The Gift Of The Empty Hand (edit #3)

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Jacob wrote:
I remember finding some of it amazing but most kind of blah. Of course that's typically what happens when I pick up a book of poetry too...

 Me too. I figure in my case it may be because I pick up any random poetry I come across instead of making the effort to find specific poets.
The Poems We Love thread has some great reading, and ray has just posted some great selections by Len Krisak in a spoiler in the Do I Make You Uncomfortable? thread.
I'd probably be better off trolling Amaazon than thrift stores and library sales.

even though flawed, the original was .... original, beautiful too.
the last stanza (strophe? i read your Colin Ward's tips) in particular.

Thanks ron. Is it your opinion that the edit's screwed and I should start from the original again, or keep working from the edit? I have a tendency to edit into oblivion, sometimes moving forward and sometimes back.