Comments on: Fountain http://www.hungermtn.org VCFA Journal of the Arts Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gladys goldberg http://www.hungermtn.org/fountain/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 gladys goldberg Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:41:29 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=324#comment-1088 Matthew Dickman teases, challenges, wanders as the mind does - yet he's unafraid to wait until the language drives him on. He's so reachable that you can touch the red licorice he eats or feel the urge to throw the penny off the bridge. Dickman's unpoetic and his now&then is riveting. Matthew Dickman teases, challenges, wanders as
the mind does – yet he’s unafraid to wait until the
language drives him on. He’s so reachable that you
can touch the red licorice he eats or feel the urge to
throw the penny off the bridge. Dickman’s unpoetic
and his now&then is riveting.

]]> By: Sheila http://www.hungermtn.org/fountain/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 Sheila Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:19:57 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=324#comment-1077 I love the energy, the sense of urgency inherent in the long sentences, the contradictions -- you naked but for the gray scarf and, then you in your flannel pajamas wearing nothing but a gray scarf. The poem is playful and elusive as the light coming in the taxi window and yet awful and compassionate as walking by things that are crying, and I'm not quite sure whether they are the many wonderful animals the poet has included in the poem or the musician or the saw he plays or the zookeeper. Nothing in this poem takes me where I, as a reader, expected to go, and it's such a wonderful journey getting there. I love the energy, the sense of urgency inherent in the long sentences, the contradictions — you naked but for the gray scarf and, then you in your flannel pajamas wearing nothing but a gray scarf. The poem is playful and elusive as the light coming in the taxi window and yet awful and compassionate as walking by things that are crying, and I’m not quite sure whether they are the many wonderful animals the poet has included in the poem or the musician or the saw he plays or the zookeeper. Nothing in this poem takes me where I, as a reader, expected to go, and it’s such a wonderful journey getting there.

]]> By: Jennifer Buckhana http://www.hungermtn.org/fountain/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 Jennifer Buckhana Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:08:21 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=324#comment-1075 I love this, I keep re-reading it I love this, I keep re-reading it

]]> By: Lucas http://www.hungermtn.org/fountain/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Lucas Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:48:45 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=324#comment-941 man, i wish EVERY POEM featured the most culturally banal aspects of the domestic self instead of being meaningful or doing something interesting with language. This poem is really a relief in that respect. Plus, let's face it, women have become obsessive about being clothed from the waist up. man, i wish EVERY POEM featured the most culturally banal aspects of the domestic self instead of being meaningful or doing something interesting with language. This poem is really a relief in that respect. Plus, let’s face it, women have become obsessive about being clothed from the waist up.

]]> By: Steven Pickrell http://www.hungermtn.org/fountain/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Steven Pickrell Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:22:50 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=324#comment-299 I really liked this poem because you had to reread the lines most of the time just to make sure you got it right. It seems to all tie in with one another; therefore, painting a very chaotic, yet beautiful image in your head. Plus, I agree there is something spiritual about coffee and milk. Ah yes, I can't forget the coup de gras of how it all just comes back to the beginning like many of the things we do. I really liked this poem because you had to reread the lines most of the time just to make sure you got it right. It seems to all tie in with one another; therefore, painting a very chaotic, yet beautiful image in your head. Plus, I agree there is something spiritual about coffee and milk. Ah yes, I can’t forget the coup de gras of how it all just comes back to the beginning like many of the things we do.

]]> By: Janet http://www.hungermtn.org/fountain/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Janet Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:25:53 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=324#comment-126 The pages are weirdly overlayed so the first few letters of each line are missing, making it tough to read. All the poems online here are the contests judged are from people strongly affiliated. Laux, Jackson, Dickman, etc. It makes one suspicious. Where is the diversity? The pages are weirdly overlayed so the first few letters of each line are missing, making it tough to read.

All the poems online here are the contests judged are from people strongly affiliated. Laux, Jackson, Dickman, etc. It makes one suspicious. Where is the diversity?

]]> By: Amanda http://www.hungermtn.org/fountain/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Amanda Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:06:55 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=324#comment-79 I love everything he writes. I love everything he writes.

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