Member Comments on this Poem |
Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 09/02/09 at 04:01 AM "Long lime fingers" and "anomic fog" are just two ideas I like in this rich poem. The voice is strong and speaks of that symbiotically relationship of trees and people, and the history gives geat depth. Delighted. Thank you for this. |
Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 09/02/09 at 01:34 PM A notable reflection on a piece of the Depression. I even remember the WPA (a lesser "cousin" of the CCC)! |
Posted by Charlie Morgan on 09/02/09 at 05:03 PM ...willows like elephants, never forget, man[alas]forgets yesterday...love the voice in this...a by-golly by-gum at 'cha[them] great write, glenn. |
Posted by Dave Fitzgerald on 09/03/09 at 10:36 PM The words bring you in with an almost tongue twister attraction that draw you on. Great write Glenn. Thanks |
Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 09/04/09 at 01:42 PMClip your tongue
you ungracious dolt
hang your shameless head.
All of this poem surpasses excellent. Thank you for this masterpiece. |
Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 09/04/09 at 01:43 PM (That verse portion I quoted from your poem just rolls me over. I love it. LOVE it!) |
Posted by Charles E Minshall on 09/04/09 at 04:52 PM Great poem Glenn. Reminds me of my Dad and things
he did....CharMin |
Posted by Tony Whitaker on 09/07/09 at 02:43 AM Like Charlie, this throws me back to my youth when my dad, a construction worker all his life, spoke of the old CCC camps, started by FDR. |
Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 09/08/09 at 02:58 AM Flawless in how this grips the reader, tapping history and bringing it back to life along side these willows, and making it very personal with your father's harmonica and "Genie with the light brown hair."
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Posted by A. Paige White on 09/10/09 at 10:01 PM Gorgeous Glenn! |
Posted by Ken Harnisch on 09/11/09 at 04:56 AM just splendid imagery from word one to the last, Glenn. I am in awe. |