Well, at one reading, I'd say it doesn't just commune with our dead master, it CHANNELS him, even down to the lengths of wood. This poem is damned well done, though I'm sure Richard is aware that it will always be compared to Frost in subject, technique, etc. I think the easy freshness of the rhymes is remarkable--RF would have done this in blank verse, no doubt. I have to look at it again to see if it's narrative or vignette. So give me time. I mean to say something about the other narratives posted here, but I've got a full slate of requests from all over the map and have to work in short bursts.
I'd like to ask Richard if he also writes about modern suburban experience, which would appear to be a big part of his present life.
"a living purpose to the solid world"--what would that do to the final line, I wonder? Just toying out of dissatisfaction with the two modifiers in their present position.
[This message has been edited by David Mason (edited August 17, 2004).]
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