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November 10, 2024

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Marvelous

a brilliant poem, worthy of whitman and spicer

What a remarkable poem! I love all the references. I also really appreciate the images you included, Terry.


Thanks, Abbie. Glad you liked it.

Beautiful!…What a breath of fresh air…another keeper…Thank you Terence and thank you Rick…

So rich and lovely.

If ever poetry were connected to Source.

This poem treats us to a bunch of things we'd never experience without first reading Barot's words about what he's come across, classified and interpreted. I love the structure, first an uncanny, striking, original pastoral and then the scene (small story) growing out of each. Hooray for Rick's memory, ear, and genius, and for Terence's wisdom and energy in finding and placing this where we can all be thrilled by it.

A pleasure to read this (in a time when any pleasure is a treasure).

Remarkable!

A lovely poem. This is definitely a keeper. The photo and painting of the hare add to the enjoyment of this poem.

I loved it! It became my pastoral this afternoon! I keep rereading it…

I had never looked that closely in the rabbit's eye. Small miracles. Thank you.


Thanks, Leslie. Happy you liked it.


Thank you, Prof. Berger.


Charlene---thanks for commenting!

Barot doesn’t have to write another poem as long as he lives, though I’m sure that won’t be the case. And I hope it won’t be. He has said it all in his beautiful pastorals. What I would give to be in a used car lot and hear Walt Whitman.

I quite literally felt my hair standing on end reading this superb poem. It speaks to me as a city girl whose recalled pastorals include streetcars rumbling on tracks up and down St. Paul st, butter brickle ice cream cones in the back seat of my step grandfather’s old deSoto

As you know, Terence, I love longer poems, and this is an absolute gem of a work.


Tom!  Nice to hear from you.

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