Fragment of Thought during a Panel Discussion on Contemporary Poetry
Do I want to know there are anti-lyric factions, anti-narrative factions, anti-whatever…I cannot change any of this so why not go forward being irrelevant and happy in my own work…
on every shoulder
the chip
of a poem
May 8th, 2018 at 9:09 am
Interesting work & form.
May 8th, 2018 at 9:09 am
I’m off to my gig, monthly sing-along w/ memory care patients…they know the lyrics and respond…In every mind, long forgotten hints of poems once remembered.
May 8th, 2018 at 9:10 am
Very nice.
May 8th, 2018 at 9:19 am
It’s exhausting to follow the latest thing in the elite poetry scene. I agree. I’ll also keep doing what I love!
May 8th, 2018 at 9:47 am
Very good. I love it.
May 8th, 2018 at 10:09 am
This is excellent. So much said in so few words!
May 8th, 2018 at 11:53 am
Hear, hear!
May 8th, 2018 at 12:18 pm
Wonderful haibun, Jean–thank you!
May 8th, 2018 at 2:44 pm
So glad you wrote this.
May 8th, 2018 at 3:34 pm
Wonderful! Right on! And brilliant ending.
May 8th, 2018 at 5:43 pm
skywriter . . .
his words turning
into clouds
(originally published in Otata 23)
May 9th, 2018 at 2:55 am
Yesss! Love it!
May 9th, 2018 at 2:57 am
This response is overwhelming! Thank you all so much.
May 9th, 2018 at 4:40 am
Beautiful sentiments to which I totally agree.. Loved the senryu too.
May 11th, 2018 at 8:35 am
finally
off the hook after all
that wriggling
Whew!! Love the inherent permission to just be true to ourselves and content in that. Thank you!
May 13th, 2018 at 8:56 pm
I too prefer to follow my own muse – who else do we have to follow anyway.
May 17th, 2018 at 8:35 am
Great stuff, Jean! :)
marion
May 19th, 2018 at 1:30 am
Quite so