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When using a voice of chronological distance Edmunds' words are impotent. In a short poem, appropriately titled, "Weathering," the persona speaks with regret to his lover, "Remember last August, my desire/dying down like roses from toothed leaf to bud." Yet later in the poem, the speaker insists to his lover, "I want you." At this point the reader may be tempted to respond, "I don't think so." But perhaps a fistfull of red-dirt and a few dead roses would more adequately convey her regrets in the poet's own language...

Author: By Virginia S.K. Loo, | Title: Edmunds Treads Tired Road to Taos | 2/2/1995 | See Source »

...personae worship women, sending out hosts of souls, spirits, and metaphorically disembodied hearts on pilgrimages to find their goddesses. The effort is futile, as the speaker in "I Have Tried to Find You" recognizes. (Please see poem below...

Author: By Virginia S.K. Loo, | Title: Edmunds Treads Tired Road to Taos | 2/2/1995 | See Source »

...High Road to Taos, , resorting to trite rhyme schemes like, "Farewell, my love, goodbye/Red wine, and oyster pie..." The feeling of spontaneity in exploring a single image, taking a break from the main road is lost. While several small moments of impact may be contained within a single poem, they cannot save the whole from fragmentation...

Author: By Virginia S.K. Loo, | Title: Edmunds Treads Tired Road to Taos | 2/2/1995 | See Source »

...learn whether Strasbourg will hear their plea, the first such to be put to the commission. Says Sampedro: ``Death is a taboo in our society. But for a psychologically mature person, voluntary death, when it is to bring to an end an incurable or intolerable suffering, is rational.'' A poem he has written called ``Why Die?'' answers itself in the first line: ``Porque el sueno se ha vuelto pesadilla'' (Because the dream has become a nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EL SUENO SE HA VUELTO PESADILLA | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

...concerns or fears arise. I call on both my poem and the administration to separate the issues and together let us address them. I want to set the record straight, and will always answer questions about Christians in Action, my church the Bible, and my faith. All you have to do is ask. Michael J. Henick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Criticisms of Student Group Unfair | 12/17/1994 | See Source »

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