Want a copy of UNDERLIFE? You know you do...

[bostonerin]

So, late last year my good friend and partner in crime, January Gill O'Neil (aka Poetmom) released her first book of poetry, UNDERLIFE (CavanKerry Press).

Comments

[jeniwrites]

DANG.
I love this poem -- and I so want this book.
I love poetry that tells a story. Poems that read like stories are, for me, lessons in how to make every word count. I love writing both prose and poetry, though these days I write more prose than poetry. I'd love to read her poem on coming back from maternity leave.

My entry...

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I'm a fan of poems
I read and I write
This battle of words
and the results of the fight

Stanzas and verses
meter and rhyme
they all come together
expressions sublime

So I hope this will win me
this book your friend has written
'cause I don't just have the bug
I've already been bitten

Chris Daniele :)

Daaaaaaaaaang indeed

[mostly_irish]

Remember that fateful reading you invited me to read my amateur poems (thankfully) before Jan read? I felt like the world's luckiest ugly duckling, rubbing wings with a swan like that. :)

That said: I love poetry because it's the perfect distillation of words, sounds, images and feelings. It can be the smallest moment captured precisely or a broad topic neatly encapsulated in a few lines.

Re: Daaaaaaaaaang indeed

[mostly_irish]

Also? Super-DANG. That IS a sexy cover. ;)

[jennac618]

I love how poetry can make you see small aspects of the world in a completely different way. The curve of a flower petal, the softness of skin, all gets reduced to its essence in poetry. It's simple. But still complex. And we need more of that in life.

[meganfrazer]

Erin, I love the way that good poetry commands your attention. A poem is succinct, but expansive in its emotions and impact.