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Constance's avatar

Haunting. I wish I could say it's because I forget my eyeglasses.

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Forgot to mention the choice of the photograph. Inspired and hauting. Perfect strength for this poem. Thank you for it.

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Now this is a poem that speaks to me in these times. Wonderful structure, forms, unbreakable themselves, like the dead being remembered. Weird, I also smell their honey scent, and see the drawings and pressed flowers. Amazing poem. So important to start one's day with wonder at human creativity, and yes, its destructiveness. Amen. C.

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Tabby Ivy's avatar

Brilliant work, Luciano. Devastating in its raw truth. I wish for a happy ending.

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Luciano Conte's avatar

Thank you for taking the time Tabby. I hope that your recent show went well. Best wishes,..

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Tabby Ivy's avatar

hi Luciano

the show is lovely. a really beautiful space for the work. a couple sales which is nice. but always nice to see a body of work hanging! happy Monday to you!

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Constance's avatar

Now read aloud twice by my husband also a poet who "found the poem, at once, wondrous, bracing, and unique. It made me want to read other poems of Conte's for the same beauty and delight." The Christophers

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Luciano Conte's avatar

Thank you, Constance, for reading the work so carefully. Two more poems appear in recent issues of Juke, with a fourth forthcoming. I've written for decades but came late to publication. In this final chapter, I mean to share considerably more. Best wishes,...

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Ellen Fagan's avatar

Stunning poem. I particularly love the line "edges exact as quiet."

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Luciano Conte's avatar

Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time. Best wishes,...

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John Julius Reel's avatar

Wonderful poem.

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Luciano Conte's avatar

Thank you, John. I'm glad that the poem resonated. Best wishes,...

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