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I know it's awkward, going back to the beginning of this thread but I couldn't resist. 4/2 When a Person Dies Odd people gather, like a brood of same birds, to remember a drunken rambling from 1978 or the childhood trauma of a dog hit by a Dodge Dart— mother cried, father nearly died and later that ...

Tides When the muse, whimsical, stark, melancholy, and often brutal taps me on the shoulder or slaps me upside the head  and says, "Write!" it takes guts. Beyond trepidation of careless cliché and a forgotten Thesaurus, lies a subconscious  of carefully constructed walls in decay for they no longer...

AJ, your "Darling" is a deeply moving poem. It's worthy of publication and really does, in my mind, need to be shared. It made me cry. That's what you want, right? Lisa, you have a graceful way with words. "SUNDAY" is spectacular! Gyppo, aside from the polygamy, I could have had a crush on your musi...

April 12 But I Repeat Myself The best poetic writing addresses youthful passion: what am I to do? Sagging flesh and flagging minds is cliché among my kind. How unseemly it would be to relive my lusty days. What am I to do? I could revisit summer nights fifty years ago, how unseemly it would be to r...

Riverbed Dog   Liberated from human restraints, he dashes through bushes tries to bounce rabbits from their burrows with a comical, instinctive hop. Marks his territory along the way. Where does all that pee come from? Surely, he'll run out.   He scampers in large circles around us, skirting our pa...

Dave, "The Realization"  wraps it up in one profound statement. An excellent read that evoked every emotion it was meant to with striking imagery.  Heartbreak, well told. Then there is, "Spittlebug." Wow! It takes skill to turn slobber into something sensuous. Again, great imagery. Tanglepuss, is it...

Colm, who better to write 30 Ways to Die, than you? I hope Death does grant you an easy passage but I hope it doesn't happen for many years. I enjoy how your poetry thumbs its nose at Death, sometimes with humor, and sometimes somber, but always in an unexpected way.  ...'killed by a pig!' It's all ...

with multiple cruciforms garnishing more than a few sharp curves. Hi Deb, Looking back over this thread I realized several comments I made are missing--I suspect operator error. I think I forget to hit the "submit" button. Originally I commented on your "mother' marked on a headstone poem. I read i...

What a maddening (in a good way) read, especially S4. I remember fire ants crawling on my feet when I was a kid in the Mojave Desert - a rich and vivid visual reminder. I was completely off guard with the ending but it fits so well. 
~Deb
 

Hi Archie,

An even more belated welcome but a warm one just the same.

Hope to see you around.

~Deb