Comments on: Richard Blanco Selected As 2013 Inaugural Poet

By: Reed Boyer

Reed Boyer — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:06:17 +0000

GREAT visuals in this, and the “Some day / Today / Today / Today” structure was a treat (with the final one almost hidden near the very end – that last haunting sentence’s start).
“Tin ear?” Nah. Read it aloud. Twice. Once observing a pause at the end of every line (which is NOT the way to read poetry), and the second time simply reading it for the sake of each sentence, noticing the play of fire and water and the way the rain builds and builds and builds . . .
Your ear “got it” just fine.

By: Jim Burroway

Jim Burroway — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:37:02 +0000

Much to my shame, I have a completely tin ear when it comes to poetry. I’m much more visual, and I loved the visions this poem conjured.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:33:33 +0000

Don’t know his work. Glad to know of him. Lovely poem. Both in intent and expression. The stress that falls on the second syllable of ‘winged’ is both elegant and witty.