http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/leo-dangel-four-kind-of-lilacs/ Norbert Blei's Poetry Dispatch and other Notes from the Underground. “We live to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection,” said Anaїs Nin. Fri, 17 May 2013 23:30:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/leo-dangel-four-kind-of-lilacs/#comment-1042 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:10:06 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=2630#comment-1042 I’ve read Home From the Field and The Crow on the Golden Arches both. My two favorites are Deer Tick Nights and A Retired Farmer Working as a Walmart Greeter. Leo has a way of taking you there.
Jimmy

]]> http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/leo-dangel-four-kind-of-lilacs/#comment-1038 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:47:51 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=2630#comment-1038 Ahhh, I weep when the scent of lilacs arrive….riding my bike to Lilacia Park every year to assault the many breeds of the smelly devils that anoint the beginning of springs blossoming seduction. I always leave the park a wandering drunk with a perfumed flower draped over my ear, as a souvenir, that inevitably winds up on my pillow for nights.

]]> http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/leo-dangel-four-kind-of-lilacs/#comment-1037 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:32:28 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=2630#comment-1037 Norb, I read the lilac poem yesterday on the Almanac. These three are new to me and I really enjoyed them. Kind of a cross between William Stafford and Jimmy Stewart. Thanks for turning me on to another good poet. Mike

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