BEHIND HER POETIC CHIME (ELIZABETH BISHOP)

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JOURNAL # 41

in her 'Conversation'
I happened upon
her own self
awaiting
a connection
to such
particular content
through the depth
of her style
and truth in each her
mind's line
I saw snippets of
my own past
through her laconic rhyme
as if she were
the determined hammer
and I, the appointed nail
I was quite taken back
to the umpteen instances
and the timeless honesty
of her metered trail
in other words
she had me
from her very first
whack.................
(July 21, 2011 234am)

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Thanks to my editor and friend Amy for twisting my arm with snippets of praise heaped upon myself ( very clever) to get me to read this elegant lady's poems................

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