by JUDO
You write a sonnet with such ease and it's apparent with each one you write. It amazes me how effortless it is for you. But that's why your sonnets are so wonderful and not a single line sounds forced.
my dear friend. I understand exactly what you're saying, and I'm moved that you understand exactly. Our imperfect lives and pain somehow become grand and beautiful through the expression of art--something we both hear in jazz. What skill to write this form so intelligently and with such gracefully metaphoric expression. xo, Ange
....to feel inadequate - like I do right now - because it makes one want to reach higher. I'm not sure how to comment other than I think this is a beautiful poem.
I keep rereading this and think, never will I be able to write as beautiful as this.
This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 39,000 poems.
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