This is sooo good, Tresha! So funny and true. I love the sonnets on his back, and the implications with villainous lake. Hilarious, given Collins' disdain for traditional forms. I once wrote a response poem to his poem, "Sonnet," but never found a home for it (and really mine is nowhere as good as yours). I do have a response poem to Poe's "Annabelle Lee" in Booth.
What a fabulous poem, Tresha! His poem has enraged me every time I've thought of it over the years. This is so much larger - as all good poems are! - than my response and his. Gorgeous! <3
That Collins’ poem is disgusting & enraging, especially that stanza where he makes her so passive. And the swan reference in the last stanza reminds me of Leda & the swan.
Thanks for your response poem! Love it, especially that first stanza. But all of it is delicious & bloody fantastic that it was nominated!!! Congrats!!
This is sooo good, Tresha! So funny and true. I love the sonnets on his back, and the implications with villainous lake. Hilarious, given Collins' disdain for traditional forms. I once wrote a response poem to his poem, "Sonnet," but never found a home for it (and really mine is nowhere as good as yours). I do have a response poem to Poe's "Annabelle Lee" in Booth.
https://booth.butler.edu/2020/04/03/zachary-b/
What a fabulous poem, Tresha! His poem has enraged me every time I've thought of it over the years. This is so much larger - as all good poems are! - than my response and his. Gorgeous! <3
Love this Tresha -- dynamite!
That Collins’ poem is disgusting & enraging, especially that stanza where he makes her so passive. And the swan reference in the last stanza reminds me of Leda & the swan.
Thanks for your response poem! Love it, especially that first stanza. But all of it is delicious & bloody fantastic that it was nominated!!! Congrats!!