http://www.32poems.com Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.32poems.com/issues/kimberly-johnson-sonnet/comment-page-1#comment-94549 32poems Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:29:59 +0000 http://www.32poems.com/?page_id=44#comment-94549 Thank you for your comment and for reading the 32 Poems blog. Thank you for your comment and for reading the 32 Poems blog.

]]> http://www.32poems.com/issues/kimberly-johnson-sonnet/comment-page-1#comment-94538 Frederick Rodgers, Ph.D. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:35:21 +0000 http://www.32poems.com/?page_id=44#comment-94538 I enjoy orange blossoms, too. They simply serve, like all fruit and vegetable flowers, to alert us to nourishing foods in a matter of weeks or months. However, as one who has always enjoyed orchids in greenhouses or in a native habitat, this poem does not succeed in convincing me that orchids seduce or suggest a "deliberate" manner. Those who cultivate them do so with great care and knowledge. I say all this fully aware that a poem need not be entirely based on fact. Ms. Johnson celebrates carrots while I have celebrated orchids for many decades. I am glad that SLATE admires her work. I enjoy orange blossoms, too. They simply serve, like all fruit and vegetable flowers, to alert us to nourishing foods in a matter of weeks or months. However, as one who has always enjoyed orchids in greenhouses or in a native habitat, this poem does not succeed in convincing me that orchids seduce or suggest a “deliberate” manner. Those who cultivate them do so with great care and knowledge. I say all this fully aware that a poem need not be entirely based on fact. Ms. Johnson celebrates carrots while I have celebrated orchids for many decades. I am glad that SLATE admires her work.

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