The Learners, E.S.L. Comments

You must a deeply insightful person Brian. I suppose I lay somewhere in the middle of both you and Martin. I've read some great poems on here that are written in a second language (Yacov Mitchenko comes to mind) that are easy to fill the gaps in, but then there are those that just carpet bomb the site with nothing but journaling and I think Sheesh please just go away so that we can make this a community of real poets.

Stevie points to an interesting creature in the corner; Why not everything on the chopping block? If the intent is not cruelty but enlightenment? Then again, one man's meat...: Dilemma! or dial-Emma. :) I say your poem about, Poetry Is, 'consuming worlds and drinking oceans' rings true hear. Also, I sure as shoot'n would have difficulty in a foreign language scribing my thoughts down too. Tolerance, vigilance, and empathy come to mind. Nice write. My mind is on overdrive with this one.

I love it! wonderful master piece!

Now, to whom do you refer? I am unaware of the derivation of the acronym ESL, however, I confess to being minded of the excruciating works found in unfortunate abundance on PH. I allow some leeway as most are due to trying to work in a second language. However, for those writing in their native tongue and still murdering my sensibilities....well, I reserve the right to keep my powder dry. I enjoyed this piece.