The poem is a powerful elegy, Millicent, although I'm not sure about the rise of the final two lines, whether or not the poem really sustains that. Also, I dont get the 'grateful conversations' aspect; why that title? Doug On 14-Dec-10, at 6:13 PM, Millicent wrote: > Grateful Conversations Never Had > Hamim Group garment factory in Ashulia, Dec. 2010 Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html Most of the trouble on this planet is caused by people who must be _right_. William Burroughs