Helen

[Leanne]

Loved the poetry. Not so sure of the politics - Paris will feed you for free. I hardly think so!

I wasn't even thinking of the Euro situation... funny how meaning can shift with world events

Why not "Your internal battles will rage on"?

Because it buggers up the meter

I don't really get the first and last verses, though I love the very last line.

The poets write poems of poems - I did notice you had a down on Billy Collins.

I once had an argument -- sort of, I gave it up as a bad joke considering the opponent was a halfwit -- with someone who insisted that Jewel and her ilk are "real poets". I have an absolute hatred of the cadre that insists on dumbing down poetry to appeal to the masses -- I prefer the (much smaller) school of thought that believes in writing something worth reading and the audience will be inspired to use their brains.

None of that is specifically in here, it just tends to inform a lot of my writing... I'm still trying for the "something worth reading", of course