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J.R.,
Why must I read all fifteen,
as if a hound were on my trail?
Because the end starts to be seen,
which bliss and burden will curtail.
Nice work, as always, young man. -
Carolyn's paean to inextinguishable life is at once mournful and uplifting. Also, word playful. Bravo!
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Carolyn's paean to unquenchable life is at once mournful and restorative. Also, lively word play. Bravo!
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Mike's video of our otherly place in nature; JR's heart-breaking portraits of others.
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Terrific poems by Minnick.
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Carey's poem, "The Poem I Forgot to Write" is a humdinger.
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Two bullseyes from Sideris.
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Carolyn Martin's poem, ""Not a Pastoral," knocked my socks off.
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Thank you, Harry McNaughton for such a powerful set of poems!
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Terrific poem by Sarah White.
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Great sestina by Daisy Bassen.
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Sarah White's "Bullet Couplets" --- brilliant.
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Roger's sweater poem decent honest stuff
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Philip's poems are sterling.
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George Freek also has two humdingers.
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Two humdingers by Hilary Sideris.
Go get her books. -
A fine crowd of poets this month. I bought one book.
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Cool work by Iuppa.
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OKSANA MAKSYMCHUK's poems.... compelling.
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Thank you, John, for including my two poems among such a wide variety of other poems. I am grateful!
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Alicia Hoffman's poems are incandescent.
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more cool poems from sarah white!
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John, discerning selection of Dale's jazzy elegy. The title is, itself, a poem. Then, there is "his horns ... cool in their cases." Music from front to back.
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Sara White's poems. Compelling.
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Especially enjoyed Sarah White & Nicole Mason. Such good poets in this Zine.
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Especially loved J R Solonche's poem: "Afterglow". Cracked me up, plus verisimilitude.
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Another exquisite ekphrasis from Maren O. Mitchell -- keep it up!
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Honored to have a poem in the March issue of this lovely journal. Thank you.
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Cracking beginning to 2017. Thank you.
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Love Tim
Suermondt's poems in this issue, full of humor, clarity, wisdom. -
See Friday Oct. 2, 2015
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I'm pierced by the delicately balanced trip between past and present irresponsibility and responsibility of "From Car to Schwinn and Back Again" by Pia Taavila-Borsheim.
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December has brought us yet another fine issue. You continue to select and share excellent poems with all of us. I'm honored to be part of this one.
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A lovely journal--thank you! Enjoyed the poem about bones in the museum: vivid! Also really appreciate that you consider previously published poetry and that you offer a list of contests and writing
opportunities. May all those efforts bring you good karma! -
Sarah White's poems knocked my socks off First the left sock, then the right sock.
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Usha's poem is the female tsunami; Marion's pair elemental Britain. I referred two friends to The Lake; both commended Rob.
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Maren Mitchell's poems are deft, surprising, intellectual, yet universal in their reach. Superb.
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Maren,Your intelligence is a bright light. Your alphabet poems are stunning. Thanks.
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Dear Maren,
How clever to write poems about an alphabet letter. Interesting! All the best, Glenda Barrett -
I'm impressed by the high quality of poems in this issue - all those by Bone, Jean's spot on "Exercise no. 38," the smooth flow of "Conveying the Blessing," Larkin's magnetic "Inhale," and the
startling and touching "Lindow Man." Personally, I am most intrigued by Changming's vision of "Y," as opposed to my own vision. -
Regarding Maren O. Mitchell's alphabetic poems:
Excellent pieces!
"Y, The Philosophical Letter"
Y is it found in Greek but not in Latin?
Y, the infant's wail becomes the toddlers query and the elder's muse.
M, the earliest consonant we can muster--the hum of satisfaction and desire. -
I came on Julie Maclean's recommendation - and glad I did. There's a gentleness and respectfulness (is that a word?) which runs through the poems and the website that I like.
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I liked "Attic Squirrels" in the February edition especially. There are frequently sounds of movement in my roof.
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I really like the framing and format of poems in The Lake.
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Lovely review of Slate Rising I have this and would recommend it.
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Look for me to be a contributor to The Lake in 2015. I am a warrior of words... and soon I come to do battle.
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our qualities are put to work
with all elements fair.
Reading THE LAKE is a cleansing act! -
I like the efforts. Review, poems and other literary material is fine and well chosen.
It is enjoyable. Congrats. -
I came upon The Lake by following my wandering and have enjoyed the work for the last months. March has lovely poetry in it. Thank you.
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Found The Lake via a link on Alison Brackenbury's facebook group. I'm enjoying February's poems and browsing the archive.
New email address: poetry@thelakepoetry.co.uk
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