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07-22-2015, 08:31 AM
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Ed Shacklee at Autumn Sky Poetry Daily
A wonderful sonnet, Ed. Congrats!
The Mole People
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07-22-2015, 08:39 AM
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I'm going to repeat what I said on FB: Kudos to Ed for his distinctively, underhandedly clever poem!
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07-22-2015, 09:22 AM
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Terrific work. As per usual.
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07-22-2015, 09:58 AM
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Wow! I love it. I like the understated way in which you uncover subtexts to your premise of mole people, so that words like "enlightenment" take on ironic but very appropriate resonances.
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07-22-2015, 11:20 AM
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One of your best, Ed! And that's saying a lot! Absolutely wonderful.
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07-22-2015, 12:21 PM
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Thanks, all, for the kind words, which have brought a blush to my cheeks. I have a soft spot for this poem, which I've worked and reworked for years, and I was very happy to learn this morning that it had found a home at Autumn Sky.
I saw the wonderfully bad B movie of the same name when I was a little kid. They were not exactly handsome specimens and were meant to be scary, but I remember feeling sorry for them back then, and was glad when the mole people, who were kept as slaves, rebelled. They changed a lot when I reimagined them years later, but I'm sure " The Mole People" was the original inspiration. It's funny, what fancy does with one's memory!
Best,
Ed
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07-22-2015, 02:39 PM
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Go, Ed, go!
Netflix has a copy of The Mole People paired up with Tarantula.
It's now on the top of my rental list!
Nemo
Last edited by R. Nemo Hill; 07-22-2015 at 02:41 PM.
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07-22-2015, 07:23 PM
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Very nice, enjoyed!
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07-22-2015, 07:48 PM
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What Jean said! 
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07-22-2015, 09:07 PM
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Congratulations, Ed!
Pedro.
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