Wednesday, April 8, 2015

The First Night Comments

Rating: 5.0

Before I opened you, Jiménez,
it never occurred to me that day and night
would continue to circle each other in the ring of death,
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Billy Collins
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Dr Antony Theodore 07 November 2019

to look more closely here at these small leaves, these sentinel thorns, whose employment it is to guard the rose.. philosophical thoughts on the first night. tony

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Dr Antony Theodore 24 August 2019

This is where language will stop, the horse we have ridden all our lives rearing up at the edge of a dizzying cliff. where language stops. a fine poem. tony

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Dr Antony Theodore 16 June 2019

he word that was in the beginning and the word that was made flesh— those and all the other words will cease. a very good poem. tony

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Madhuram Sharma 26 May 2017

wonderful poem....................

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Kelly Kurt 08 April 2015

Your place in the top 500 is well deserved, sir. Thank you for sharin. Peace

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Michael Morgan 08 April 2015

Glad he's getting serious, finally. Who's Jimenez? Some Spanish poet known only to Collins?

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Akhtar Jawad 08 April 2015

Wonderful, amazing, beautiful.............................10

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