>> This was a good poem for me to read. The statue image is very powerful.<<
Yay!
>>I loved the 'native thumb' line.<<
:D It just popped out.
"I enjoyed the survey aspect, although it might not be as accessible to people who haven't read as much of your other work."
True. It actually touches on several other 'survey' poems. Stan and Lawrence were originally introduced in one.
"This seemed relevant to current events on a sort of meta level, but also timeless."
I'm glad that worked.
"More personally, I really appreciate the acknowledgement that interacting with someone consistently is a relationship even if it's adversarial, and that relationship can be shaped and bent in various ways."
Yeah, there are so many superhero/supervillain pairs that are obviously based on denying gay feels. I just gave my boys a copy of The Joy of Gay Sex. ;)
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Thank you!
Date: 2016-11-14 05:38 am (UTC)Yay!
>>I loved the 'native thumb' line.<<
:D It just popped out.
"I enjoyed the survey aspect, although it might not be as accessible to people who haven't read as much of your other work."
True. It actually touches on several other 'survey' poems. Stan and Lawrence were originally introduced in one.
"This seemed relevant to current events on a sort of meta level, but also timeless."
I'm glad that worked.
"More personally, I really appreciate the acknowledgement that interacting with someone consistently is a relationship even if it's adversarial, and that relationship can be shaped and bent in various ways."
Yeah, there are so many superhero/supervillain pairs that are obviously based on denying gay feels. I just gave my boys a copy of The Joy of Gay Sex. ;)