Return to Sloansville
I close my eyes, / blot out one hundred / and fifty shale driveways
L.L. Barkat is the author of Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing as well as two spiritual memoirs Stone Crossings: Finding Grace in Hard and Hidden Places, and a book of poetry Inside Out: Poems,. She is also a Small Press publisher, the Managing Editor for TSPoetry.com, and the creator and manager of Every Day Poems.
I close my eyes, / blot out one hundred / and fifty shale driveways
Where was the room that saw the necessity for both-where inside and out were purposely, inextricably linked?
The problem with extreme criticism is that it doesn’t tell the whole story – or maybe it does, but in an unexpected fashion.