Ahem.
Hi Susan. I also liked "Waltz," with the anapestic meter mimicking the triple-time of the waltz. It reminded me of Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz," which used iambic trimeter to do the same thing. Are you familiar with it?
And the tribute to Kim Bridgford was well-earned. We've all lost people in the last year, but none was more important to formal poetry than Kim. I was fortunate enough to attend West Chester in one of her last years as Director there, then again in 2015 when she started Poetry By the Sea. New conference in a new venue? No problems; it ran like clockwork. Most of us thought of her as a poet, but her organizational skills were also exceptional.
As for the latest issue of
The Orchards, I'm very pleased to be in your company.
Ted