Review for MRussel

I love some of the imagery in "For Mary Oliver". ‘Plaid fabric skin’ and ‘hot harmonica notes rubbing each other raw’ both stuck out. I also like the flow of the poem, its rhythm is steady despite the fact is relatively freeform. But most of all I enjoy the last three lines, it has a very philosophical tone to it that actually stop and made me think about the comparison between writing being an impression and the winds pattern not being the wind. I got the impression though that this was almost an ‘anti-poem’ poem if that makes any sense, of course it’s quarter after four in the morning so I may be way off. My one critique of this poem is punctuation.
I really enjoyed "Poo-tee-weet", the social relevance of the poem is excellently undeniable, and I also like the way that it starts as a letter to Kahlil who was himself a poet. This poem does an excellent job of showing the detached and cleansed skew of the media and the trendiness of politics for ‘intellectuals’. The imagery in the poem is also very well done, the lines ‘your almond-eyed women, sleek as horses’ and ‘your tabla drum language deep with breath’. My only real critique for this is that to understand the title Meaghan had to add a sidebar at the bottom of the page. However after reading the sidebar I did come to appreciate the title of the poem.