Comments on: Bridge to Nowhere

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:31:58 +0000

In reply to Beth. I'm trying, but you know, now that I've declared it a series, it ain't as easy! Writing more bestiary poems is actually a higher priority, but...

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:46:41 +0000

You gonna write more of these sometime?

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:32:12 +0000

In reply to howie good. Thanks, Howie. Glad you liked.

By: howie good

howie good — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:57:22 +0000

tough little poem that knows where it’s going

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:53:55 +0000

In reply to James. Thanks. It's probably useful for me to do these kinds of exercises in which the connections between stanzas aren't explicitly spelled out. Helps to combat my natural tendency toward didacticism.

By: James

James — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:01:10 +0000

I like the way each of these images play together, the way I can sense several different meanings of ‘bridge’ in each of them. And the picture is beautiful.

By: dale

dale — Mon, 17 May 2010 05:38:12 +0000

(o)

By: t

Sun, 16 May 2010 20:48:35 +0000

I liked this: “A gay prostitute / stands in the river”

By: The End of the West, by Michael Dickman | Via Negativa

The End of the West, by Michael Dickman | Via Negativa — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:47:52 +0000

[…] probably realized by now that the poem in my previous post, “Bridge to Nowhere,” was a shameless imitation of Michael Dickman. This is the kind of poetry I hope to write […]

By: Alan Gregory

Alan Gregory — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:58:43 +0000

A favorite, rediscovered in a new Adirondacks book:
“In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them: – Aldo Leopold on orchids