tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post8632954941744993333..comments2024-03-29T07:16:09.835-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: Poetry Sunday: Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances Ellen Watkins HarperDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-45932684458203643892019-02-26T13:15:56.892-06:002019-02-26T13:15:56.892-06:00I don't think her name and her works are at al...I don't think her name and her works are at all well-known today, but in her lifetime she was a very important and influential person and she did her part to move society forward. She certainly deserves to be more widely known. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-30948471195583916862019-02-26T11:44:41.196-06:002019-02-26T11:44:41.196-06:00Wow! Pretty great. It is like a distillation of al...Wow! Pretty great. It is like a distillation of all the novels I have read about slavery. I am putting this lady on my list of poets I want to read.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-76100783256935556392019-02-24T17:40:28.152-06:002019-02-24T17:40:28.152-06:00I was very happy to learn about Harper. She lived ...I was very happy to learn about Harper. She lived a very consequential life and was quite influential in her day, and yet only a bit more than a hundred years later how many people remember her or know who she was? I certainly didn't.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-79620901755873145372019-02-24T17:12:25.049-06:002019-02-24T17:12:25.049-06:00How beautiful and powerful! I like the rhyme and c...How beautiful and powerful! I like the rhyme and cadence too. Not only she had a powerful intellect but she sure could write! I often wonder what has happened in our days to those lofty dreams of old of equality and freedom at any cost. It seems politicians are no longer statemen but tend to serve their own purposes no matter their political colors or inclinations, in whatever country.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.com