Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 02/03/08 at 05:51 PM The repetition and focus on "feel like" really brings this poem into feeling, under the skin. I know this "feeling"--not just words! It's a subtle thing, but very identifiable, when one can recognize the instictively adopted habits of relatives. It's fascinating, and usually easier to see in someone else--how a person sets his jaw, just like his father does, for instance. Little "slouch" and "rub"... these are tiny things, but they really spark strongly--a feeling memory. Wonderful that this aknowledgement is introspective and put into a poem! |