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Thanks for the twenty seconds of
Your crisp, medicinal perspective,
Encapsulated in a laugh
That shook like a bragging monkey’s ass.
Call it a joke, a gentle nudge—
It pushed me over some good edge,
Literally enlightening:
This cobweb world looks bright again.
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Jack Granath’s poetry has appeared in The Formalist, Measure, and Poetry East among other journals and magazines. He is a library director in Kansas.
A lovely work. The aabababb rhyme scheme is especially intriguing and impressive. Love poems which teach me something and I'd…
Your power of description is exceptional. "Gelatinously smooth and slow" water; the "one great swirling golden ray" of mist; willows…
This is a beautiful trio of poems about incense, Margaret; and you have so skillfully woven together the several varied…
Thank you for this poem. It came at a time when I needed a bit of tranquility and beauty.
Thank you, Michael, for that lovely thought and kind comment, which I very much appreciate. Best wishes, Bruce.
Your slant rhymes are subtle, ghostly, no more than a whisper of some imagined perfect rhymes; and your line of thought presents some unexpected curves. Thank you for skating so close to the edge.