Normals (CTG)
Latest version --NormalsWith two bulging canvas bags.I bide my time underthe creaking metal sign "Books Bought and Sold."On a frigid morningthe shady side of the street; the moment for Normals to...
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Chris--- great details and the narrative moves swiftly, but never confused me. and i think you incorporate sounds approximations better than anybody. the time for them to open has passed. Ding-dong....
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Thank you, Bernie. Normals is a bookstore in Waverly, Baltimore. Glad you like the part with the sound. There is an old church on Greenmount Avenue by the bookstore called St. John's, Huntington. I...
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Chris, yes a very nice read. I'm not sure if you intended it, but I immediately wanted to contrast life in the cold shade to life in the sun to see which was more appealing. Although the warmth of the...
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Cool Hand Luke...strother martin says:what we've got here is a failure to communicate.classic. so many opportunities....to use that phrase. it amuses me, but Kathleen claims i'm talking to myself...
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Here I am to nitty nitty pick pick. A couple things from S3 that strike me. First, proselytizers is just not a good poetry word. Why not stick a match to the dynamite and step outside the box into...
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Thanks, Bernie and Steve. First, Steve, you are right about "proselytizers" not being the best word. Indeed, your suggestion to make them Mormons or some other religious group is a good one. Let me...
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Chris, I really enjoyed this poem, thought it very sound and self-contained just right, love the ending especially, (closing with a meaningful and curious final image, with some reader's room. gets me...
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Hi JimMany thanks for your kind comments. I appreciate the suggested fix on the double "books" in the first stanza. I believe I have addressed it in the revision that adopts your version.All the...
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