All Comments on 'Close Call In A Blues Bar'

This is good. Full of texture, which I like in a poem. It makes it real for the reader.

in the people and how they are described. But, i suspect, they share a poet's soul.

This poem is so believable/real, that i am thinking you may have had this experience. Great job!

An insightful poem, Spike!

is mentioned in today's reviews.

ironic commentary, done in your typical no-nonsense style....very good!

Love how it portrays two completely different people who can still share common talents through writing.

This is a great story.

Love these stanzas:

she writes all forms

her poetry on pages,

he is beach ditties

rhymed to remember

next week they'll write

about one another,

views so different

they won't have a clue

excellent poem~

...I'll have the same thing, they're having.

Their poetry paints pictures neither one will recognize or remember; perhaps it be best if they hang on till last call.

You may agree with that observer but your heart still goes out for those two. Do they remind you of yourself in the past? Possibly at present? If they can make it maybe than… There are no wasted Illusions here, but people work with what they have. Bigger miracles have happened.

I share the sentiment of WickedEve; a poem with a narrative is something I crave. Another quality: It feels like this poem needs to have a melody. That’s for me, as far as I can go to the roots of the poetic impulse.

This poem does not give you a sense of heightened reality; it does not point to the most abstract or the most elusive aspects of life, using the most refined language. This poetry sticks to the ground. It gives you a sense of the depth of your daily scenes. With this poem I could stay and not feel alone.

This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 35,000 poems.

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