tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487146.post111352417328453946..comments2023-10-19T09:13:12.852-05:00Comments on Almost I rushed from home to tell you this: FubarPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607786046959671496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487146.post-1114265229839072412005-04-23T09:07:00.000-05:002005-04-23T09:07:00.000-05:00Hey, Sean! Long time no see and all that. It's w...Hey, Sean! Long time no see and all that. It's weird to think about whoever might be reading this thing sometimes. But cool too. Thanks for ordering my book and keep in touch.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607786046959671496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487146.post-1114263653332867582005-04-23T08:40:00.000-05:002005-04-23T08:40:00.000-05:00Hey Paul. It's Sean Chapman. I was leaving SIU as ...Hey Paul. It's Sean Chapman. I was leaving SIU as you were coming in and haven't talked to you in awhile. I'm looking forward to reading your book which should be in the mail as I type. I just wanted to say that my first poem was published in Laurel Review when I was in undergrad, and I was on top of the world, but the next issue a friend published a poem mentioning me cutting my thumb at a softball game, and it really got me wondering which I liked better--to have a poem published or to be in a poem published. It's all screenwriter vs star I guess. Really enjoy reading the blog.<BR/><BR/>--SeanSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190014441502786264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487146.post-1113586412353753982005-04-15T12:33:00.000-05:002005-04-15T12:33:00.000-05:00Thanks, Mr. Jensen. Glad it stood out for you.Thanks, Mr. Jensen. Glad it stood out for you.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607786046959671496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487146.post-1113579274524177712005-04-15T10:34:00.000-05:002005-04-15T10:34:00.000-05:00Paul, I love that poem of yours. LOVE it. It's o...Paul, I love that poem of yours. LOVE it. It's one of my favorites from your book. I don't care if you have 1,000 other poems using all those same tropes or images: it only has to work once. I know I write the same poems over and over again in different ways in the hopes of hitting the true transcendent moment. And that's okay.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222297450888695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487146.post-1113577279250012642005-04-15T10:01:00.000-05:002005-04-15T10:01:00.000-05:00Hi Emily, I'll ask Lucia about then get back to yo...Hi Emily, I'll ask Lucia about then get back to you.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607786046959671496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487146.post-1113527801265682852005-04-14T20:16:00.000-05:002005-04-14T20:16:00.000-05:00Lucia's poem reads to me like an illustration of t...Lucia's poem reads to me like an illustration of the Buddhist trope: Life is suffering ... and she's the Laughing Buddha. It doesn't read to me like she's scolding anybody (herself maybe), just goofing, and goofing about the most serious of subjects. <BR/><BR/>Your poem comes off a bit campy to my ear. Its high serious tone is so high serious (and about dolls and dead cats) as to be a gothic goof of its own. Rather than laughing you're moaning most theatrically.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487146.post-1113525661159843772005-04-14T19:41:00.000-05:002005-04-14T19:41:00.000-05:00Oh, my. I hope David Kirby finds his way here.Paul...Oh, my. I hope David Kirby finds his way here.<BR/><BR/>Paul, if you have it, and if you feel okay doing it, could you backchannel me Lucia's email address? Her site only lists her paper one. It's re: a review.<BR/><BR/>best, <BR/>em<BR/><BR/>elloyd74@hotmail.com<BR/>poesygalore.blogspot.comEmily Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920886883651975823noreply@blogger.com