Saturday, December 27, 2008

Right Behind You Comments

Rating: 4.2

I sleep behind you,
resting my head
and being silent
your entire night.
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Herbert Nehrlich
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Alison Cassidy 28 December 2008

You show the humanity behind the hopelessness of homelessness in this finely honed poem which tells the reader just enough, but not too much... Beautiful crafted poem. Love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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Sue Ann Simar 27 December 2008

I like the directness, the elemental quality. I agree it could be edited and made stronger.

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Matthew Zeller 27 December 2008

Herbert, This is brilliant, save for a bit wordy. I enjoyed it. I wish you would have described her a bit more. How she looked, how she smelled, the colors of her eyes and hair, maybe her face... place the focus on her instead of 'I'. Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading it. Thank you for sharing

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