54th Virtual Poetry Circle
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Welcome to the 54th Virtual Poetry Circle.
Remember, this is just for fun and is not meant to be stressful.
Keep in mind what Molly Peacock’s books suggested. Look at a line, a stanza, sentences, and images; describe what you like or don’t like; and offer an opinion. If you missed my review of her book, check it out here.
Today, we return to contemporary poets with Martha Collins from her latest book, Blue Front.
lynch
not as in pin, the kind that keeps the wheels turning, and not the strip of land that marks the border between two fields. unrelated to link, as in chain, or by extension whatever connects one part to another, and therefore not a measure of chain, which in any case is less than the span of a hand hold- ing the reins, the rope, the hoe, or taking something like justice into itself, as when a captain turned judge and gave it his name. that was before it lost its balance and crossed the border, the massed body of undoers claiming connection, relation, an intimate right to the prized parts, to the body undone. Let me know your thoughts, ideas, feelings, impressions. Let’s have a great discussion…pick a line, pick an image, pick a sentence.
I’ve you missed the other Virtual Poetry Circles. It’s never too late to join the discussion.
Also, don’t forget the 50th Virtual Poetry Circle giveaway for participants; it ends today!