Monday, January 20, 2003

Japanese-American Farmhouse, California, 1942 Comments

Rating: 3.5

Everything has been taken that anyone
thought worth taking. The stairs are tilted,
scattered with sycamore leaves curled
like ammonites in inland rock.
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Sharon Olds
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Kim Barney 29 November 2014

So much can be learned about the poet (poetess) from his or her poetry. You and I have much in common, Sharon. I was born not too many weeks before you were. I love every poem of yours that I have read so far.

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Colleen Courtney 15 May 2014

Have to agree with Rita's comment. Made me feel as if I was secretly getting a glimpse of a place I was not supposed to be. A compelling write!

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Rita Cerniglia 13 March 2010

What the eye describes in images - becomes the resulting revelation. I feel as though I have intruded on someone else's property and witnessed something that I was not invited to see. So compelling!

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