As someone who is distressed: As someone who is distressed by the greed of our medical establishment, I delighted in this sly and satirical commentary that shows your ability to be both spontaneous and clever. Much enjoyed!
A chilling dystopain vision,: A chilling dystopain vision, describing an act so heinous that it forces the reader's imagination to extend a bit just to try to get around it. This is a poem other narrative Poets can learn from.
With an elegant and symbolic: With an elegant and symbolic focus on a robin, you invite us into its ecstatic life and a deeper connection with the life force that drives creation as well as the promise of renewal. Beautifully constructed, transcending and inspiring, this was a truly uplifting journey. Glorious work.
Beautiful choreography of a: Beautiful choreography of a moment that needed a Poet of your stature to preserve it in words, forever; and the conclusion is splendidly stunning and so personalized.
It is I who should be thanking: It is I who should be thanking you . . . for sharing your magnificent poems; and for showing me what I could never have witnessed about Stevens', Eliot's, or Vergil's poetry: the ongoing construction, in real time, of what Horace called "the monument more lasting than bronze." To watch your poems post is like seeing a star emerge from its nebula; or like the first time I viewed, through a real telescope, the actual rings of Saturn.
Your encouragement has made: Your encouragement has made all the difference, as it has for other poets on this site who have been blessed with your genuine appreciation, your ability to unearth the soul of a poem, your sharp, far-reaching and analytical eye, plus the skill to articulate your observations in a fascinating manner, creating poetry for poets.
So here's another gift I cannot begin to adequately thank you for. Presented by a great word sculptor, an example to be followed and an inspiration, it means the the world to me. A humble and very loud: Thank you!
I always admire how you take: I always admire how you take a glimpse of actual movement---snowmelt, which, though often not noticed, is very dynamic---and transform it to an expression of metaphoric or metaphysical observation. This is real poetic art.
You are not only a great poet: You are not only a great poet and poetry critic, but a lovely friend too. You give so much energy to share your fine thoughts with fellow poets; and you should know how bright you make people feel, thus I am eternally grateful for your existence here. Thank you Starward