This was my turn to pick the front page - I loved this poem when you posted it and wanted to bring it to the front. Have read this many times since posted - always enjoying it

Congrats, Lynn! Tom

Casey, I'm honored!  And more than a little surprised.  Thank you.  Thank you.

And Tom, thanks.  I'd all but forgotten this poem.

lynn

Hurrah.

Interested in your comment, Lynn, especially as I was thinking that if I was still an editor and making a pick, there are a couple of recent poems of yours I'd have considered first. This goes to show the advantage of having editors with differing tastes.

Cheers

milner

Congrats, Lynn. 

A fine selection, Casey.

tiko

thanks tiko.  and thank you, milner.  and here! here! to our varied choices!  certainly working for me and especially thankful for casey's selection of this work -- making my day!  thanks again!

lynn

Lynn,

I'm still unsure about the format change near the end, but not about the beauty of the piece.  Truly some lovely turns of phrase, some thoughtful things to think on.....

I've been enjoying reading it each day - xo M

M -- I'm not sure about the format change near the end either, except that it's closer to mood than my efforts with shorter lines.  Not even certain if 'mood' is the right word.  Will just say that when I try shortened lines, it's a little like trying on a size 6 shoe when a 7 1/2 is the one I can wear and still get about.

Thanks for your note.  [This particular poem has  still probably got some fitting yet to do.]

ld

Did you ever try shifting the upper lines to fit the bottom?  Just wondering  - xo M

I did actually play with longer lines up top.  But the longer lines made it feel 'thought out' and shorter lines seemed as if coming to the reasoning step by step.  [This probably will make absolutely no sense to anyone but me -- and by next week, month, or year, very possibly will not make sense even to me.  It's so very odd how the voice in my head works.]  thank you again, M.  I like that you 'wonder' ;)

ld