Ah, the importance of reading beyond the gooserot. The lichen images in the beginning almost killed it in childbirth. Ah, but to continue to read the thing.
Brilliant. Time. Lichen as parody (love it!). Edit:
Or maybe, irony.
This poem is why I continue to labor towards understanding the metrical standard held to so tightly by so many. The poet is demonstrating CRAFT. And that is no small thing.
[This message has been edited by Maggie Porter (edited December 05, 2004).]
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