Clock~tower Comments

The language of your second stanza is so precise in both the information it conveys and the soul-state which is so poetically evoked. This stanza alone was alone was a WOW! experience for me. Its universal truth was expressed without any self-pity or surrender to sadness; the truth of your words was a gentle reminder of our common humanity with a current if sympathy running beneath them. I am accustomed to the tone of your closing stanzas: they bring closure to these deeply emotional experiences and in the process convey your inner strength which we can borrow. Perhaps this inner strength is only a poetic quality, you may feel bewildered yourself. But that would just show how a poem can speak a truth we as individuals are still struggling with - which means the poet can learn as much from her poems as her readers can. This poem refreshed me! !