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Re: Five Ways of Not Looking at Snow
« Reply #30 on: April 03, 2009, 11:15:28 AM » by brian_edwards

Bravo Bravo!

Clapping and cheering here James.

Great pick Larry, really enjoyed the notes too. Always great to find a different name on the front page, especially when it is a writer as fine as James. Many more to come I am sure.

Bravo!!

B.

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Re: Five Ways of Not Looking at Snow
« Reply #31 on: April 03, 2009, 12:11:03 PM » by Mike Barrett

Good to see something of yours on the front page; about time, I say.

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Re: Five Ways of Not Looking at Snow
« Reply #32 on: April 04, 2009, 10:14:54 PM » by Eamonn S

Didn't care for this much. Lot of orphan images and an overwrought title.

I'm sure someone will reproach me indirectly to reaffirm praise that was already given, but before someone takes up that ostensibly noble cause, give it a thought or two.

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Re: Five Ways of Not Looking at Snow
« Reply #33 on: April 05, 2009, 09:34:11 AM » by silent lotus

Quote from: larry jordan on April 02, 2009, 11:33:38 AM

I tossed back and forth between two poems this week and have decided to pick this wonderful reading experience. It is decidedly not narrative. It is not telling us of something in the "world." It uses words as couplings of unlikely sounds and references to prod an experience that keeps snow in the face on the "nose." There are some momnets that may not work perfectly, but I found myself working in its language in the way we wriggle in the blankets for that perfect comforting moment. The poem also presents a way of reading that may be more for poets rather than non poets. I am reminded that Ron Silliman (I think) said once that poetry tends to be read by poets as its craft lends itself to deeper shoveling. I also find that this can be read quickly without mulling over whether there is a puzzle of meaning. Its meanings are new and come from carefully placed images. Sense grows between the reader and the work, not the reader's memory of an event that the poem merely triggered.
I think it is nice add to the diversity of 'poetics' the site seems to draw.

larry

Dear James

I agree with Larry and others about your qualities
and offer my congratulations.

Also it would be most enjoyable
if more editors had the graciousness to offer
such words as Larry has in explanation for their choice
of front page. Sharing such insight is a gift to the ears
of those so many who are searching.

a warm smile
silent lotus

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Re: Five Ways of Not Looking at Snow
« Reply #34 on: April 05, 2009, 09:54:51 AM » by jamesthomashoward

thank you sl, and i agree: larry is exemplary. James

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Re: Five Ways of Not Looking at Snow
« Reply #35 on: April 07, 2009, 07:39:08 PM » by brian_edwards

I've been enjoying this poem all week and just realised you originally posted it on my birthday! Another reason to enjoy.

B.

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