3.4 The One
I was just sixteen that eight-track March thaw when I lied to your face, jumpeda Michigan highway fence with my red-eyed friend Tommy, the one with the golden thumb, the one with Edgar Winter’s...
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This is just so good. The adjectives alone put it into a class by itself: lucky red truck eight-track March Edgar Winter's hair adept girl!!!!! And what a story! The repetition of "the one" is so...
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very strong work and well crafted i assume the you is the mother, although it is not certain to me -- the only clue that makes me lean towards mother is the knitted sweater....does it matter who the...
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Oh, the fibs boys tell their mamas. My mother had 5. Whew! PS My mother's brother was a pain in the ass too, but nowhere near as likeably messed up as N"s uncle. It makes one like N, who seems quirky...
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Fabulous poem, Kendall. Wow. Yes, as Greta said, the adjectives alone make it sing. It just jumps off the page, so alive with vivid pictures, image after image. It's packed full and just wonderful to...
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Wow. A priviledge to read this poem here, in a 7-in-7 - did you really write that today? It's very tight - and well wrought - the language is rich, the conceit carried throughout. The point of views...
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Thanks to all for all the encouraging comments. Jude - This is a found poem of sorts. An old stream of consciousness journal entry/list that I rescued when I was poemless the other day. I do not have...
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K---just great stuff. tremendous use of pop culture, a pop culture that does not dominate the poem but only serves to freshen and spice other narrative details. 1. I was just sixteen that...
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Thanks Bernie, Interesting about The Catcher in the Rye opening. That is the exact copy in my About section on my personal Facebook page. I had a friend, who obviously did not read or remember the...
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