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Unread 03-04-2025, 01:30 PM
Jim Moonan Jim Moonan is offline
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Coming back in with a quick thought.

I've just skimmed the comments but recall seeing some debate about the word "humanity's". I do like it well enough, but the word really devours the first two lines, imo. There's something about it that is outsized.

What I think is missing in the poem is the overt imagery/backdrop of the city environs and its concrete, glass, steel, parks, building ledges, eaves, etc. It might be worth it to look for replacing humanity's" with descriptors that localized them to the city. Just a thought.

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