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Mary Holscher's avatar

Love the next to last stanza: “thankless labor

of yanking a malformed would-be masterwork

from an eager beaver with a book inside.” And the last line. I think I feel something equivalent as a retired psychologist though have no idea how’d I’d express it in a poem.

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Cathy Wickham's avatar

Retirement must be sweet from a challenging career! Drawing out the best of "the book inside" looks like more than grammar and style from those thar swamps!

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