Sunday at the State Hospital II

Sunday at the State Hospital II

 

 

 

I visited David Ignatow

at the state hospital

 

he had no sandwich,

and I wasn't allowed

to light my cigarette

 

so we just stared into

each other's poems.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

7/5/23

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A wonderful situation described Jacob. Sometime, all we have is the poetry and story. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Coyote,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Jacob.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Sadly brilliant!

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Marve,
j.

[W. Barrett Munn]

Poems are the window of the soul so I have heard.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think that to be true, Sir Winston!

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Now what an amazing poem
Love this

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Julie,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Poetry can be such a powerful connection, nothing else is required. A little bit of brevity which has a huge impact. Thank you J.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, my friend,
j.

[Throwing Romeo]

Loved how the second stanza
suspended disbelief.
Transporting us to kindred spirits.
Like I always say, poetry brings us
close as possible to language.
I love fly on the wall pov.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for this wonderful review, Romeo,
j.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

sometimes that is all you need to do to connect with a fellow human being

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, and I wish we would more often.
thank you, Cowboy!
j.

[Sami Khalil]

I did not know you knew each other; what an honor! I love how you placed the value on friendship and poetry, not the menial things.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

for the sake of the poem...don't really know David, but wish I had...love his work.
thank you, Sami,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! You are welcome sir Jacob

[Soren]

Jacob I often read too much into poems but this one hit me immediately with feelings of constraint, my feelings of rebellion and response with poetry. So short a piece with so much meaning but maybe it was just me projecting.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, I quite like where you took this, Soren.
Thank you so much.
j.