https://www.vianegativa.us/2008/08/scattered-notes/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Mon, 30 May 2016 23:10:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.vianegativa.us/2008/08/scattered-notes/#comment-8784 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:55:47 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=2612#comment-8784 Thanks, Jo and Dick. I’m glad to hear this works from two of the online poets whose work I most admire. And hey, feel free to launch your own variation on this exercise. We’re kind of hoping this goes viral. (My inspiration for the correspondence was Braided Creek, by Jim Harrison and Ted Kooser – among the finest work of both poets.)

]]> https://www.vianegativa.us/2008/08/scattered-notes/#comment-8783 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:45:46 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=2612#comment-8783 Yep, what Dick said…..your writing, always excellent, is even stronger when infused with such personal insights. Great job.

]]> https://www.vianegativa.us/2008/08/scattered-notes/#comment-8782 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:26:36 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=2612#comment-8782 Excellent, Dave. Language conversational, voice clear and beautifully constructed. If in first draft, I’d say it was pretty close to keeper status.

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