………—to J.:
.
Thanks for this, J.
There’s much in your essay
as there is in Frost’s poetry
your essay shows
—may you get many clicks
at 3QD, which clicks
would be well worth it
in tocks and ticks
And thanks for wrapping with “Stopping by Woods …”
which takes me through a roundabout
that’s not all gratifying in truth
I memorized the poem in the seventh grade as an assignment that’s never left me
I say it aloud every now and then perhaps to have an eyes-open appreciation
of what was, as well as an proclaimer of imminence in case I’d missed it
In further years many things are more pronounced, and will be again
—not only in the sense of “no-nonsense retro clear reflecting pool”,
but as an honest take on this moment too which we call today
Frost, duplicitous, slipped a life into that poem when I wasn’t looking
and leaves me here stunned at his serious cunning
—thanks again,
.
.
Jim Culleny
12/24/18
Discovering Robert Frost
by Joshua Wilber
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