[Ed Shacklee]

Made my morning. 'The Panhandler's Tale', a truly delightful poem by Maryann Corbett I came across at Kin Poetry Journal, here.

Ed

[Janice D. Soderling]

Knocked me off my feet!!

I wonder though

I too am something other than what I see....

Is that a typo, should it be "seem..." rather than "see..."?

[Maryann Corbett]

Thanks, Ed, and yes, Janice, it should be "seem" (as in "I seem to be suffering a plague of editorial typos"). I'll try to dash off a note to Uche.

[John Riley]

Great poem, Maryann. The last stanza is especially good.

[Jean L. Kreiling]

Congratulations, Maryann, on a poem both erudite and down-to-earth, both well-staged and true.

Best,
Jean

[Cally Conan-Davies]

Excellent narrative, Maryann. As Salt says, it has a lyric intensity delivered with great clarity of scene-making.

Cally