tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post1099870111738356007..comments2024-03-20T05:30:28.856-04:00Comments on __Chicks Dig Poetry__: At a LossSandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108785153248826337noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-7696575924666073312016-02-08T21:30:54.716-05:002016-02-08T21:30:54.716-05:00Hi, my name is Katherine and I'm one of Kirk&#...Hi, my name is Katherine and I'm one of Kirk's former students at Allegheny. I'm a writer now, published and everything, and the news about Kirk has...really really really messed with me in ways I'm still unraveling. But your post has been a salve for the last sixteen months, and I wanted you to know that I appreciated this post more than I can possibly say. They sentenced him today, and I feel like I'm grieving for something I lost (trust, mentorship, friendship, the ability to take someone at their word) when the man I thought I knew did not turn out to be the real person. And, that he did do and act in a way that perhaps we accepted too easily at Allegheny, swept under the rug, and perhaps this could have been different. <br /><br />Anyways. I wanted to say thank you. Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983135598038440789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-92176720448921897922014-10-16T17:24:49.768-04:002014-10-16T17:24:49.768-04:00I wouldn't believe anything that the police sa...I wouldn't believe anything that the police say with regard to Kirk. They are not required to tell the press the truth. Just yesterday Kirk pleaded 'not guilty,' which leads me to believe that he didn't admit to the charges. There are thousands of people falsely charges with possession of child pornography. The only way of assuring you won't be one of them is this: don't get pornography from the internet. In fact, be careful about what you download, period, and be careful about what you google. I know a lot about this because another friend found himself in the same predicament. So I say, don't be quick to judge. All the best, AlikiAlikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096302250070751031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-73178851316525335922014-10-03T19:31:28.759-04:002014-10-03T19:31:28.759-04:00Thanks very much for this, Sandra--it's very b...Thanks very much for this, Sandra--it's very balanced and nuanced. I know this poet only glancingly, through a job search some 15 years ago; but I'm sorry that a poet could make such ugly choices that lead to such upheavals in the poetry community, not to mention families of the victims, and the poet's own family. A lot of innocent people end up suffering for the sins of one person.Carolyne Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465031412810596677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-53725622830965628082014-10-02T22:22:06.943-04:002014-10-02T22:22:06.943-04:00Sandra, I respect this a lot. I currently have 101...Sandra, I respect this a lot. I currently have 101 mutual friends with him. At the beginning of the day, it was 122. That means only 21 people have unfriended him since the arrest came to light. Is every one of those people who haven't implicitly saying to someone else, to the world,that this is someone trust worthy? That what e did is not so bad? Its all very confusing.Liz Pratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910526644412546319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-74354911500128445782014-10-02T22:20:58.960-04:002014-10-02T22:20:58.960-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Liz Pratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910526644412546319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-78084649219971495622014-10-02T18:30:58.152-04:002014-10-02T18:30:58.152-04:00Beautifully said, Sandra.Beautifully said, Sandra.Mike Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125676207376106849noreply@blogger.com