tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post3103243508585190037..comments2023-07-31T11:01:56.340+01:00Comments on Parrish Lantern's PomesAllSizes: Diaries of Exile ~ Yannis Ritsos@parridhlanternhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-79380125478236531062013-08-23T15:51:13.765+01:002013-08-23T15:51:13.765+01:00Gary, thinking of you. Love how you said words are...Gary, thinking of you. Love how you said words are a refuge and a route! So true. xoBellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-56983639544291445092013-08-20T19:49:32.418+01:002013-08-20T19:49:32.418+01:00Hi Bellezza, totally agree words have always been ...Hi Bellezza, totally agree words have always been my refuge from the world & also my route through it.<br /><br />Hi Col, it is, thanks for your comment.<br /><br />Hi Brian, yes it's amazing how adversity affects different people in totally different ways.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-21816791141809280122013-08-12T09:29:48.551+01:002013-08-12T09:29:48.551+01:00It is amazing how some are able to create such art...It is amazing how some are able to create such art under such adversity. Of course sometimes it is the adversity itself that seems to be the source of such things. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-15012426783125415422013-08-11T20:48:08.603+01:002013-08-11T20:48:08.603+01:00Very powerful writing. I can't imagine having ...Very powerful writing. I can't imagine having that kind of composure at such a time, but being able to look at the big picture is a gift that Ritsos seems to have possessed. Thanks for sharing this.Col (Col Reads)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03136923310179832040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-89303932245385502882013-08-11T19:45:10.809+01:002013-08-11T19:45:10.809+01:00I've always found that writing helps me in my ...I've always found that writing helps me in my most anxious moments as well, although I'm certainly no poet, and I've certainly never suffered under the conditions of exile as Ritsos did. What I would have found unbelievable as a child, that a person could be tortured emotionally and physically to such a degree at the hands of others, I know find myself thinking all to plausible. It is a frightening world that we live in, and it has always been thus. I was just too innocent, and too American, to see it.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.com