I love your work and I love that you write about your process. It takes me back to working on my M.A. and having to write about our process. It's a good practice I fell out of.
Lovely poem, Brian! I really liked how the first part of the poem is a series of descriptive, evocative noun phrases. Just pointing things out without making any particular assertions about them so far. Then finally you let us know it's about slanted things (the title was a nice hint too, of course).
I think there is a great letting in slants. Letting gravity do its work. Harmony with the fundamental way of things.
Mesmerizing. Like an actual memory of a place I’ve never been. So good.
Thanks Ann💫
Wholesome in every which way!
Thank you for reading!
Such a wonderful poem for today! Im lucky to have such great poetry to read anytime bright in my pocket! You are a treasure
So kind, thank you Jason. You made me smile!
Even the font is slanted ;)
Lovely. My favourite, because of the slanting lilt: "Every branch on every tree in every forest."
Lol (my 12 year old told me to never use lol again by the way, apparently it ages me). Maybe I’ll write a poem about it 😄
Hah, you should!
I love how words and memes and pop culture change so rapidly. What does your daughter think about emojis/memes/gifs??
I use them all the time with my kids. They respond maybe 1 out of 10 times. But I get the feeling they like it…
I felt as though I was floating within this lovely poem watching every act occur.
Floating is always fun😃
It certainly is! I love that feeling when words lift you up and take you away! Thank you for this!
My pleasure, thanks for the kind words. It means a lot!
I love your work and I love that you write about your process. It takes me back to working on my M.A. and having to write about our process. It's a good practice I fell out of.
“Every branch on every tree in every forest.”❤️
Thanks for reading!
Lovely poem, Brian! I really liked how the first part of the poem is a series of descriptive, evocative noun phrases. Just pointing things out without making any particular assertions about them so far. Then finally you let us know it's about slanted things (the title was a nice hint too, of course).
I think there is a great letting in slants. Letting gravity do its work. Harmony with the fundamental way of things.
Agreed. Life is better when we don’t struggle against it….
Beautiful and soothing, my favourite line is possibly:"The bed that holds the river you swim in summer." The whole poem feels drenched in love.
Thank you Mya…you found my favorite line too…
Mine, too.
Marvelous!
Thanks!
Lovely writing. The idea of “slant” works beautifully.
Kudos to Emily Dickinson for that part of it😊
very enjoyable, I liked the way it moved through various scenes all of which were tied together so it had the gentle comparisons happening. Nice.
Thank you Weston!
Beautiful! A simple noticing of something so tiny and so big…
Thanks Reena, I’m glad you enjoyed, and hope you are well!
Emily is smiling somewhere.
Very kind 😀