tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post4649379338765544320..comments2024-01-14T12:04:49.488-05:00Comments on Behind the Lines: Poetry, War, & Peacemaking: The Poetry of Revolt (Egypt, 2011)Philip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-24920032161917996352011-03-25T07:01:26.084-04:002011-03-25T07:01:26.084-04:00Lyle, thanks for checking in; yes, it is the embod...Lyle, thanks for checking in; yes, it is the embodiment of a collective, a recognition that we're not alone.Philip Metreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-45990195446261556002011-03-24T23:17:27.508-04:002011-03-24T23:17:27.508-04:00Having chanted things in public demonstrations man...Having chanted things in public demonstrations many times during my life, I can say that one of the things I've noticed, and -- for me -- central to the act, is that it becomes quickly a communal experience.<br /><br />My momentary shyness and hesitation melt away quickly in the heat of the many other voices all around me chanting the same things. It becomes an almost tactile way of reminding myself that I'm not alone.Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.com