Where Is It Clean Comments

Excellent poem..... Thanks for sharing.....

This is a compelling narrative; the precision of the writing and the cadence produce a suspense that carries the reader along to the luminous final four stanzas. Satisfying and substantial.

She learned. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

a very nice clean poem that tells an interesting story.

I literally looked up the word clean hoping to get an idea of what the driving force behind this poem is. It's a beautifully articulated narrative, very clear in the images and sequencing, the reference to the mother reading a text by the daughter. The pride of family and congregation. I found more meanings and uses for the word clean than I was expecting. Most of them even fit here, more or less. But none of the meanings supplied the key to unlock the reference. Why is this set in church? Is clean meant to be a radiant religious metaphor? Honestly, I can't unlock it. The whole poem remains frozen between the clutches of the title and last line for me. I'm frustrated by an amorphous metaphor that I don't understand, even when the writing throughout is pretty darn clean. Go figure.

early enough that the sun barely fills the sky with its weak straw, but row after row... is very nice. your style of telling story is unique. Loved it.

Your poetry is really good! Why people are voting it so low, I can not understand. Best wishes to you.