http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dead-poet-society-brain-dead-poetry/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:38:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dead-poet-society-brain-dead-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-7163 JIbraham Tue, 19 May 2009 17:40:54 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=640#comment-7163 She asked you to get them in print. She didn't specify the distribution. So get them in print, say 50 copies, and give them to her family. She asked you to get them in print. She didn’t specify the distribution. So get them in print, say 50 copies, and give them to her family.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dead-poet-society-brain-dead-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-7126 Ford Tue, 19 May 2009 10:43:53 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=640#comment-7126 Spend the money on a grant for a struggling student, which is a much more fitting - and beneficial - memorial. Spend the money on a grant for a struggling student, which is a much more fitting - and beneficial - memorial.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dead-poet-society-brain-dead-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-7125 Sharaz Tue, 19 May 2009 10:42:14 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=640#comment-7125 Who the hell know why someone so successful in one field spends a life yearning for recognition in another? Did Fiona's friend see herself as what she was? No, she viewed herself as a failed poet. Publish her now! Who the hell know why someone so successful in one field spends a life yearning for recognition in another? Did Fiona’s friend see herself as what she was? No, she viewed herself as a failed poet. Publish her now!

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dead-poet-society-brain-dead-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-7114 Glynnis Tue, 19 May 2009 07:37:20 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=640#comment-7114 As a librarian, I can tell you that most poetry which sees the light, including poems written by so-called serious poets, is mediocre. Sometimes an agony to read. So what if a dead woman had her thwarted (maybe deservedly thwarted) dreams? Be glad she found a way to express herself to herself. As a librarian, I can tell you that most poetry which sees the light, including poems written by so-called serious poets, is mediocre. Sometimes an agony to read. So what if a dead woman had her thwarted (maybe deservedly thwarted) dreams? Be glad she found a way to express herself to herself.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dead-poet-society-brain-dead-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-7113 Puck Scapper Tue, 19 May 2009 07:31:44 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=640#comment-7113 Someone should tell Fiona to clarify in the book's introduction that she's simply complying with her late friend's explicit wishes. That should solve the problem, right? (Hey, Judy, I should be doing thecheckoutline instead of you!) Someone should tell Fiona to clarify in the book’s introduction that she’s simply complying with her late friend’s explicit wishes. That should solve the problem, right? (Hey, Judy, I should be doing thecheckoutline instead of you!)

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dead-poet-society-brain-dead-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-7112 Max Tue, 19 May 2009 07:23:03 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=640#comment-7112 That friend was trying to deliver a message to the living: "Surprise! I was not exactly the person you thought I was. There was a hidden side to me." Fiona should be glad her friend was not a clandestine stripper who wants her films put on Youtube. Publish the book, and forget it. That friend was trying to deliver a message to the living: “Surprise! I was not exactly the person you thought I was. There was a hidden side to me.” Fiona should be glad her friend was not a clandestine stripper who wants her films put on Youtube. Publish the book, and forget it.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/dead-poet-society-brain-dead-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-7111 Bonnie Tue, 19 May 2009 07:18:43 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=640#comment-7111 I just bet Fiona's friend knew how bad her poems were: if she left enough money to have them published after her death, she also had enough cash to do it while she was still alive, right? But hey, she chose not to! No one knew the woman was a poet back then, did they? She also perhaps knew how people might judge her "poetry." So -- publish and be damned! I just bet Fiona’s friend knew how bad her poems were: if she left enough money to have them published after her death, she also had enough cash to do it while she was still alive, right? But hey, she chose not to! No one knew the woman was a poet back then, did they? She also perhaps knew how people might judge her “poetry.” So — publish and be damned!

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