Comments on: Poetry Sunday: Selections from "Sunday Morning" http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html NIGHTTIME IS FOR DREAMING. DAYLIGHT IS FOR ACTION. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:09:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: steven http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-39781 steven Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:54:55 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-39781 i just wanna say this is an amazing piece of work.. i fell in love with it.. first time reading his poetry but it wont be the last one... thank you so much... i just wanna say this is an amazing piece of work.. i fell in love with it.. first time reading his poetry but it wont be the last one... thank you so much...

]]> By: Eric http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-30344 Eric Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:00:58 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-30344 Don't forget the coolest Stevens poem of all; "The Emperor of Ice Cream". It's a much better funeral read than all that Auden crap. But what of atheist funerals? Seems once we're dead it's hard to advocate for any kind of atheist funeral. We can defend ourselves in life, but what comes after we are dead. I'm concerned about this because my own parents are nearing 70. I presume they have taken measures to avoid too many religious entanglements after their deaths, but we haven't talked much about it other than that my mother wants to be creamated and her ashes scattered on some field off a backroad near Brenham TX so she can help the paintbrush flowers grow. My father's family is hardcore fundie. How will his many siblings react to whatever his wishes might be? I should find this stuff out. Don't forget the coolest Stevens poem of all; "The Emperor of Ice Cream". It's a much better funeral read than all that Auden crap.

But what of atheist funerals? Seems once we're dead it's hard to advocate for any kind of atheist funeral. We can defend ourselves in life, but what comes after we are dead. I'm concerned about this because my own parents are nearing 70. I presume they have taken measures to avoid too many religious entanglements after their deaths, but we haven't talked much about it other than that my mother wants to be creamated and her ashes scattered on some field off a backroad near Brenham TX so she can help the paintbrush flowers grow. My father's family is hardcore fundie. How will his many siblings react to whatever his wishes might be? I should find this stuff out.

]]> By: Ebonmuse http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-27234 Ebonmuse Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:50:41 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-27234 Thank you, all. :) I'm happy I came across Stevens - I found him in a book of major 20th-century poets I recently read, and I was pleasantly surprised by how many of them were freethinkers or otherwise non-religious. There was enough material in there for quite a few Poetry Sundays to come... Thank you, all. :) I'm happy I came across Stevens - I found him in a book of major 20th-century poets I recently read, and I was pleasantly surprised by how many of them were freethinkers or otherwise non-religious. There was enough material in there for quite a few Poetry Sundays to come...

]]> By: Jewel http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-27233 Jewel Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:37:48 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-27233 I've been reading the stuff on this site for a while now, but this is my first comment. You do an amazing job here and I love your writing. "Sunday Morning" has been my favorite poem ever since my freshman year in college when we studied several of Wallace Stevens' poems. It is such a beautiful work. And coincidentally, yesterday morning when I was running my errands, I thought about this poem. And when I got home and read my usual blogs, I saw you posted it. I love coincidences like that. I've been reading the stuff on this site for a while now, but this is my first comment. You do an amazing job here and I love your writing.

"Sunday Morning" has been my favorite poem ever since my freshman year in college when we studied several of Wallace Stevens' poems. It is such a beautiful work.

And coincidentally, yesterday morning when I was running my errands, I thought about this poem. And when I got home and read my usual blogs, I saw you posted it. I love coincidences like that.

]]> By: Lynet http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-27231 Lynet Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:40:25 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-27231 Oh, that's <i>gorgeous</i>. Thank you. Best Poetry Sunday selection yet, in my opinion. Oh, that's gorgeous. Thank you. Best Poetry Sunday selection yet, in my opinion.

]]> By: Moody834 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-27220 Moody834 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:28:25 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/09/poetry-sunday-iv.html#comment-27220 Just wanted to delurk long enough to say that you, my atheist compatriot, <i>rock</i>. Thank you so much for your efforts and for posts like this one. Take care, and be well. Just wanted to delurk long enough to say that you, my atheist compatriot, rock. Thank you so much for your efforts and for posts like this one.

Take care, and be well.

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