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Unread 10-26-2012, 08:02 PM
David Rosenthal David Rosenthal is offline
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Originally Posted by Jesse Anger View Post
This is brilliant:

there's so little content, and what's there is so vague, that the poem becomes a vessel for readers to pour their own lives into it.
I would love this comment myself if it were applied to a poem that grabbed me more. But, I must report that Bob's comments have mostly spoken for me. I think I can understand why this poem has struck others so well, but it doesn't do the same for me.

David R.
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