Wednesday, July 20, 2005

.08) Queens Vision,1983 Comments

Rating: 4.0

Somewhere in the bowels of Queens with my crazy 2nd wife,
going to meet her grandpa. The insane traffic
last night, some kind of Puerto Rican parade,
and her brother who’d just found God in the car with us,
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Max Reif
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COMMENTS
Tania S 28 December 2005

This poem is fantastic, its written in such a way it makes one truly feel like they're walking along each word, visualizing everything

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Simone Inez Harriman 05 August 2005

Max I think this is a truly lovely poem. So well done. I enjoyed it immensly.

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Kathleen Paul-Flanagan 20 July 2005

Okay...I love this! Made me miss home (NY) so much. Great stuff. I wish I could tell you which line was my favorite but I can't because they all flowed together beautifully! Great stuff!

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Raynette Eitel 20 July 2005

Max, this poem supports my theory that quiet miracles happen all the time and people don't notice. Poets do, and I think you for sharing this beautiful moment. I loved every word. Raynette

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Linda Hepner 20 July 2005

I loved this! Intense quiet in the the midst of chaos. How gifted to have recognized the holy moment and lucky us that you put it into poetry. Linda

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Poetry Hound 20 July 2005

Max, this is quite beautiful, one of your best imho. I like how it changes as it moves along. It starts out as sort of a cute vignette that you might find in the NYT's 'Metropolitan Diary' but then it gets deeper and full of imagery. Regards.

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