Friday, January 3, 2003

The Ancient World Comments

Rating: 3.3

Today the Masons are auctioning
their discarded pomp: a trunk of turbans,
gemmed and ostrich-plumed, and operetta costumes
labeled inside the collar "Potentate"
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Mark Doty
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MAHTAB BANGALEE 25 October 2022

True history never dies; true wisdom never dies! ~

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Chinedu Dike 28 October 2019

An insightful creation nicely crafted in persuasive poetic expressions with conviction. Thanks for sharing.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 15 March 2018

Such a wonderful write by Mark Doty👍👍👍

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Rajnish Manga 17 July 2017

Wonders of the Modern World; I wanted the density of history, which I confused with the smell of the book: //.... Logical and insightful musings about the 'wonders of the modern world' and what they mean to us. Thanks.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 16 March 2017

wanted the density of history. Wonderful conceptualization. Congrats on modern poet of the Day.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 16 March 2017

wanted the density of history. Wonderful conceptualization.

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Seamus O Brian 15 March 2017

Like discovering that a huge pile of yard sale knick-knacks are wholly collaborating to create a gargantuan collage that communicates a single, coherent message. Startling and almost overwhelming, but the granite-hard details of the imagery are too captivating to look away from.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 15 March 2017

Picture of huge fragments.... thanks for sharing....

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Edward Kofi Louis 15 March 2017

In a casket! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Pranab K Chakraborty 15 March 2017

...you could hardly imagine a future. I wanted the density of history, which I confused with the smell of the book..... Good write with the essence of poet's inquisitive understandings.

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Susan Williams 08 February 2016

Yes! ! ! There he goes, taking his reader instantly into his world and we have shared like experiences and sometimes haven't shared them but it doesn't matter because by the end of the poem we will have thoroughly wonderfully have shared with him. Love his talent- -want his talent! ! ! !

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Michael Gale 27 October 2006

Great poem both artistic and informative on Masonic matters. Ya gotta ten kind sir. God bless all poets-MJG.

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