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I love the bed ruffles and lilac sprays!!!! Makes ...

2012-05-01T07:45:34.427-07:00

I love the bed ruffles and lilac sprays!!!!
Makes me smile.......

Devastating ending!

2012-04-30T08:31:30.330-07:00

Devastating ending!

Thank you for reading :-)

2012-04-29T17:18:29.421-07:00

Thank you for reading :-)

Remarkable poem. Good work.

2012-04-29T14:16:17.878-07:00

Remarkable poem. Good work.

Love the leap from the dry, conference room settin...

2012-04-29T12:59:12.438-07:00

Love the leap from the dry, conference room setting to the poignantly personal moment--lovely, moving poem.

Jessie, I am so glad you enjoyed this piece. Stron...

2011-10-16T20:59:16.405-07:00

Jessie, I am so glad you enjoyed this piece. Strong stuff, indeed.

I tried to write a poem on this same topic and I c...

2011-10-16T13:41:18.481-07:00

I tried to write a poem on this same topic and I could never make if work. Thanks for this; it is beautiful :)

A lovely interweaving here.

2011-07-02T01:04:42.398-07:00

A lovely interweaving here.

Very nice

2011-07-02T00:46:40.815-07:00

Very nice

Every landscape has its own palaver... "cree...

2011-07-02T00:37:10.856-07:00

Every landscape has its own palaver...

"creeks once ran before/they were caught in concrete/seeping now and then into basements/ just to say hey."...

wonderful

I love both of these poems, the first for its cont...

2011-07-02T00:32:20.461-07:00

I love both of these poems, the first for its contradictions, its unexpected leaps, the power of the silence between stanzas; the second for its earthy detail.

This poem is great fun.

2011-07-02T00:28:58.077-07:00

This poem is great fun.

I know the Wilson River, and feel I know a little ...

2011-04-15T10:01:14.053-07:00

I know the Wilson River, and feel I know a little about hearts - what a beautiful rendering of both.

One of my favorite Stevens (or of all poetry) quot...

2011-03-06T14:11:13.352-08:00

One of my favorite Stevens (or of all poetry) quotes ever :)

Jasmine, Thank you for reading. I appreciate your ...

2011-03-01T08:51:09.504-08:00

Jasmine,
Thank you for reading. I appreciate your comments, and it is an honor to feature Ann's words here.
-Scot Siegel

This is a beautiful poem to match an interview of ...

2011-02-28T10:22:45.499-08:00

This is a beautiful poem to match an interview of a beautiful person. Whenever I read Ann Tweedy’s work, whether it be poetry or legal scholarship, her words and thoughts reverberate in my mind for days. I find myself looking at power differentials —whether they be between a hummingbird and landowner (such as in the featured poem) or a minority subordinated under the law— with new perspective,

Your closing line is killing me. (I love it.)

2011-02-20T08:11:25.935-08:00

Your closing line is killing me. (I love it.)

Painfully real and beautiful! A great poem that r...

2011-02-13T03:07:40.393-08:00

Painfully real and beautiful! A great poem that rings with indignation!

I like the sounds and astronomy. I want to write m...

2010-12-17T21:31:50.492-08:00

I like the sounds and astronomy. I want to write more about astronomy.

Great poem! Laura Winter's spacing and line br...

2010-11-16T16:28:09.463-08:00

Great poem! Laura Winter's spacing and line breaks once again help foreground the rhythm and emphasis in her poems. I can almost hear her reading this!

Thanks for this richly imagined poem with its vivi...

2010-11-14T16:47:11.681-08:00

Thanks for this richly imagined poem with its vivid, dialogic contrasts. It builds to that final stanza, which is a collage of movement and process toward something--something geologic and centered?

Cool poem! I've always been fascinated by avi...

2010-11-14T16:32:48.275-08:00

Cool poem! I've always been fascinated by aviaries, and this poem takes me a bit closer to knowing why.

The shape of the poem impresses me: the way the last 6 1/2 lines relate to the first 2/3 of the poem is myterious and wonderful. A kind of reversal happens with the imagery: what was inside the aviary is now outside and floods into the house with the opening of the window.

thanks iftoday!

2010-08-31T13:53:30.023-07:00

thanks iftoday!

Great interview . . .questions and answers! Jessie...

2010-08-23T17:38:56.491-07:00

Great interview . . .questions and answers! Jessie is so real and reachable!

loved the ending and the images of choking sputte...

2010-08-23T01:23:00.459-07:00

loved the ending
and the images of choking sputtering were very sharp!
but i came up for air along with you :)