Clive WatkinsJun 10th, 2007 - 19:00:45

Hmmmm, this reeks of Swinburne with a bit of Keats thrown in for good measure, the scope of language is to be commended but the sentiments within are somewhat trite and undisciplined. Lighthouse is a poem that certainly warrants possible publishing and I would like to see more poems from its author if possible, even though the sentiments are suspect the vision of it clearly stems from a mind that is sharp and lucid, refreshing but at the same time unsettling, and in this modern age of Poetry controversy is the name of the game

Regards

Clive Watkins

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Jessica Schneider (M&C)Jun 11th, 2007 - 22:17:58

A nice use of the classical without sounding trite.

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I J RobbJun 12th, 2007 - 15:00:26

Thanks for reading this, Clive and Jessica. It's taken some time, but my work is not as erratic as it used to be, perhaps because I write less, perhaps because my amalgam of interests is wider: perhaps because I expend more thought when adding lines to a poem.

To J: I like your 'From the Box of the Zoo Fox' and 'Moth in a Laboratory' poems. If they haven't been printed yet, they stand a good chance of being accepted in magazines.

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Jessica Schneider (M&C)Jun 12th, 2007 - 15:21:20

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed reading them. Maybe someday they will find a home somewhere fancy.

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Vic KytziaMay 3rd, 2009 - 16:51:36

absolutely brilliant work!

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