Friday, July 15, 2005

Eighteen Approach You Comments

Rating: 1.6

Your darkness is winding down, leaving cobwebs
and fingerprints
while you post at the top of the stairs, and
it smells like cigarettes and form oil-making my
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Casey Rock
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Kelly Gemmill 31 October 2006

Finally! A poem on this site that is full of images! I like this a lot- I need to read it a few more times, so perhaps I'll leave some other comments, but well done. In response to the comment that this is not easy to understand.... 'Poetry can communicate before it is understood.' (T.S. Eliot) : o)

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this is awesome, Casey. i like the sense of urgency and word economy. you describe volumes with a few well-placed descriptions. you've got my attention! Jake

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Raynette Eitel 19 July 2005

You use fresh language and images far beyond your years. I confess to not understanding this and I do believe poems must be understood. Perhaps I'm just obtuse. I will read more of your work and see what you do. I'm impressed. Raynette

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Casey, nice poem. The language teases me just enough to make me keep looking for some logic until I give in and let the words play around me. I really enjoy fresh language, words bouncing off words, energizing the page. Good job. P-Snob

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Robert Rorabeck 18 July 2005

i really liked this surreal americana

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