by D.
The first stanza is unbelievably Neruda-esque, painting beautiful brushstrokes with soft, warm language. I struggled to get through first part of the second stanza, due to not completely understanding the relevance of the references. I understand the endeavour of using notoriously beautiful, famous legends in comparison with this person you dream of, but I preferred your hand-picked images. Long beak of a hummingbird - gorgeous! Anybody can copy and paste the name of a famous monument, or painting. The footnote, whilst informative, really takes me away. It's almost spoonfeeding the reader. This poem deserves a little better than that. When the poem restarts with 'I dream of you in wings of flames', then we revert back to the imagery which permeated the first stanza. I also honestly believe you should end the poem at 'I dream of you in the shed blood of your lipstick' as the final stanza is a little uninspired with the reference to Cogito, ergo sum. What you have here is a beautiful, beautiful love poem that's a bit bloated with distractions. Your poetry is much better when the language can breathe without the need to tell the reader anything. |
by BOB GALLO
Thank you so much for this much care and love, which I cherish. |