I very much like this, Dale. It is crisp and unique with some direct and startling images. Reminds me of a laser show and I like this means of highlighting your thoughts. I find the form in stark contrast to the subject matter and that I find refreshing. Brings me wide-open thoughts on a topic that is normally associated with brevity and duskiness. Have a very happy and healthy new year. Kate xx
Beautifully written Dale. I like the style. It's a change for you and a very good one. I hope it's on its way to TWF.
Happy New Year,
Marcia
Reviewed by Flying Fox Ted L Glines (Reader)
Reviewed on December 29, 2008
Really cool (no pun intended), Dale. I saw the title and I wondered what you were going to do with a time fixed by pagans to celebrate the natural cycle of death becoming rebirth on this longest night. You did well and you caught the essence of it. Nice :-)
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
Using Calgary as a backdrop the author satirizes the self-serving nature of the public as it continues to fatten itself, not only physically, but egotistically as well.
Be always safe,
Karen
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Happy New Year,
Marcia
Ted
Awesome poetry.
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.