that last observation sums up the essence of poetry to me - it's not simply a communication of ideas but a re-creation of the experience so the reader can share in it too

Thanks, Arthur - always appreciate your insights and observations - Good weekend to you too :)

the poem lends itself to that interpretation too, but with me, I never fully embrace an emotion at the time but find it keeps growing afterwards in memory

ha ha...it could have been :) Hmm...never saw the psychic stalking angle, lol

Love the second meme - Bill Murray is an American folk hero akin to Will Rogers - common sense is all too uncommon nowadays

thank you for your response

It's amazing the synchronicity of what the little boy in the story discovered about poetic experience and what I wrote. I once said that it is paying attention to life when all the rest of the world is

That last meme made me laugh - my son bought me a mini drone for my birthday - I've been secretly flying it so I can get in some practice before people think I'm a dweeb because of my lack of technical

Yes, I agree...these characters are a wayward lot - slow to learn and rebellious... they seem to like hanging around me for some reason though - perhaps to teach me a lesson?

Please do paste it , Arthur - I'd love to read it and give you feedback

ha ha....a very accurate depiction. The child inside us is still there along with all the other people we became at various stages and phases of our life - I've been called husband, father, teacher but

I know Leonard - we followed each other on Twitter - I was invited to meet him and several other Canadian poets by Raymond Souster, another poet who mentored me briefly when I was in university. I didn't

Thank you!

I doubt anyone seriously thought of you in that way - a child-like sense of wonder is a rare gift, and so is sensitivity too, for that matter and I see both qualities in you, Arthur. That is

I did watch it and found the literal interpretation of the poem visually helpful - I wished I could have known about this when I was teaching Prufrock - Oftentimes students think poetry is abstruse when

you're welcome :)

Yes, I agree Arthur - and that's what heaven's for :)

Thanks, Arthur - that is so kind and generous, but actually I do share your views on abortion - even going as far as protest marches but now I try to stop running around stamping out fires - my story Et

Thanks, Alan - yes, but I think everything beautiful is tinged with sadness because it can't last

It began with trying to picture a face