Comments | ajodasso: My 2016 Rhysling-Eligible Poems (Pub. in 2015):

ajodasso

My 2016 Rhysling-Eligible Poems (Pub. in 2015):

Jan 10, 2016 16:57

"Bone-House," Liminality #4, Summer 2015 (LINK TO POEM)

Poem Trilogy: "Red Wire," "Monsters," and "Slipknot"; SWAMP #17, September 2015 (LINK TO POEMS)

"Transition Metal," My Dear Watson: The Very Elements of Poetry, Beautiful Dragons Press, November 2015
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( Transition Metal )

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milarca_mouse January 10 2016, 23:33:09 UTC

Oh, those were all so lovely and poignant.

ladymouse2 January 13 2016, 02:21:47 UTC

These are...poignant beyond words. The trilogy of cancer is has such a furious pressure held under tension only by the straining reach for acceptance. The repetition of the imagery of blood and cuts being doors puts a dark energy under the waters of calm.

"Bone House" is an entire scope of a relationship and undercurrent of forever unresolved conflict in only a few words.

But my favorite is "Transition Metal"because it not only shows a clear, strong set of images but those also call up a sense of time and place that lends a rich history. Delighted for you that the poetry is going so strongly.