Comments on: Magic Eightball http://www.hungermtn.org VCFA Journal of the Arts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:15:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: valerie http://www.hungermtn.org/magic-eightball/comment-page-1/#comment-5217 valerie Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:01:32 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=330#comment-5217 enjoyed enjoyed

]]> By: Jennifer Buckhana http://www.hungermtn.org/magic-eightball/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 Jennifer Buckhana Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:09:34 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=330#comment-1076 Superb Superb

]]> By: Adam Love http://www.hungermtn.org/magic-eightball/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Adam Love Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:08:53 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=330#comment-580 Dickman, This poem kills it. I don't know if you read these or if I should Facebook you. But each line is so textured. You mix comical, whimsical mischief with brief and beautiful melancholy. Somehow avoiding the trapdoors of stereotyped elegy, the whimsical bits of mania keep me laughing all the way until the end of the poem, where it finally balances like a see-saw holding two little fat girls of equal size and strength. Excellent. Dickman,

This poem kills it. I don’t know if you read these or if I should Facebook you. But each line is so textured. You mix comical, whimsical mischief with brief and beautiful melancholy. Somehow avoiding the trapdoors of stereotyped elegy, the whimsical bits of mania keep me laughing all the way until the end of the poem, where it finally balances like a see-saw holding two little fat girls of equal size and strength.

Excellent.

]]> By: Steven Pickrell http://www.hungermtn.org/magic-eightball/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Steven Pickrell Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:31:32 +0000 http://69.36.166.41/?page_id=330#comment-300 I also enjoyed this one Mr. Dickman because it's funny how we all look for an easy yes or no sometimes, but it doesn't come until something triggers it. Maybe it is the eight-ball that triggers the initial response, or maybe something greater. I also like it because at first when I was reading it I thought, "Why not stay solely on the idea of the eight-ball, but then when I finished the bigger picture came to fruitition. Great work! I also enjoyed this one Mr. Dickman because it’s funny how we all look for an easy yes or no sometimes, but it doesn’t come until something triggers it. Maybe it is the eight-ball that triggers the initial response, or maybe something greater. I also like it because at first when I was reading it I thought, “Why not stay solely on the idea of the eight-ball, but then when I finished the bigger picture came to fruitition. Great work!

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