(.....01july13) Seal Beach Pier Comments

This is a clever duet of a poem, dancing effortless between the descriptive self and the imaginative one. And giving the reader lots more besides. We’re neither land nor sea here, neither fish nor fowl, though both fish and fowl are all around us out on this island in the sky, this bridge to nowhere and everywhere These lines combine the two - beautifully. love, Allie xxxx

Max, when you come in from the cold you connect intimately with places you write so effectively about. I haven't been there except in my mind but I know the pier, the anglers and the poseur poets. They should all rug themselves with a Max Reif shawl and trawl the depths! Great poem. Rgds, Ivan

This is beautiful Max. There is a timeless poetics about this poem; it has a Romantic feel to it but suggests a strong modernity.