All Comments on 'Denizens: Trip'

to find an illustrator to draw a caricature of each of these people and make a book.

picture on one page..the poem on the other..

Seriously this:

~Trip had a head like a Halloween pumpkin

and ears like the suicide doors of a Lincoln,

his belly was round and as hard as a fist,

and Trip never smiled because Trip was pissed off.~

"Suicide doors of a Lincoln" is magic.

These denizens poems are full of insight and details that make you feel as if everyone knows someone like this.

I am really enjoying these works

Thank you

you set the scene perfectly, and bring the curtain crashing down. Powerful and wrenching. Wow....

are powerful and full of impact. Good poem and it's mentioned in the poems review.

You surely know how to paint portraits of the personalities of this world. You do so effortlessly and with such care. And the punch at the end, surely knowcked me out.

Also, makes me think of the cross that each of us bears, some more visible than others...

You are the man Mutt. I loved this poem and I am more of

a bar guy. Looking at the language you use gives me hope that I could write something brillant w/o a dictionary in

front of me. I know you know the ending is a killer, but

let me tell you again...it's a killer.

These folks are so real it hurts to peer so intimately into their lives. Your art is simply amazing lately!

I wanted to know what Father Murphy had written- evidence of a compelling story.

Dammit, Mutt! You're gonna make me greedy. Thosae denizens of yours are too damn good to be true. I have to squint when I read them, or else they might pop out from my screen and bop me on the head. :)

What a trip. (Oh come on, you know someone had to say it.)

....it hurt. This over rode my dislike of the ignorant stereotype you drew and made me feel a terrible pain of sympathy for him. This is what poetry should do. Thank you

Most everyone knows that I rarely comment on Mutt's poems, simply because I know you'll think I'm just pandering to my lover. But I have to agree that the Denizens are wonderful... And since I've had a sneak preview of the next ones in progress, I can assure you Mutt gets better with every installment. :)

than what has been said. Damn good work

the only thing that tripped me up was the "off" at the end of the first stanza. i like how it reads w/o it better than w/. but that's such a small thing, compared to the incredible pictures this poem paints.

...place needs a 'notify' so I know when my fave poets have posted!!

Too busy to check new listings... glad I did!!! Fantastic as always Mutt. Love your stuff!! ;-)

I wish I lived in this neighborhood. Thanks!

A truly tragic figure you start out detesting till the rest of the story's revealed and you feel rage at what happened to him and sad sympathy for how his life's spun out of control.

This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 37,500 poems.

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Reminds me of he expression: "God, protect me from those who 'love' me; From my enemies I'll protect myself"

Still this wisdom could not have helped the trusting soul of a child. Heart renching especially with your usuall power images.