poemranker ::Replying

ReplyTo a comment on Maud, After the Death of her Daughter Lynn by middenHeap.

lastobelus14 Mar 2003

well, "When over the cradle she cooed" scans. Maybe even adds content because it creates ambiguity about which woman is cooing over which cradle.

But regardless of how tight I get the meter and rhyme it's a lost cause because there's nothing real or raw in there.

It was just a drill.