Comments on: Poetry Sunday: The New Colossus http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/07/poetry-sunday-xv.html NIGHTTIME IS FOR DREAMING. DAYLIGHT IS FOR ACTION. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:31:46 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ebonmuse http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/07/poetry-sunday-xv.html#comment-36970 Ebonmuse Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:30:52 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=776#comment-36970 I hadn't known that, exrelayman. Thanks for contributing. That's a heartbreaking tragedy, but I'm glad that at least her work lives on. I hadn't known that, exrelayman. Thanks for contributing. That's a heartbreaking tragedy, but I'm glad that at least her work lives on.

]]> By: exrelayman http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/07/poetry-sunday-xv.html#comment-36968 exrelayman Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:12:47 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=776#comment-36968 Emma traveled to Europe before the statue was erected. On the voyage home she was very fatally ill and though the ship entered through the harbor where the statue stood, she was so weak and depleted that she was unable even to be helped up in order to see it. A very poignant tragedy that few know about. Through time, my heart goes out to this wonderful lady. Emma traveled to Europe before the statue was erected. On the voyage home she was very fatally ill and though the ship entered through the harbor where the statue stood, she was so weak and depleted that she was unable even to be helped up in order to see it. A very poignant tragedy that few know about. Through time, my heart goes out to this wonderful lady.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/07/poetry-sunday-xv.html#comment-36954 Christopher Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:35:58 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=776#comment-36954 Ebonmuse, this government does little more than jump at its own shadow (well, that force its whims on the citizenry) - you'd think that this social order was fragile as glass by the way they behave. Maybe it *is* more fragile than what it lets us onto? Ebonmuse, this government does little more than jump at its own shadow (well, that force its whims on the citizenry) - you'd think that this social order was fragile as glass by the way they behave. Maybe it *is* more fragile than what it lets us onto?

]]> By: Ebonmuse http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/07/poetry-sunday-xv.html#comment-36946 Ebonmuse Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:37:20 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=776#comment-36946 Alex: Me too. :) I've been inside the statue once, before it was closed off in the wake of 9/11. There's a long, tightly winding spiral staircase all the way up to the crown, where there are some small windows to look out of. It wasn't a particularly memorable experience, but still, I wish they'd reopen it. We should have learned by now not to jump at our own shadows. Alex: Me too. :)

I've been inside the statue once, before it was closed off in the wake of 9/11. There's a long, tightly winding spiral staircase all the way up to the crown, where there are some small windows to look out of. It wasn't a particularly memorable experience, but still, I wish they'd reopen it. We should have learned by now not to jump at our own shadows.

]]> By: silentsanta http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/07/poetry-sunday-xv.html#comment-36944 silentsanta Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:23:16 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=776#comment-36944 Lovely, thankyou. It's thrilling that the message is so timeless. I haven't been to NY yet, and have been told by friends that the statue, like the Mona Lisa, was 'disappointingly small'. But that moved me. Lovely, thankyou. It's thrilling that the message is so timeless. I haven't been to NY yet, and have been told by friends that the statue, like the Mona Lisa, was 'disappointingly small'. But that moved me.

]]> By: Alex Weaver http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/07/poetry-sunday-xv.html#comment-36943 Alex Weaver Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:02:17 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=776#comment-36943 This bit always makes me a bit misty-eyed. I have some lovely pictures of the statue, too, though I didn't actually set foot on the island when I went to New York (ironically, Liberty Island now requires "airport-style security screening" to access, according to the websites). Her freethought sympathies are interesting; I hadn't heard that before. This bit always makes me a bit misty-eyed.

I have some lovely pictures of the statue, too, though I didn't actually set foot on the island when I went to New York (ironically, Liberty Island now requires "airport-style security screening" to access, according to the websites).

Her freethought sympathies are interesting; I hadn't heard that before.

]]> By: He Who Invents Himself http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/07/poetry-sunday-xv.html#comment-36941 He Who Invents Himself Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:37:45 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=776#comment-36941 "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses [...]" That's the part I've always heard referenced. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses [...]" That's the part I've always heard referenced.

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