03-19-2013, 01:09 AM
Stellar poem...insightful and intelligent. Todd gave some excellent feedback, as always...he is a brilliant poet with a lot of knowledge, so I heed his advice, myself.
I am struck so intensely with all that can be inferred from the primary image created in the first stanza. The old man, the angry man (lonely? bitter? sad? grieving? ashamed?) that throws rocks through his OWN window in retaliation to a proffered gesture of good will. I envision a human and social tragedy in this image. I envision the beaten cornered dog that snaps at the hand offering a scrap of food.
So sad, so insightful.
I am struck so intensely with all that can be inferred from the primary image created in the first stanza. The old man, the angry man (lonely? bitter? sad? grieving? ashamed?) that throws rocks through his OWN window in retaliation to a proffered gesture of good will. I envision a human and social tragedy in this image. I envision the beaten cornered dog that snaps at the hand offering a scrap of food.
So sad, so insightful.