Thank you Dave! Doing afters (in my opinion) is one of the best exercises for writers. So I’m so happy to hear my poem was delicious along with Lux’s masterpiece 😊
This is a great poem. I love the many suitors section. This outliers life wonderfuly. I see the connection with the Lux poem. I think you have done what Lux attempted. Great poem. Please subscribe and receive an original poem every morning
What a gorgeous poem -- I have never heard of it before! And your after is stunning, natch. Going to have to try this prompt!
Please do the prompt! I would LOVE to read what you do.
Oh, I do love this! I'll be re-reading it often.
It’s so good. So efficiently powerful!
Really loved this lesson!
Thank you Allison! It’s fun reading and looking for poems for my little Substack prompts!
mmm! Great poems - both of them! I really enjoyed these two little mouthfuls of life.
Delicious!....
Dave :)
Thank you Dave! Doing afters (in my opinion) is one of the best exercises for writers. So I’m so happy to hear my poem was delicious along with Lux’s masterpiece 😊
This poem may be one of my new favorites of yours!
Thank you! I like it too. I am debating between posting it on IG or submitting it somewhere. What do you think?
I wish you could submit it to the Leonard Cohen prize that just closed! I think my vote is submitting and then sharing on IG once it's published.
I did submit to that🤞(Not with this poem of course, since I just wrote it last week)
Hi Isabelle, loved this section:
"while a man kneels
to kiss your thighs.
You’ll go gray
as an owl, become religious
about whiskey."
Really enjoyed your meditation on Thomas Lux's work.
Thank you so much. Thank you for reading.
I love this , and I’m gonna give it a try .
Yesssss :) I can’t wait to read it!
I have lived 3 lives reading this
This is a great poem. I love the many suitors section. This outliers life wonderfuly. I see the connection with the Lux poem. I think you have done what Lux attempted. Great poem. Please subscribe and receive an original poem every morning