Friday, January 3, 2003

The Next Poem Comments

Rating: 2.9

How much better it seems now
than when it is finally done–
the unforgettable first line,
the cunning way the stanzas run.
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Dana Gioia
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Kayode Are 21 June 2017

Clear and conversational. For me a new poem is much better when done.

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Brian Johnston 22 December 2013

Hi Dana, Liked your poem about poem writing. For another take on this subject see my poem Driving Alone Through the Sand Hills of Nebraska. or if you have questions, I tackle some tough ones in So Many Questions.

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Lamont Palmer 20 December 2012

Rubbish. Thats Gioia making a convenient excuse for his banalities. -LP

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Deva De Silva 22 January 2009

Hi Dana, I loved the following: No jumble box of imagery dumped glumly in the reader's lap or elegantly packaged junk the unsuspecting must unwrap. Just so true and so eloquently penned... you speak my thoughts. Thanks Deva

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Raj Thampi 08 January 2005

You are interesting, especially with the way youn look at things so close. Nice works.

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Dana Gioia

Dana Gioia

Hawthorne, California
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