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- Tracy Mitchell
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Re: spires
Good sentiment, could use some more line endings.
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Re: spires
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/pro ... oetic-form
Hi DAve ,
I think this works as a prose poem. The format gives it a breathless quality and I appreciate the risk-taking
Fabulous sonics and rhythm. It definitely takes several readings to absorb the richness of the language spilled out in such a torrent. And I love the pre-age-of-reason sentiment. I get the impression this poem wrote itself.
Hi DAve ,
I think this works as a prose poem. The format gives it a breathless quality and I appreciate the risk-taking
Fabulous sonics and rhythm. It definitely takes several readings to absorb the richness of the language spilled out in such a torrent. And I love the pre-age-of-reason sentiment. I get the impression this poem wrote itself.
Re: spires
Hi and thanks for the comments. Sometthing went wrong in the format. Will change.
Dave
Dave
- Tracy Mitchell
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Re: spires
I thought that was the case - thus my cavalier comment.
I look forward to your getting the way you want.
T
I look forward to your getting the way you want.
T
- Sharon Leigh
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Re: spires
Dave, what a feast of sonics! Almost a tongue twister aloud
The coldness is palpable here and I like the breath as incense. L5 a bit over-modified, you could lose "viscose" and strengthen the line imo. (Sp "viscous" if you choose to keep it?)
Thanks for sharing!
Best,
Sharon
The coldness is palpable here and I like the breath as incense. L5 a bit over-modified, you could lose "viscose" and strengthen the line imo. (Sp "viscous" if you choose to keep it?)
Thanks for sharing!
Best,
Sharon
Re: spires
Strong write. Dense but crafted - I look forward to the re-formatted version. Thanks for posting, Dave.
- Marc Gilbert
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Re: spires
Dave,
Really a treat to read aloud. No nits from me. Is this a rework of an earlier poem? It reminds of one I thought was yours. Just curious.
Cheers,
Marc
Really a treat to read aloud. No nits from me. Is this a rework of an earlier poem? It reminds of one I thought was yours. Just curious.
Cheers,
Marc
"Poetry is not speech raised to the level of music, but music brought down to the level of speech." - Paul Valery