[Rose Kelleher]

My favorite of these is The Last Concert. I didn't notice how fitting "birthwarm" was until the second time around. And I love "love's severe, exacting heart" - it makes me think of Percy Grainger and his mother.

The ABC rhyme scheme is nice and subtle too. (And exacting!)

[A. E. Stallings]

Last Concert is terrific. Creepy in its exactitude. Not to mention its appropriately exacting technique--"Basin" and "face in"!

[Mary Meriam]

My fave is "Fifteen" - I think I read this in Light? I like the clear and simple rhymes, like animals - or traps.

[FOsen]

I also like "Green" and "The Pool" - so effective and seemingly offhand.

Frank