This is so impactful and: This is so impactful and truthful that I felt I was going to break down and cry. The splendor of your send-off, and Cushing's quote, is worthy of the gifts she gave us. May this Truth be a comfort to us all.
Dazzled again by your: Dazzled again by your signature wizardry. So much to ignite all the senses and set the imagination running at full speed. Amazing! I don't just read your poems; I experience them, and I love that.
Each spoken-word poem has a: Each spoken-word poem has a wonderful, ad-lib, true-to-life quality that makes them ideal for readings. There are unforgettable flashes of wit that I can imagine land well with the audience. And then there's the panache and attitude in "This Time": so cleverly orchestrated and identifiable. Definitely worth a smile and some loud applause.
Enjoyed!
This terrifying poem reminds: This terrifying poem reminds me of a short story by Theodore Sturgeon entitled, "The Professor's Teddy Bear." It is about a sickly child who sleeps with, and wakes up to, a teddy bear possessed by an evil alient entity. It appeared in a collection entitled Tales Of The Unexpected, which I purchased in May of 1971 while on an overnight class field trip to Put-In-Bay. It was a collection of ghost or macabre stories, and "Teddy Bear" was one of the most terrifying. The collection is hard to find (but would be well worth the effort), but the story is available on the internet.
In the second person point of: In the second person point of view, we are in the center of your brilliantly crafted, painfully clear and exact avalanche of survival that repeats itself daily. We understand that everything changed in a moment; now what used to be brief feels too long; what used to be easy is a Sisyphean struggle.
Clean-cutting, haunting and crushing in its trueness, for some this will be a lesson in empathy and for others relatable comfort that they are not alone.
It's always a pleasure to read your excellent work.
Wow: Disturbingly powerful. If Rod Serling wrote poetry, perhaps.
A vote cast for the long, downward spiral suggested by social genetic theory. Survival of the fittest. Among humans, the fittest are often those who can hurdle over the bodies of others.
This choked me up so much, I: This choked me up so much, I am not able to respond to it adequately. I need to go offsite for just a while to collect myself. Thank you for the constant and consistent blessing of your friendship.
Thank you so very much for: Thank you so very much for those words. That we share a respect for her is one of the many planks in our friendship. And in a way, I felt flattered that my faculty advisor---who was said to have maintained a long list of names of students whom, he believed, had disrespected him in any way (I would have been at the list's top)---brought her into the conversation for me. Oddly enough, at the luncheon, not only was Mary Shelley mentioned, but we also discussed Mary Kelly, and he begrudged me that as well.
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