Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Trash Cans At The Manion House Comments

Rating: 5.0

When I was in grammar school
I knew it was Wednesday
when I looked out the window
and saw across the street
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Donal Mahoney
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Brian Mayo 19 January 2016

They say you can learn a lot about someone by examining their trash, but I've never wanted to know that much. Your poem brilliantly reduces our existence to that which can fit into a garbage can. You have an excellent writing style, and it fits this poem particularly well. You chose not to embellish your poem with unnecessary details- less garbage to drag to the curb. Well done. I think the Manions would be very happy to learn that someone noticed their passing.

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