. Is the kid’s attention flipping back and forth between the insect and his grandma, just like it switches between trees, sprouts and crickets? Or is it more unsettling? Is the child imagining killing the grandma while shattering the bug’s body? Or does the young person believe that there is a connection between killing the bug and the grandmother’s suffering? Or is the child simply unable to understand the grandmother’s death in any meaningful way?" </i>Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-13117303247230555992009-10-12T13:50:42.709+08:002009-10-12T13:50:42.709+08:00Wait a minute. Did you crush the insect or Grandma...Wait a minute. Did you crush the insect or Grandma with that stone?Thehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02941744057903049051noreply@blogger.com