Comments on: Oak Ridge, Tennessee

By: C. E. Chaffin

C. E. Chaffin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:17:32 +0000

Good to see you here, Jeanine. It’s the normality of this poem that strikes me, almost a Disney backdrop to the unseen terror.

By: Christina Pacosz

Christina Pacosz — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:30:10 +0000

Sorry to be so slow in responding. I have been to Oak Ridge a time or two while I lived in Tennessee. I remember all the signs telling people to stay out of the creeks/etc. and not eat the fish because the water was poisoned. Your poem captures some of what it means to grow up in the fields of the bomb and is a powerful testament. I have a chapbook – out-of-print – Notes from the Red Zone, Seal Press, 1983 about my poet-in-the-schools residency in and around the Hanford Nuclear Plant. Seal published it as a part of their then-anti-nuclear series.

By: Tom Sheehan

Tom Sheehan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:13:54 +0000

What a shocking wake-up in the morning when you’re already awake and the coffee on and gone. Marvelous stuff. Thanks for the alert, the two-way street of your poetry.

By: johemmant

johemmant — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:11:27 +0000

This is excellent.

By: R

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:53:16 +0000

Wonderfully evocative details – thank you!