Zoo Break Comments

An extraordinary commentary on the degradation now assailing our world. There seem to be no places left for dreams. The loft has also been taken over by those ancient cellar creatures. The psychopath rules Ok. What a marvellous poem, Denis.

Ah! Well! With that explanation, the poem now bloomed into a fully blown out flower. The tragic human decadence of our times is effectively captured in the poem. Let me lament with you: Are these the eyes that tried one day to see the whole world whole? Is this the mind that made a higher consciousness its goal? Very well done, Sir. Sorry for my lack of knowledge of history. (10)

Denis, I don't claim I understood your poem. But, please tell me if Xanadu is the same place Carlos Castaneda (author of A Separate Reality and Journey To Ixtlan) frequented with his sorceror guru Don Juan. All said and done, your poem leaves a great impact on the psyche. That I believe is the mark of good poetry.

Zoo Break, a literary son of Animal House- Robinson Crusoe- Animal Farm- -Revelation- - Denis, you've made my thoughts go down, down, down into the sad place, the hopeless pit, the apocalypse of the human race realm of darkness. Once a writer sees this place, it is difficult to heal your broken wings and return to Xanadu which is no longer a destination to be desired since it has devolved from lack of dreams and visions and visitors into a mud-mired barn. This is a gripping, grieving, grey poem of masterpiece proportions. Stunning. A ten is so meager, almost an insult to this write.