We Live On A Circle, Though It Is Officially Called
A Square.Yes, certainly: an act of daring address. IQ, A sizeable heart. Sing and move and General Possible. I'm General Gatherer. My sister is a shiny green Chicken. Miniature gloves. World's...
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I hesitate, uncertain sometimes how to go about commenting on a erasure poem. i do like the more obtuse images here...sister as a green chicken -- and the gigantic ladybug. the the gererals too. the...
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hm,. Thanks, H. I did wonder about the two uses of the title. They feel quite different to me, but then, maybe in a day or so, won't. I also wonder today about the short lines. Too much staccato. In...
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well i don't know if your uneasiness with erasures is similar to mine...but i feel less uneasy with an erasure poem that is taken from non-poetry text, like this one. the short lines seem ok to me --...
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O--- i think you know i was so enamored of Matthea's early poems that i called her up; explained my heartthrob for her poms, let her know i was not an interviewer or a PhD. candidate. asked a very...
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Bernie, no, didn't know... Thanks for your comments, though I see nothing about this poem, per se. I'll take it then, that you have reservations. I also, am not a PhD candidate, nor a student of...
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O--- i know. i did not address your erasure. reservations? god, if i could i would burn it in a public square. (i say that for fun.) but nothing is here for me. because i am so negative on erasures in...
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Alison, I have been enjoying your erasure poems, they are very creative, but all the while thinking what a fine line is being walked. At what point do they (if ever) become yours? I don't know the...
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Thanks for your thoughts, folks.
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