lunabee34

I wasn't too keen on the first poem "Waiting Room." I think it was the subject matter that put me off.

And Robinson Crusoe was sad, I agree. I mean it's hard for anyone used to adventure to return to an ordinary life and grow old.

The Moose was interesting in terms of the rhyme. It was, as you say, very subtle. So I liked the poem more for the structure than what it was talking about.

"One Art" is, maybe, the classic modern villanelle, so it sets the standard.

Thank you for posting the link about Joseph Cornell. That makes it a lot easier to understand what's going on.

The last poem is very nice, too. She has a nice way of describing ordinary moments and making profound statements about them almost offhandedly.

That's the word I'd use with a lot of it. Offhandedly. Of course that's just the way it comes across. I know it was very planned and carefully crafted. But it's sort of domestic, daily, ordinary, but very observant and insightful.