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Uncle Meridian

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symmetry

2023-05-30
Very much liking this poem. Its elegant and eloquent simplicity.


His Death is Scheduled for Next Monday

2023-05-28
Sending compassion.


Revisiting Old Friends

2023-05-16
The love of old well-made poems, be they from 1630 or 1930. It inspires this reader's wholesouled concurrence.


April showers

2023-05-16
Perfect. And good to see you posting!


the girl in a red shirt

2023-05-08
The economical language serves this poem well. The emotions are heightened, not reduced, by the graceful simplicity and elegant directness of articulation.


elise

2023-05-08
I enjoyed this poem, its seemingly casual accuracy, its open-hearted fidelity to a particular moment, to a particular person. A memorandum of what deserves to be remembered!


plumbing depths

2023-05-06
A fresh idiom and agile rhyming!


Quick Coucou

2023-05-06
Thanks for the update! And so glad things are going rather well.


INTRODUCTION TO LIFE PART FOUR

2023-05-04
I enjoyed reading this one very much. Vivid vignettes!


Poet bay

2023-05-04
Sona, thank you for doing your part to breathe life into our wee cyber-gathering of poets!


Ra?

2023-04-30
I admire this whole poem, but I especially like "dowdy" for the river.


Daffodils

2023-04-22
I love the fact that you've taken that most Wordsworthian of topics, and made it vivid, and detailed, and alive, poetically alive (even though this is prose, and perhaps because this is prose!). This was a very enjoyable read. Thank you for posting it! Peace and light, Thomas D.


two poems

2023-04-22
These are a joy to read!


At the Pond

2023-04-20
Very good, sir. I like this cinematograph!


IT'S RAINING IT'S PORING DOWN

2023-04-15
Ken! Such a cheerful poem! Thank you!


A Sunny Day by Ann Wood

2023-03-27
Oh, bless that pesky squirrel! And the kinder flowers, as well.


Iterations

2023-03-27
Such beauty (visual), to which your words provide a fitting analogue. Thank you so much!


Words

2023-03-27
I cherish the conscious and deliberate cadence of the poem, careful and sure-footed at the same time. The short, shapely lines serve the poem well.


listening to the carmell jones quartet on a rainy day

2023-03-25
I'll wager you won't be regretting those moments!


Avalanche

2023-03-25
It's good to be reading you, Sameen, and a readerly joy to encounter such an able and well-made poem. Thank you!


trans resistance

2023-03-24
"a match of pawns and King James" --- brilliant.

the poem is powerful throughout, and beyond commendable.


Watching March

2023-03-22
This reminds me, in theme, and sometimes in language, of all the fine odes to spring written by folks like Herrick and Cummings. Your rhyme scheme here is wonderful! A joy to read.


castle walls

2023-03-15
Among many excellent poems you have written, this is the best I've read yet. Such vividness, power, prowess. Gracefully exposited and cadenced from start to finish. A moving and compelling portrait of both protagonists.


Inklings

2023-03-15
Powerful. And about to be bookmarked.


Marmalade

2023-03-12
Vivid and immediate and poetically powerful: an excellence.


Israeli Woman

2023-03-12
Beautiful painting, and the theme of reconciliation resonates.


Late Winter Antidote

2023-03-09
Much to admire here, Joe. The first stanza's rhymes induced the broadest smile!


Tomorrow

2023-03-08
Beautiful, Joe. Thank you.


My Music

2023-03-05
An engaging and skilled exposition of your favourites! And welcome, sir!


The Influence of Your Presence

2023-03-05
And UM thanks FM!


The Guardian

2023-03-03
I love the cadence: "this solitaire, this sentinel," etc.: the four-beat line flexibly firm.


wait what

2023-03-03
I am smiling broadly. I am enjoying it mightily.


midnight (at the oasis)

2023-02-20
How old am I? I don't even have to ask who Maria is!


unbuttoning

2023-02-20
I'm likin' this much.


Reverie

2023-02-09
Almost like poetic pointillism! Beautifully executed. And about to be bookmarked.


All the Legends

2023-02-09
"as the nights became pups to our dog days" --- brilliant!

the whole poem is a pleasure. many thanks.


traffic

2023-02-09
ooh! this small poem, as Marianne Moore might've said, startles the reader to felicity


Taunted

2023-02-07
I cherish the scope and specificity of "from Euripides to Harper Lee" --- and yes, same!


Not Synonyms

2023-01-19
Sorry those lessons came the hard way. I value and appreciate the poem.


SYLLABLES

2023-01-16
Very glad to have provided some impetus to this poem, Alan!


EXPLAINNG ME

2023-01-16
I love this. For you, an Irish ditty. For me, age 11, the poems of Robert Frost and the songs of Lennon & McCartney.


Haiku

2023-01-15
Love love love.


Road Warriors

2023-01-15
Merveilleux, mon ami! About to bookmarkify!


LIFE

2023-01-13
Poignant. And says what it needs to say very well, very effectively.


The Poet's Prison

2023-01-13
You know, I may have to respond to this! In unrhymed pentameters, of course!


Frustration Funnel

2023-01-13
Wowzers! Joe! The freewheelin' Josephus! I'm hearing an echo (in a good way) of Bob Dylan in "cast-offs, write-off, Boris Karloff's" ... it's whimsical and fun and rolls off the voice quite nicely!

Even though born of frustration, this has appeal! I like it a lot.


Mind Bending

2023-01-10
a 13-line trimeter sonnet of sorts! and i am fascinated by the idea behind the poem.


This Lazy Day

2023-01-10
A winsome and enjoyable adventure in rhyme! Tip o' the ol' cap to thee, poetical chum!


Love…Among The Ruins

2023-01-10
"Tattered soul with gentle hands": that is the apex, for me. So beautifully expressed, and one knows exactly what you mean. Excellent to see you posting, Joe.


FORGETTING

2023-01-10
Playful and serious at once. A joy to have read!