I have three poems appearing in deLuge Journal: “Another Bird Rising,” “The Neurotic Dreams September in April,” and “Forced By This Title to Write a Poem in Third Person About Himself, the Poet Considers the Phenomena of Standing Waves, Dreams Involving Long-Lost Cats (Even If He Has Not Had Such a Dream Himself), And the Amazing Durability of Various Forms of Weakness.”
Many thanks to editors Karla Van Vliet and Sue Scavo for including my work in this lovely publication.
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Congratulations Robert!
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Thanks very much, Andrew.
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You’re welcome.
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Bravo, Sir Robert!
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Thank you, ma’am.
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i always enjoy your work Robert, but these are something else, i mean i love your work, but these, they are babble-worthy.
‘Forced by this…’ is technically astonishing, the longer line makes the flow almost iambic, but with a few skips out of synch, like a stone skimmed on a pond. & there is the wonderful Koan like line ‘How to release what you no longer hold?’ & the strong image of ‘The raindrop remains intact through its long plummet’.
the poems as a whole have a nursery rhyme feel to them, these impossible, daring somersaults of the unconscious making exodus into poems. when Daniel Schnee reads these he’s going to flip his lid; we’ll be like Garth & Wayne “we’re not worthy! we’re not worthy!”
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Ha! The two with the longer titles are the product of compressed time, panic and sponsored titles from the August 2015 Tupelo Press 30-30 Challege. Poet Jeff Schwaner provided “Forced by This…” and artist Ron Throop gave me “The Neurotic Dreams.” Both offered much fertile ground to plow.
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Now we know you perhaps work best under pressure. The harvest was plentiful for sure.
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I prefer working at a more leisurely pace, but occasionally a bit of pressure squeezes out something extra.
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More good news! Congrats, Bob.
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Thanks, Ken. It’s been a very good month!
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Congratulations!!
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Thank you.
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I don’t even care how good that last poem is. The title is sufficient. 🙂
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Ha! Jeff Schwaner gets credit for the title – he sponsored a poem in the August 2015 30-30 challenge I participated in. I’ve actually reduced it a bit. 🙂
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Thank you.
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Congratulations Robert, so good to see your work being published. Well done.
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Thank you, Sobia. It’s always a pleasure.
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And mine too Robert.
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Well done Bob! Surely you’ve jumped quadrants by now? 😊
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I’ve more likely tripped into a few. 😀
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If that’s what you call it, I’ll try leaving my shoe laces untied from now on 😊
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Or you might try tying them together. 😬
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Haha even better! 😂
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It’s the way I roll. Or tumble…
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Congratulations! I’m always excited to hear of your new publications and find more journals along the way. I appeared in the issue, as well 🙂 Thought it would be a fitting magazine for a few unusual pieces, with its dream theme.
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Hi Jenna! It’s such a pleasure to be published in the same publication.
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