tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post9169272938145712511..comments2023-11-12T13:22:30.358+01:00Comments on andrewjshields: DPP9Andrew Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-61801683747448051992007-06-01T03:41:00.000+02:002007-06-01T03:41:00.000+02:00Top 3 are in an almost dead heat (to my ear).#1: 3...Top 3 are in an almost dead heat (to my ear).<BR/><BR/>#1: 33rd & Kirkham .... by C. Dale Young<BR/><BR/>#2: Ablution .... by Rachel Rose<BR/><BR/>#3: A Stone Should Mark the Place<BR/>.... by Regan Good<BR/><BR/>Next 2 are also almost-a-tie.<BR/><BR/>#4: The Well at the Broch of Gurness<BR/>.... by Kathleen Jamie<BR/><BR/>#5: Dialing While Intoxicated<BR/>.... by John Hennessy<BR/><BR/>Last 2 "lost" me in one or more ways.<BR/><BR/>#6: This Morning .... by Sarah Sawyer<BR/><BR/>#7: Posthumous Man .... by David Baker<BR/><BR/>-- dhshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-8630959102112153402007-05-31T23:58:00.000+02:002007-05-31T23:58:00.000+02:00My vote goes to C. Dale Young. "33rd & Kirkham" is...My vote goes to C. Dale Young. "33rd & Kirkham" is, I suppose, an Alba poem. Alba is the dawn which unfaithful lovers dread. But the lovers in Young's poem are not necessarily unfaithful; they may simply not find room for the love, except at night, and in poetry itself.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07945115273981272509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-44662844121929743812007-05-31T20:13:00.000+02:002007-05-31T20:13:00.000+02:00I thought this was a particularly good week. Coupl...I thought this was a particularly good week. Couple of strong contenders here, but without wavering I vote for Regan Good. cheersSarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-46149213670907586602007-05-30T23:47:00.000+02:002007-05-30T23:47:00.000+02:00Here's my ranked list (my favorite is at the top):...Here's my ranked list (my favorite is at the top):<BR/><BR/>60. A Stone Should Mark the Place, by Regan Good<BR/>57. Posthumous Man, by David Baker<BR/>62. 33rd & Kirkham, by C. Dale Young<BR/>59. Ablution, by Rachel Rose<BR/>63. This Morning, by Sarah Sawyer<BR/>61. Dialing While Intoxicated, by John Hennessy<BR/>58. The Well at the Broch of Gurness, by Kathleen JamieBruce Loebrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059122376071341389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-59196821453980392192007-05-29T20:45:00.000+02:002007-05-29T20:45:00.000+02:00I can't be dismissive like last week. This is all...I can't be dismissive like last week. This is all good stuff. All that careful, even, finely tuned verse that poetry in our time is best at. Which is a way of saying I'm not bowled over by great lyrical moments. The best for that is perhaps #60 by Regan Good, but lifting from Shakespeare (Lady M to her hubby: 'what's done cannot be undone") is a little suspect, to me. "The natural law is wearing winter's face" appeals to me though, and the poem is spooky. It's also suggestive where others are too deliberate, so it almost got my vote. Of the others: #57 Baker, my initial impression is that it's too long and doesn't fully orchestrate all its parts, so that I'm not convinced by all of it. Don't like the Keats part much, for instance. #59, Rose indicates to me the limits of the Poetry Daily enterprise: it's so concentrated I want to read it on paper. It seems unsuited to online poetry, for me. A very good narrative poem. #61, Hennessey, fun, but he's Irish and so of course his diction is interesting, but the subject matter doesn't seem all that striking; #62, Young, very nice, elegant, but seems already too familiar. My vote goes to #58, "The Well at the Broch of Gurness" by Kathleen Jamie which is evocative and elusive and lyrical in a way that appeals to me, mostly.Donald Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391024449222256377noreply@blogger.com