This is why she's paying Irving the big bucks...

Because she's a WINNER! All her hopes and dreams came true! :xoxo:;):D

shameful too

I’m disappointed. The poem doesn’t say anything about 9-11, Desert Storm, Persian carpets or The civil rights movement.

Not too shabby
 

I welcome this untitled addition to the American poetry canon.

The sparing use of pronouns engenders poignant verisimilitude.

And scansion is aided by the flawless employment of rambolic blathameter.

In a mere fifty lines, so much is said -- but also, so little.

Brava.

Did David write this for you? :D

Once in a billion years rises, a poem like this!

I disagree. The scansion would be aided if the poem were haploid. But in this case it's diploid.

A Phoenix verse…

I didn’t, but I share Joe’s enthusiasm for this exquisite work of art.

Perhaps she did 50 lines.

Would you say that to Bob Dylan?

I'd tell Bob Dylan, "bwe,bwe bwe, dwe dwee, dwon't wlet dwe dwoor hwit ywou in dwa awse!"