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Re: There Was a Man of Double Deed
hi. thanks for your valuable thoughts. on a linear progression, it sounded to me like it's moving from an immigrant's culture of america, an idea, to the immigrant's view of US, a wary nation, and of course to the falling off at the edge of the world (flat after all!) -h
Posted to Poems by hemig on November 12, 2008
Happy Veterans Day, Bratsche.
I'm afraid my poem was never deliberately organized. The rhythm seemed to tell me to cut at the sixth line in this one...I tend towards the organic, I guess, when it comes to strophes (I hope I'm using that word correctly). I see them like paragraphs. I have absolutely know formal education in poetry. none whatsoever. Anything I know, I learned ...
Posted to Poems by catnapping on November 11, 2008
Thank you, MaryAnn
There are also some Veterans poems posted over on BOF, and from from Michael Ryerson, some poetic prose.
Posted to Poems by catnapping on November 11, 2008
Happy Veterans' Day.
Some poetic prose...and a thread of vet poetry.
Posted to War Stories by catnapping on November 11, 2008
thanks, jack.
i'm not altogether pleased with it, but after a year of not figuring out how to fix the end, i figured i'd just go with brevity, and put it up to see what comments/suggestions would come.
Posted to Poems by catnapping on November 9, 2008
VFW
Sitting with friends at a long table clutteredwith bowls of oatmealand cold stacks of pancakes,he holds his coffee mugwith both hands.And recites the memoryof a cold ditch in Korea,of hot chinese metaland smoldering wool,and the certainty that he would burst into flames. © catnapping
Posted to Poems by catnapping on November 8, 2008
rime time
When Dumbfiddle's doohickeywent on the fritz,they took it apartto fix up the bits.They unwound the winder,and loosened the lidthat unsprung the springles,and scattered her wits. © catnapping
Posted to Best of the Fray by catnapping on October 26, 2008
your haiku.
perfect, as always. it's ginsberg-esque in that it's a complete sentence. i love when that happens. thank you, sogal.
Posted to Poems by catnapping on October 25, 2008
Tom
Secrets in his mouth,crayons in his hand,2 days from now,6 years ago,he fell from the earthinto the world,just as the leaveswere letting go. © catnapping http://theoddneighbor.blogspot.com/2006/01/first-kiss.html
Posted to Poems by catnapping on October 23, 2008
Cuban Pickle Crisis
Actually, I uploaded this to my blogmonths ago...waiting for the 22nd of October to actually remove it from 'drafts'...hoping that I'd have some decent illustration to add: When I think back to the 50s and 60s, I remember that it was the era of Flying Saucers and Green Men from Mars...Xenophobia was pandemic, and paranoia ruled the day. On ...
Posted to Poems by catnapping on October 22, 2008

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