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Michael Edward's avatar

This was great, Jeffery!

Your writing is evocative.

Your reverence for Neruda is endearing. And your idea about reading poetry outdoors is something I’m going to have to try.

By the way I loved the line — “Even the birdlife lacked class”

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arlene liu-davis's avatar

"Perhaps poetry is an outdoor thing for me because it is more immediate than other forms of writing, more sensual, more intense and so is more at home in close proximity to the stream of sensations that that we feel while sitting on the sands or with our backs on a cool lawn" -- as I listen to the recording you have linked, this resonates. What a powerful, visceral reading. Thanks for sharing.

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