Elizabeth Rose Murray

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In Touch*

That ocean divides. Yet the yeasts on my toes
have stowed away on yours – at the heel
 

of a day crammed with doings, shoe-snug,
they waft up to you our distinctive tang.
 

There’s a suspicion in the breath I catch
single-handed, just after brushing my teeth,
 

of that must my tongue first muscled in on
when [...]

Despite a busy schedule, Mario Petrucci was kind enough to comment on my review of his poem “In Touch”. Mario is a man I admire; he writes with unlimited enthusiasm, wit and sensitivity. You can read my critique and what Mario wrote about my critique here.

To enhance my resolution to read more poetry, I have created the Elizabeth Rose: poetry critique blog. To kick start this, Mario Petrucci´s In Touch has been the focus of my attentions; a modern day rhetoric on the ancient concept of eros using foot fungus as a focus. Intrigued? Then read it.