tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post3598628015120779712..comments2024-02-05T15:01:44.563-05:00Comments on Cleveland Poetics: a place for cleveland's writers and readers: Blind Review Fridaymichael salingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-43398883532281264172011-05-12T14:06:52.884-04:002011-05-12T14:06:52.884-04:00This is a sad Lament. I like it, poetically, but d...This is a sad Lament. I like it, poetically, but disagree with the observations. Obviously, this author believes in what the poets of the past attempted to accomplish and that "nothing could silence them", yet something apparently did. There seems to be some aspersions being cast upon those who "take the old words over", and yet, how else are these bygone poets to have any legacy? This is a sad lament.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-28615877307240899622011-04-19T20:19:25.479-04:002011-04-19T20:19:25.479-04:00The capitalization bothered me too, then I realize...<i>The capitalization bothered me too, then I realized it was an acrostic.</i><br /><br />!!<br /><br />OK, I missed that.Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-18249767474083179462011-04-19T17:03:18.022-04:002011-04-19T17:03:18.022-04:00I thought it was a tribute to the prophetic poets ...I thought it was a tribute to the prophetic poets who pay the price for their radical ideas. The next generation usually picks them up as causes without actually paying the price. That's just sociology.<br /><br />The capitalization bothered me too, then I realized it was an acrostic.Robhttp://smithwrite.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-18483487244309482272011-04-17T09:28:32.727-04:002011-04-17T09:28:32.727-04:00Last line...Why just picking at the bones...seems ...Last line...Why just picking at the bones...seems too easy of an ending...casting off...may be missing something.Spirit Poemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793224929375745298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-80832164135116973782011-04-16T21:13:36.951-04:002011-04-16T21:13:36.951-04:00I really like this one-- poignant. (I know these p...I really like this one-- poignant. (I know these poets!)<br />I'm finding it hard to find something to criticize here-- I'm sure there is probably a way to make it better, but I like already.<br />OK, one thing, you might capitalize the lines that begin sentences.Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.com