News Flash: 32 Poems Cures Blogitis
A blogger at Balanced on the Edge raves about 32 Poems. If you aren’t subscribing to 32 Poems yet, maybe you should. =-) I should note that John Poch selects most of the poems. Her comment below about Bernadette Geyer’s poems reminds me that one of my favorite parts of editing is finding amazing poems.
The second and third poems, starring Thumbelina’s mother, captured my imagination the most. They are both modern sonnets, with slant rhyme, except at the final couplet. I love poems that mess with the rules. But even more, I love how the author, Bernadette Geyer, entered into a secret world and made it come alive for me. She went inside Thumbelina’s realm and painted the myth, as if on a miniature Flemish canvas in egg tempera, with all it’s dark, psychic power.
Yes, I think I’ll renew my subscription to 32 poems, in case anyone is wondering. What an exciting life. Feeling much better now.