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Patris's avatar

What a beauty

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Patris

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Patris's avatar

Just ordered your new book, Jonathan- your work is marvelous.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Merci 🙏

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Parker McCoy's avatar

As sparks spilled and spun away. Very nice. Awesome poem, Jonathan.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Parker

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

What a delight to see the craft.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Julie. I’m really enjoying the Turco book. He’s an interesting character.

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Monica P.'s avatar

Amazing. I enjoy seeing your process and explanation. Your chart speaks for itself. You nailed it!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Monica!

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

Thanks for educating me but thanks even more for your kick ass alliteration. It just flows.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you for your kick-ass comment, kind sir.

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Kim Nelson's avatar

This must have been a fun way to familiarize yourself with forms and their function in the creation of cogent poems. What a great exercise, Jonathan.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thanks, Kim — yes, Turco is a lot of fun even if at times a bit inscrutable and idiosyncratic

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Michael Herzog's avatar

This one was fun and a great way to start the day. Picture not as much so! The breakdown was helpful for me as I’m not as educated on poetic form as I would want.

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Keith Aron's avatar

Oh, how I love alliteration. This was so fun, thank you.

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