Snowlight

... except that the first line tells you where the poem is going and after that it is downhill ski-ing all the way. Not even a slalom to make us think. Narcissa bangs out a great number of poems, most of which seem to have been conceived and written in 15 minutes. She often has some great ideas but seems to lack the restraint necessary to turn them into great poems. I think, if she could sit on a poem for a few days, re-write it from a different starting point, think about every word used, then we will see a Narcissa shine in reflective glory.

She is incredibly repetitive and yet melodic. I don't think she knows how to expand on a specific theme... she flutters, mutters and then shutters. For instance, think on this. "We go around in a circle and suppose, the answer lies in the middle and knows." It's a simple poem by Frost and yet it says so much about our search for truth. She could never write a poem like that just because...