http://shortpoem.org/uncle/ if compression is the first grace of style Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://shortpoem.org/uncle/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Joan McNerney Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:57:17 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/2008/11/uncle/#comment-795 So masculine...so very good. So masculine…so very good.

]]> http://shortpoem.org/uncle/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Darla Himeles Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:24:36 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/2008/11/uncle/#comment-476 This poem has such a lovely tone to it. The assonance of the long "I" sound is effective in evoking the quiet isolation of the construction vehicles. The echoes in the image of them -- tines of dinner forks; plants growing from the ground -- are so subtle and resonant. Like the uncle described, the poem seems to sweetly shrug. Well done. This poem has such a lovely tone to it. The assonance of the long “I” sound is effective in evoking the quiet isolation of the construction vehicles. The echoes in the image of them — tines of dinner forks; plants growing from the ground — are so subtle and resonant. Like the uncle described, the poem seems to sweetly shrug. Well done.

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