Take care, Vincent.
Gerald
> Stephen,
>
> My condolences. It is a wonderful thing to feel, as you do, that your
> father
> "had a great run," but it must be painful nonetheless to have him be gone.
> My thoughts are with you.
>
> Rich Newman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen Vincent
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Rose Snap
>
> Thanks for the comments. I will revisit. It was one of those snaps that
> poured out with little or no reflexivity as to whether things made sense -
> Syllables proposing syllables and hopping along from there.
>
> A generous gift from somewhere to myself and others as I leave for home.
> My
> father of 93 - who had a great run - passed away this morning. And now to
> family.
>
> Stephen V
>
>
>
>> This piece accomplishes quite a lot since it persuades its object to say
>> something truthful about what it is, what it does, and who it has known.
>>
>> And I don't see difficulty with the second line because its last two
>> words
>> are extracted, hyphenated, set apart, as it were from the text. And by
> doing
>> this, Stephen seems to making a gesture of presentation ("here"), as well
> as
>> speaking of where the reader/persona has been and wehere we've all
> arrived.
>>
>> Gerald S.
>>
>>> Very nice, Stephen.
>>>
>>>> The woman who appears uncombed to shout atop a long
>>>> Open balustrade of white, yellow, red and pale-apricot roses.
>>>
>>> I have trouble reading this part - some rhythmic problem - too many
>>> stresses in the second line perhaps.
>>>
>>> Janet
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>>> Poems at Proximity:
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