Daniel Schnee considers my poem “The Resonance of No.”
Having reviewed poet Robert Okaji’s latest chapbook From Every Moment A Second a couple of months ago, I have had time to sit with it and reread various poems that either made immediate impact or have grown on me, The Resonance of No being a strange combination of both. I say “strange”, as one does not expect a thing that resonates with them to not continue to do so. But I did not anticipate the depth at which The Resonance of No would reach or continue to reach within. I have wondered why this is. Then I realized that Okaji creates something I have missed all this time… the sound of Okaji.
“That quality we call beauty . . . must always grow from the realities of life.” This statement by Japanese novelist Jun’ichirou Tanizaki in his essay In Praise of Shadows evokes a sense of the aesthetic being…
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Congrats, Robert. A lovely review for a lovely piece. I enjoyed reading the piece at his review and agree with your ability to create spaces for the heart to enter. It is a treasure.
Peace
Michael
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Thanks very much for your kind comment, Michael!
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Great review, Robert!
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Daniel is very kind, Sarah.
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That might be, but his review was so erudite that I’m sure it could have been uh, less kind for a lesser poet…
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🙂
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Well said, Sarah!
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A very in depth and totally positive review of your work Robert. Now do I call you Robert The Composer/Poet. ..
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A simply “hey, you” will do. Ha!
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“hey, you”…..
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You called? 😜
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He answers to Maestro… 😉
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Or to “cold beer.”
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