I pity the poor English as a Second Language students who have to struggle with his poems, because even as a native speaker I can rarely squeeze any sense out of what he's doing. (I realize that most of what he's doing has more to do with mood than sense, but often both are lost on me.)
Glad to see your appreciation and reservations, Michael. They both help me feel less daunted.
And thanks for posting that poem, Andrew. I like the way that repetend starts on the bottom of the antepenultimate stanza and then gradually floats to the top of the subsequent stanzas.
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