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S2 and S3 work well. Maybe S1 is as you say too prosaic. The quicker you get to S2, the better. Just my take. Run it by some others.

I like how you convey restlessness in this. And, yes, the bare legs is an especially nice detail. I like the last stanza best. Nice poem.

Thanks, Caleb, for commenting. Many others would agree about the last line. IMO it makes it slightly better. But at some point I may change it. That’s why we workshop, for constructive criticism we can consider.

When I Recall This Day These headlands may be dusted with snow, but my heart will fill with summer when I recall this day. Barns, then store fronts will have replaced these wildflowers with their red and blonde heads. A prankster wind today competes with me to muss your hair. Its honeyed scent will ...

I’m a bit fascinated by this mantra-like verse. The last stanza of this sestina works best for me. Overall I’m not sure how to tackle it from our normal critique perspective because this poem follows another tradition than that of American verse(usually imagistic). The imagery is more general and I ...

Thank you, guys.

Yes. I like the daffodils!

Swing Wednesday off is as foreign to me as the coast of Chile. The boys whoop on the monkey bars. The girls twist headfirst like eels down slides. The mothers eye me, a stranger. I bask on a bench in the sun's warm hands, trying to relearn to relax. I'm a workaholic, disoriented by a day off. A smal...

Good one. I could also see this one with shorter line lengths, to suggest the N’s speech rhythm, like in many of your poems.

Hilarious

Thanks, Caleb. It looks like a good magazine. I liked seeing a Steve Klepetar poem there.

You’re more than welcomed.

Ms. Stallings is an excellent poet. I just googled One Sentence Poems, and couldn’t find it. Could you share the url? Thanks

I like the efficiency in this. And the idea of starting with something as simple and as common as a thumb print endeared me to this poem.

Terrific poem. A GREAT close. This poem should be a model enjoyed in writing classes. It should be in an anthology. Where are you sending it? It's been some time since I last sat upright, beads in hand like a rope to pull me from the abyss. Facing the east, eyes closed, feeling my way bead by bead a...

Sorry about that… I have the same problem.

Congratulations, Ieuan, on your poem and its publication!

Bob

My poem “Birds of Florida” is at Open Arts Forum…see link below. The link may look weird but it works.

https://openartsforum.com/birds-of-florida/

Nice one.

Good to see this poem continue to be rewarded, and deservingly so.

Excellent poem, Billy. I have read it a number of times, and it gets better with each read. No nits. A poignant piece. The ending is just right.

Thanks, guys. I have corrected the link.

A bleacher seat is one high up, usually far from the rink or court or field.

Congrats!!!

My poem “Saturday Night At The Skate Rink” is now at Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY. Check it out at
https://autumnskypoetrydaily.com/2024/0 ... -bradshaw/

That’s great news! I loved reading this again.