I made it into "Foetry":
http://foetry.com/newbb/viewtopic.php?t=197
"The following was sent to me by a friend with the question: “Isn’t something like this as bad as anything more notable writers do? “
I say perhaps. It is not a good answer but it is the best I can come up with. Perhaps you or someone else can come up with a better one and a reason why.
I haven’t an answer so I pose the situation as presented to me.
At an Internet site (poetry forum) someone posted the following: “Terese and I both had the blessing of careful and generous reviews at The Gazebo:”
It was posted by someone named David Anthony who is a moderator or some functionary at the site it was posted at (Eratosphere)
After looking up the book review at the site mentioned and reading the glowing review something of note struck me:
The review, which included the somewhat over-the-top beginning: “If a poem is a verbal device designed to go off in the heart (apologies to Phillip Larkin) then David G. Anthony’s graceful, contemplative second collection implodes quietly, delivering emotional truths from within well- crafted constructs. “ was written by someone named
Cheryl Snell, who it turns out is a moderator or functionary at the Gazebo site where the book review was posted.
What gave my sender and perhaps me, but to a lesser degree, a feeling of alarm was the following notation:
Talking to Lord Newborough
by David G. Anthony
Alsop Review Press
ISBN: 0976195410 "
--Jack Conway
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