09-18-2012, 12:11 PM
This poem reminds me of Auden's Funeral Blues. It took me a moment to notice it's a villanelle. Your narrative has a charming smoothness; I liked the somber tone and focus on small images as opposed to melodrama. Thanks for the read Philatone
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe

