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brilliant images!

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Ikr - Earl had such a way with words!

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“sorrow-sphere” !!!!!

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What a phrase! 🖤

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I love your poems of response, Dick. They seem to fit Betty so well.

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Awww thanks Rod - really appreciate it 🖤

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I grabbed onto “worlds bent into words.” Wonderful poems. Seemingly simple but not.

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Love that description LeeAnn - "seemingly simple but not." Sums up Earl's poetry so well for me. 🖤

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Beautiful

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🖤🖤🖤

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"hope like hell

it rains—"

Amazing!

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Aw thanks Corie - really appreciate it 🖤

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"Spirit" reminds me of the Gwendolyn Brooks poem, We Real Cool. The staccato of the short lines and rhymes is super effective!

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Ohhh definitely, I see what you mean. Staccato is the perfect word for it. Love Brooks so much. 🖤

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Such careful word choices. -- almost reminds me of Milton in that way. Striking and rich.

I love both of your poems. Especially the second one, which I feel has a beautiful layer to it: by saying "worlds bent into words" and "those we call the birds," I feel it almost paints a picture of a bird as its very own world, bent into its very own word: bird.

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Love that - striking and rich! :-) I thought you might appreciate them, as you recently said you enjoyed rhymed poetry as well.

Aw cheers Hasse - your reading of that final poem is spot on. I had hoped someone would pick up on the wor(l)d play with those concepts. Love what you found in it! Thank you so much for the close reading. Means a lot.

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a tear—

A little human sorrow-sphere . . .

Held only one shy, wistful thought.

Tears are a magic trick, a miracle. This is so beautiful, Dick 💛

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Awww I know what you mean. 🖤 So beautiful.

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"A little human sorrow-sphere." >> Una pequeña esfera de dolor humano | What a line! What poetic power!

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Totally agree! So good. Love the translation :-)

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“wizard-wings” !! What an image!

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I know right! She has a real way with words 🖤

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I am caught in the "sorrow-sphere" ... I have no words, just love for all of these poems.

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