Comments on: Mama Said http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/ The Poetry of Nicole Nicholson Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-317 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:46:51 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-317 Good afternoon Travis:

I am honored that you would like to use this poem. I will contact you via e-mail to discuss further.

Thank you,

Nicole

]]> By: Travis J. Weller http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-313 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:07:49 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-313 Nicole,

I have been researching for interdisciplinary unit for my high school bands. It has led me through many different topics, but I am settling into “The Trail of Tears”. There is a wonderful piece by University of Kansas Professor James Barnes. I would like to include your haiku among the art forms we will study in addition to the music. It is very touching, and a creative use of form that is eclipsed by emotion. Thank you for writing.

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-231 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:31:06 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-231 Thank you, pieceofpie. I wonder “how can this be” every time we as humans hurt one another…and the Trail of Tears is a large wound.

-Nicole

]]> By: pieceofpie http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-230 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:26:32 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-230 painful past event that will always cry… i’ve tried to read a couple of books and a few i have finished regarding the walk… haunts me for days… i too have american indian in my blood… it is a beautiful haunting poem… and the form is exquisite… thank you for the links… will definitely look into the form… the painting nears expressing the cost of such a trail… as one human being to another how can this be… awesome blog you have…

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-229 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:14:23 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-229 Thank you, Jennifer. I’ve been enamored with the form since I came across it being used by the author of Silent Verses (http://silentverses.com/).

-Nicole

]]> By: Jennifer http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-226 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:33:44 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-226 I really like your use of this form and you’ve got me interested in it.

As you said, it forces you into “economy of language” and you’ve spent your words very well here. Very emotional.

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-219 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:56:44 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-219 Thank you, Nathan and Lirone. Actually, the hay(na)ku form (even chained) forces me into an economy of language. It’s hard to ramble in this form, and when you do, the effects are catastrophic. And I’ve always thought that fighting can be done in many ways, and many brave fighters, like Dr. King, Ghandi, and even Malcolm X, did not need to throw punches to make their point.

If you want to know more about the form, try this link:

http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/haynaku.htm

-Nicole

]]> By: nathan1313 http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-208 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:22:52 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-208 I really like the way you achieve the effect of desperation and struggle with such economy of language. The poem’s parts all work together to reinforce the sense of inevitability of the end. This is well done.

]]> By: lirone http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-207 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:18:33 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-207 Very subtly done… I like the way the meaning of “fighting” changes between the repetitions.

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/#comment-196 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:28:09 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-196 Thank you, Paisley…as I mentioned above, legend in our family has it that my great grandfather is full Cherokee, but I don’t know if he actually had to walk the trail or not. I have heard and read second-hand stories of people who did try to escape – that’s what inspired this poem. I admire the courage of the people who endured such a forced removal, whether they walked the trail or not, whether they fled or not.

-Nicole

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