I've this book of selected poems
by Billy Collins that leaves me
generally unaffected.
I keep reading, though. It's
convienient for me as the
book's home is on the back of
my toilet.
Every time I read, generally
unaffected, I find one poem
I like within the selection.
Just one. I dog ear the corner
so I can come back to it in
a different frame of mind.
It seems now, after being
generally unaffected by the
entire book more than once,
that most of the pages are
dog-eared and his tone has
melded with mine.
At least for a little while.
A contest entry
- Oh! The Irony by Danna Hobart.
300 points, ended August 4, 2007, 7 entries
Gold trophy winner
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Please tell me what you think
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This is so funny.
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I love the irony of this. What makes it better is the fact that I know you so well. Thanks for entering. 
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Well Done!!!!!
I liked the meaning of this.. how a poem can not strike you as much one day .. then on the next.. it just clicks and makes a lot of sense.. like a hidden jewel between the lines!
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very good!
I really like this poem very much but I was having a hard time putting it into words (usual to this poet!) but when I read Danna's comments that is how I felt also.
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I like the poem. I think I understand what you are saying, as I have had the same sort of response to different poems. They will not strike me as anythig special on one day, and then I look at them another time, and I see something in it that I missed before. Sometimes that is a good thing, and sometimes it isn't
I like the tone of the poem, and how you say the book's home is the back of your toilet. That gives the reader a definite sense that this is not Wordsworth or Bukowski or even Angelo. This is something on a completely different level. And yet, he has affected you in some ways, melding into your own tone. I like it.
Not sure about any suggestions at this point. I just like it a lot.
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