Comments on: Poetry http://scavella.wordpress.com Writing & thinking about writing Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:10:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Scavella http://scavella.wordpress.com/poetry/#comment-2126 Scavella Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:51:50 +0000 http://scavella.wordpress.com/poetry/#comment-2126 Many thanks, ER! Glad to see you about. Many thanks, ER! Glad to see you about.

]]> By: endlesslyredonoursnow http://scavella.wordpress.com/poetry/#comment-2112 endlesslyredonoursnow Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:30:07 +0000 http://scavella.wordpress.com/poetry/#comment-2112 Meditation On a Lizard’s Head is strongest, I think, unless I'm just in a ghoulish mood. Poor creature. You illustrate the craft, the value of life, both as object and self, and don't flinch to show it spent; a small transaction for kitty, who adds insult to injury, for whom the selfhood of a meal is void. 'The lizard calmed and stilled. Even its tail, its long and lovely tail, was still,' The stillness itself serves to hold the reader to face the injustice more soberly than is usual or comfortable. This is a very effective piece. Meditation On a Lizard’s Head is strongest, I think, unless I’m just in a ghoulish mood. Poor creature.

You illustrate the craft, the value of life, both as object and self, and don’t flinch to show it spent; a small transaction for kitty, who adds insult to injury, for whom the selfhood of a meal is void.

‘The lizard calmed and stilled. Even its tail,
its long and lovely tail, was still,’

The stillness itself serves to hold the reader to face the injustice more soberly than is usual or comfortable. This is a very effective piece.

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