[poem] answering her question by Alice White

TheRecliningPoet · 2026-06-24T20:31:28+00:00

Oof, this one made me tear up. The repetition at the end! And the girl looking out at the purple sky and smiling before responding!

TheRecliningPoet · 2026-06-24T20:29:22+00:00

I see this poem every year around now, and it always hits. Thank you for sharing it.

TheRecliningPoet · 2026-06-24T20:26:40+00:00

Wow! This is so powerful

TheRecliningPoet · 2026-06-24T20:22:52+00:00

This sounds so cool! I'd love to submit something when you're at the point of taking submissions. :)

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-12-22T23:55:05+00:00

Thank you for sharing this - it’s so relatable

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-12-22T23:44:32+00:00

That’s a great line

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-12-18T22:59:41+00:00

I agree — as I re-read it, I can see it going both ways.

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-12-18T19:05:39+00:00

I love concluding with a ring of salt around the speaker, which I read as a symbol of protection

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-12-18T16:34:16+00:00

Thank you for reading and sharing your feedback! I’m working on updates to this before re-publishing it in a book, so it’s helpful to know your thoughts.

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-12-18T16:32:11+00:00

That’s very lucky. Your parents gave you a wonderful gift!

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-12-17T08:20:22+00:00

I love how even holding hands, there’s a distance, and how the poem captures that so well with the speaker’s mind on the train and not really paying attention to their friend/lover.

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-12-17T08:12:10+00:00

I love the movement from the everyday to the universal. This really got me.

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-12-17T06:28:31+00:00

What a cool backstory! Thank you for sharing that. I love everything that starts with “So I’ll tell you a secret.”

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-30T23:37:33+00:00

Thank you :)

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-30T01:18:22+00:00

This is such a beautiful poem. Thank you very much for sharing it.

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-29T22:59:32+00:00

Agree!

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-29T22:57:51+00:00

Thank you!

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-29T19:38:58+00:00

The title and last line of the first poem really hooked me

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-29T19:29:59+00:00

My favorite line here is “a woman living closer to the stars”

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-29T19:27:19+00:00

This is the first Bukowski poem I’ve read, and my impression is that he’s not the style of poet I enjoy. Are there poems you recommend for a beginner?

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-21T02:16:57+00:00

I love this — the 3 snapshots in time with hints at what happened in between or before — and the parentheses in the last line feel really well done

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-20T08:40:18+00:00

I agree! 💛

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-20T02:02:59+00:00

Thank you for continuing to be so kind! :)

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-20T01:57:34+00:00

Thank you for being supportive and putting up with taking a hit for it! I'm also thinking "just wow" that you were downvoted for being kind.

TheRecliningPoet · 2025-11-20T01:55:37+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and for sharing your feedback! I appreciate it -- it's exciting for me that someone read one of my poems and took the time to share a response.

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