poemranker ::Replying

ReplyTo a comment on Billie's Threnody by Frass.

Christof12 Sep 2002

I like the last few lines of this but your attempt to suggestively evoke Lady Day through your list of epithets (especially 'mahler' - I don't know this word except as the name of the composer, is that what you mean by it? Please tell!) doesn't really work for me - reductive (esp. imbiber) rather than descriptive or empathetic.