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Unread 09-04-2015, 02:15 PM
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Default Rick Mullin at Autumn Sky

"Boarding the Ferry Stevens at Hoboken," here.
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I'm amazed at how that one sentence winds through the 14 lines, and how deftly the rhymes do their work. Congrats, Rick!

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Swell, Rick!! Much enjoyed and my guess is in 20 years it won't need any more footnotes than it does today. congrats!
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Really vivid . . . I see it! Excellent work, Rick.
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One of Rick's best, in my humble opinion, and one of the poets up here whose work I really relish and look forward to. No, I did not say one of the few. Read it again!
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Thanks folks. Jean, I enjoyed your "September" earlier this week.
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One of Rick's best, in my humble opinion, and one of the poets up here whose work I really relish and look forward to. No, I did not say one of the few. Read it again!
Well said!
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