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[mettafore]

I was lucky enough to have this woman as a professor, mentor.

How I miss her input and the precision with which she lifted all that was relevant from my work and gave it back to me. A sort of poetic transplant.

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[k_t_bug]

Where is she now? Are you able to have a relationship with her at all?

I loved her piece. I didn't understand it all, but loved it anyway. Especially the simple last line; it felt full of hoplessness and regret.

[feather_armor]

We were emailing back and forth for a while. I also made a special trip up to Ft. Collins a few years ago to meet with her. In fact she suggested just the most minor but transformative changes in two of my favorite poems. Things I just wouldn't have seen on my own. But she is really busy with her own work and last I knew she was doing a fellowship at a school in Chicago.