This input from Stephen and Peter is helpful and stimulating. Thanks to both of you. I can readily see, Stephen, why you would indicate an awareness of a larger landscape here. This point gives me much to consider. I mull that, plus both of your kind affirmation of the phrasing, plus, the unexpectedness. Very valuable to receive word(s) on this list! Sheila On Nov 28, 2007 6:29 PM, Peter Ciccariello <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > "Skill of the phrasing", that's perfect Stephen. I have been trying to > understand why I love Sheila's work so much. Phrasing, the turn of a > phrase. > Also, such - exquisite unexpectedness! > > - Peter Ciccariello > > > > On Nov 28, 2007 8:22 PM, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I love shear skill of the phrasing here, Shelia, but the poem remains > > oblique for me - it seems to suggest a larger landscape in which much > more > > is unfolding. I want the poem to open up more on that landscape. > > > > But maybe I am shortsighted! > > > > Stephen V > > http://stephenvincent.net/blog/ > > > > Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Larissa, Doug, and Anny, > I > > appreciate your kind comments. Thank you very > > much. Sheila > > > > On Nov 28, 2007 8:50 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote: > > > > > & I'm amazed by reading here; lovely, Sheila. > > > > > > Doug > > > On 27-Nov-07, at 7:21 PM, Sheila Murphy wrote: > > > > > > > too treble a cost they felt lost > > > > to what world they had made > > > > > > > > it was a sacrifice to watch to wait > > > > she breathed awake > > > > > > > > her aware eyes shimmered strong > > > > and they in turn were children > > > > > > > > to her tiny size for she > > > > amazed by being there > > > > > > > > > > > > sheila e. murphy > > > > > > > > > > > Douglas Barbour > > > 11655 - 72 Avenue NW > > > Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 > > > (780) 436 3320 > > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ <http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Edbarbour/<http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/> > > > > > > > > Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > > > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > > > > > > As one beauty > > > cancels another, remembrance > > > is a foolish act, a double-heded snake > > > striking in both directions > > > > > > John Newlove > > > > > > > > > -- > NEW RELEASE > UNCOMMON VISION - The Art of Peter Ciccariello > http://uncommon-vision.blogspot.com/ > 66 pp. 42 color plates. >