I've been a consistent, perhaps not so effective, proponent of using accessable, understandable and expressive language and originality in modern poetry. Certainly 'Hermit' meets these subjective criteria of mine. That said, it just didn't deliver the goods for me. It started pretty good, setting the stage to speak about the solitary philosophical quest but for me it strayed too far from the topic. The metaphors, both used and implied, were forced and often missed the target. Overall it might have benefited if it was shorter. Much of the middle content could go away and I think it would have been more consistent and read-able.

Reading the posts this week it's obvious everyone understood what she was basically saying. We can discuss different takes on this couplet or that, but the poem is not good enough to merit much discussion. It's OK - but...next!