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1. A. Philip Armbrister July 25th, 2010
   0:34 UTC

   You have summed up that wonderful evening so precisely in this poem. Also, your metaphors fit very well. I enjoyed reading this piece.
2. Nancy Anne Miller July 25th, 2010
   11:14 UTC

   Thanks for capturing a great presence.The complexities that exist if you are, indeed, a genius.This is admiration without a sentimental strain.Which is what anyone would want from their true followers.
   I already am a fan of yours for your “Aunt Jemima” poem.
   Nancy Anne Miller
3. Heather L.Thompson July 26th, 2010
   7:40 UTC

   Thank you both so much for this encouragement. It gives me the impetus to press on through the doubts.

   Heather
4. Obediah Michael Smith July 27th, 2010
   10:03 UTC

   Your Derek Walcott poem is so very successful. Most successful of all is your having captured that frail element, his vulnerability in contrast to his being so thoroughly intimidating. You show that that, after all, is largely or is a large facade. The subtlety of this contrast or of that contrasting element is the art of your poem.

   Fellow-poet, Philip Armbrister and I discussed your poem for the longest on our way to Popop to attend Olive Senior’s reading, Sunday past. Not until we were leaving the reading, heading home, did it hit us – the thing that was the heart of your, “Walcott In Nassau”. How thrilled we both were for you and over our delightful discovery.
5. Dawn Marshall July 28th, 2010
   9:12 UTC

   Congrats, Hens – it really reads well – I wasn’t at the Walcott event but I can just see Walcott in that first line – not sure I agree with Obediah about the facade bit – I see it more as as aspect of the complexity – and humanity – of the man.
6. Helene Anne Lewis August 18th, 2010
   10:53 UTC

   Heather: this is a really insightful piece. Your analogies are ‘Walcottian” and yet so apt to describe him. Well done! And soon the book!

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