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  • on Modern-Day Medusa by Mark McNulty, on April 6, 2008
    I'm slightly intimidated by this poem, but let me see that it is really a mesmerizing read. The title caught my eye, being a fan of Greek Myth, and the concept works wonders. Your tone is perfect for the form. I like that you keep removing blame from this fantastic creature, and instead acknowledging it is your own faults which make you prey. That's just my interpretation, of course. Your fourth stanza highlights my point, in your narrator's critique of himself. I think it's interesting too that you choose to make this modern Medusa a creature which carries her mother's cursed form and not the initial beauty she had possessed. Yet your narrator is still intoxicated by her beauty. You comment on the modern man as still a simple beast, falling for the same traps of long ago. I could go in a million directions with interpretation, but it would be to no avail. This is great though. I look forward to reading more of your work.

  • on Pivotal Moment by Terry-too, on April 6, 2008
    The last line here is what really makes this all work. As the majority of the poem seems entirely hidgded in time and space, the movement forward in the end reiterates your message (or what I thought the message was) wonderfully. I love the concept you give in the beginning, of a word so subtle it's silent. I could be wrong but my interpretation is that the whole of this pivotal moment is so subtle that even "the moments" (what I take to stand as time) seem to not notice--it's as if time itself has misstepped, and must regather itself for a transition. Although their is vulnerability evident, you also show strength to overcome, and a means of acceptance creeps forward. This is a great poem; one which could be reread simply for your ability to juxtapose two seperate reactions to a single moment, from within and outside, beautifully. Nice.