The Ghost of Bridget Bishop
Reflective Quatrains89 total reviews
Comment from Mischief's Momma
I have recently made friends with a woman who lives here, but came from the Congo - she does not talk about why she came here. She is a happy person, but it is easy to see there is a darkness in her past that she wants to shield her 3 American born children from.
This is very interesting! Well done Brooke - it is the oldest post in my overflowing inbox!
MM
reply by the author on 16-Aug-2009
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I have recently made friends with a woman who lives here, but came from the Congo - she does not talk about why she came here. She is a happy person, but it is easy to see there is a darkness in her past that she wants to shield her 3 American born children from.
This is very interesting! Well done Brooke - it is the oldest post in my overflowing inbox!
MM
Comment Written 16-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 16-Aug-2009
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Wow, this is an oldie! LOL Thank you for taking the time to read and review this :-) Brooke
Comment from Gaye Hemsley
Hi Brooke As usual a wonderful poem and very enlightening report on what's happening in the 21st century. Only recently in NZ a family were convicted of murder, they did exorcism on family member whom they thought was pocessed by demons. LOL Gaye
reply by the author on 14-Jun-2009
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Hi Brooke As usual a wonderful poem and very enlightening report on what's happening in the 21st century. Only recently in NZ a family were convicted of murder, they did exorcism on family member whom they thought was pocessed by demons. LOL Gaye
Comment Written 14-Jun-2009
reply by the author on 14-Jun-2009
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Gaye, it happens everywhere - in my country too. I wish it were more rare. Thank you, Brooke
Comment from ersorenson
Thanks for reminding us that things don't change so much, only time and techniques change. The conditions of a vast majority of the children in the world should cause us to shudder in shame.
Eric
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2009
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Thanks for reminding us that things don't change so much, only time and techniques change. The conditions of a vast majority of the children in the world should cause us to shudder in shame.
Eric
Comment Written 13-Jun-2009
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2009
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Eric, thank you - I wish it were not something I had to remind anyone of!! Brooke :-)
Comment from jkhudson
OMG! What a true tragedy! I cannot believe, well yes I can, but how sad that such superstition runs so deep that children suffer. I think that the exprcising preachers are the ones full of demons! It just doesn't work that way! Leave it to man in his greed to take a godly gift and twist it to their own means! This is the true evil! Great poem and commentary! ~:O) J
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2009
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OMG! What a true tragedy! I cannot believe, well yes I can, but how sad that such superstition runs so deep that children suffer. I think that the exprcising preachers are the ones full of demons! It just doesn't work that way! Leave it to man in his greed to take a godly gift and twist it to their own means! This is the true evil! Great poem and commentary! ~:O) J
Comment Written 13-Jun-2009
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2009
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You are oh so right - thank you for your insightful comments, Brooke :-)
Comment from honeytree
I hope we don't have killings of human beings, like this person received ever again. I liked the creative words but sad about killing people.
God is the Judge
of us in life and I would think, He would be against these awful ways of killing others.
Honeytree
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2009
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I hope we don't have killings of human beings, like this person received ever again. I liked the creative words but sad about killing people.
God is the Judge
of us in life and I would think, He would be against these awful ways of killing others.
Honeytree
Comment Written 13-Jun-2009
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2009
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I'm sure God weeps, Annie, at all the murders and injustices of the world. Thank you, Brooke :-)
Comment from prodigal
Good poem with a strong message, my friend but there were a few places that seemed not quite up to your usuall unforced style. The line "would serve her right" seemed a bit forced. Innocous had it been written by a different poet so ... hmm. Well I hope you get what i am saying.
reply by the author on 12-Jun-2009
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Good poem with a strong message, my friend but there were a few places that seemed not quite up to your usuall unforced style. The line "would serve her right" seemed a bit forced. Innocous had it been written by a different poet so ... hmm. Well I hope you get what i am saying.
Comment Written 11-Jun-2009
reply by the author on 12-Jun-2009
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Sam, totally understood :-) Thanks so much, Brooke
Comment from tonydem
I don't know what to think about this. Not the poem. The story. I hadn't heard of this. Is the world going backwards. It would seem. The uneducated are easy prey for unscrupulous con men. Anyway thank you once again for an entertaining but disturbing poem.
Your friend
Tony
reply by the author on 12-Jun-2009
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I don't know what to think about this. Not the poem. The story. I hadn't heard of this. Is the world going backwards. It would seem. The uneducated are easy prey for unscrupulous con men. Anyway thank you once again for an entertaining but disturbing poem.
Your friend
Tony
Comment Written 11-Jun-2009
reply by the author on 12-Jun-2009
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Thank you, Tony - yes, wherever there are vulnerable people, there are predators waiting to take advantage - it is a story as old as the ages. Brooke
Comment from sgalletti
You are quite the historian! It is so fun to know that at the end of each of your pieces I will learn something! In the case of this particular poem, I would find it difficult to stand alone wihtout the author's notes. For whatever reason, the 3rd stanza did not flow p[roperly for me as the other stanzas did - check it out and see what you think.....Sue
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2009
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You are quite the historian! It is so fun to know that at the end of each of your pieces I will learn something! In the case of this particular poem, I would find it difficult to stand alone wihtout the author's notes. For whatever reason, the 3rd stanza did not flow p[roperly for me as the other stanzas did - check it out and see what you think.....Sue
Comment Written 11-Jun-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2009
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Sue, thank you for your thoughtful comments - I will go back and look at that stanza. Brooke :-)
Comment from perunest
Your poem is both entertaining and agonizingly
frustrating in its truth. You've made a great connection
between civilizations and across the centuries;
it seems men are doomed to repeat history.
Great poem! Carolyn
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2009
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Your poem is both entertaining and agonizingly
frustrating in its truth. You've made a great connection
between civilizations and across the centuries;
it seems men are doomed to repeat history.
Great poem! Carolyn
Comment Written 11-Jun-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2009
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Carolyn, your comments are sadly insightful. Thank you. brooke
Comment from luna
"watching her sad tale repeat" - how true, witchcraft still has a bad name. The religion Wicca is considered by some to be "bad" and black magic when in fact the opposite is true. Witches get such a bad rap. I'm glad you wrote this, Brooke. Thank you.
Love,
Jenny *smile*
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2009
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"watching her sad tale repeat" - how true, witchcraft still has a bad name. The religion Wicca is considered by some to be "bad" and black magic when in fact the opposite is true. Witches get such a bad rap. I'm glad you wrote this, Brooke. Thank you.
Love,
Jenny *smile*
Comment Written 11-Jun-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2009
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Of course, this is not even a case of witches getting a bad rap; this is a case of small children who are not witches being labeled as such just to extort money from their parents. Thanks so much, Jenny, for your most thoughtful comments. Brooke
