Bill Yarrow

Bill, thanks much for comments on Intake, means a lot. Glad you liked.

thank you, Bill, for reading "Lost Splendors."

Thanks for reading/responding to 'Diamonds in the Fog'

Thanks for the mention of Houellebecq -- I have added a couple books of his to my list. "Whatever" and "The Map and the Territory" appear to be interesting for sure.

Bill, thank you for reading and commenting on Husband Googles Travel Zoo...it was a fun piece to write! (and so truthful, he, he!)

Thanks, Bill. I do think that phrase is key to the story.

Thank you so much, Bill, for your kind thoughts about my poem.

Ran into your wonderful poem, Whiplash Marriage. Following, here and on F-book.

Bill, I've got the black thumb drive here if you want to take it for a ride! Thank you for visiting and commenting on "You Should Change at Jamaica". It really helps to get a friendly and positive pat on the back!

Thanks for your note On "Lullaby for a Dragon Baby." Yellow idea work better with the assonance. This is why I love being a member of this community.

Bill,
I'm so glad you like Summer of Mary. Thank you for the beautiful compliments!

Thanks for reading Sweetie and Jack, Bill. Yes, I do want "leathers" in that line. It's a biker thing, as in "hot leathers." Happy New Year!

Thanks for reading and commenting on my recent piece

"For me, the poem emerges from its frame and exists without it." Wow, Bill, that's an amazing sentence. Thanks so much for reading "Static"!

Thanks, Bill, for your comments and fave on "The Last Thing"!

Bill, thanks for your kind, sidebar comment. I value your words. They are words of encouragement. The question of where the story would go is an interesting one, indeed.

Hi Bill, I always appreciate your comments, and I thank you for the ones you left on sliding windows. fos.

Thanks, Bill, for the comment on my little Wall love story. Glad you like the ending. Appreciate your note!

Thanks for the fave and comment on "Blood or Kisses", Bill, and especially for reading it in the first place.

Oh, and much thanks for reading "Train 59"! I appreciate the compliment!

Hi Bill,
Thanks for your comment on "So freaking tired." I'm really glad you liked it...
D

Thanks, Bill, for your comment on Breaking in Print. It originally appeared as a poem with line breaks and stanzas. I don't know why I insist on jamming everything together these days. In a rush, I suppose...

Thanks, Bill, for your comment on 'Invoking Fire'. Always great (and grateful) to read your feedback.

Thanks, Bill, for the nice comment and excellent suggestion about Instructions.

Thank you Bill for you comments on "Letter for K". I'm thrilled at the attention this piece is getting.

Thanks for reading and commenting on my story "Erased". Much appreciated.

Thanks, Bill, for your comments on Night Moves. I wanted to reach that place in everyone where fears or demons reside....

Bill, thank you so much for your kind comments on "Pyromania". I'm honored.

Very much appreciate your comments and support!

Thanks for your comment on "Return", Bill!

Oh, and also for commenting on Pandemonium - just saw that. Thank you!

re: Demons. Thanks for the comment on Sartre. You're right!

Dear Bill, thank YOU for your comment on Demons. So very much appreciated.

Bill, thank you for your kind comment on "7 years for us" and for all your support.

Hello Bill and thank you for reading The Light at the End of You. :-)

Thanks, Bill! Welcome back!

Thanks for your comment on Catechism. I agree part I would stand alone, but I liked the complexity of adding the second part. I like to play with time, the past overlapping with the present.

Well, Bill, it astonishes me that I'm able to read poets of your caliber for free on the internet; so really, the pleasure is mine.

Hi Bill. Thanks for the message. Love the bees poem. Thanks for the kind words about the Elimae piece. It's published at Fictionaut now, if you want to comment.

Bill, thank you for your comments on "Fracas in the Memory Palace"; much appreciated. I am so glad to come to your work also! I have a feast to get to.

Thank you, Bill, for your generous comments on Milkshake & Fries.

Hey, Bill. Thanks so much for the kind words about "The Violent Kind."

Here`s the announced Hafiz quote:
I said to God,
“What are you?” And he replied,
“I am what is loved. I am not what should be loved
for how cruel that would then
be for my bride.”

Loved and faved My Books. Thank you for the comment and fave on Binge Painter. I have just started reading Simenon and was not impressed by the Professor Maigret story I read. But I sense his writing is varied. I will buy When I was Old (horrors! another book!) I'm interested enough in him as a person. He supposedly has some more psychological work. Could you recommend a couple?

thank you Bill... it always means so much, when you like a piece I know it has something. happy mid-summer to you...

thank you very much, Bill, for your very nice comment about my story "Night Flower". Meant a lot.. Hope all is well.

I loved your story Addictions and faved it. The Twelve Step format was inspired. Thank you for your initial guidance to a bewildered newbie on joining groups. I started to, but then decided to hold back and read through them to see if I can figure out how to narrow them down. Thank you so much for your generous comment on my story "Pig Girl."

Hi, Bill. Thanks for the comments about "Frida..." and thanks for the star. It was great to meet you at the KGB reading.

Bill, your praise means so much to me. Thank you.

I appreciate your reading The Measure of Love, Bill.

Your poem "Picking the Bark Off Experience" is a marvel. Your approach to line & stanza is strong. It's a great piece - one of the best in the collection.

Hi Bill, big thanks for your suggestion on the ending of 9 and 5. Your input is so valuable, I really appreciate it. fos.

Bill! I can't believe you knew Brad Gooch! Scary Kisses is my favorite book of all time! I even like it better than Slaughterhouse-Five! Wow. Thanks for commenting on my latest. Much appreciated.

Thanks so much, Bill, for faving "Sassy Wench." It means so much to me.

Bill, thanks so much for reading and appreciating No Sugar! Your encouragement is invaluable.

Thanks so much, Bill, for reading and faving "Telling." I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for the ******** on "Ode to Garcia Lorca"! And congrats on "Pointed Sentences"!

Hi Bill,
Thank you for your poignant, ironic and humorous comment on "Disappointment" it made me smile!

Bill, thank you for the 'perfect' comment and fave on After he failed to wake up. I REALLY appreciate you reading my work. Peace...

Hi Bill, thanks for reading my bike story, and thanks for giving me something to think about regarding the last line - I always appreciate your input. fos.

Hi Bill! Thanks for your comments on Chanting the Third

Bill, many thanks for reading and commenting on Rear View. Happy it worked for you and I really appreciate you taking the time.

Thank you so much, Bill, for commenting on Memory Freeze. I so enjoyed meeting you and your readings were outstanding!!! You rocked it!! Next year in Boston!!!

As always, I'm very appreciative of you taking the time to read my poem "Never Enough." It's very of selfish of me to get this stuff out of my system...but it is sure feels good to set these verses free.

Thanks for the kind and enthusiastic comments about "Touch" Bill, and thanks for sharing Mr. Cohen with me.

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'Rome Ants In The Sky.' I greatly appreciate your comment, suggestion, and *.

Hi Bill, thanks for commenting on 'Maths class' I don't know Carl Laszlo but I'll look him up. Cheers.

Hi Bill, Thanks very much for reading Portrait of the Poet as Midwife and for the generous words of praise. I appreciate you taking the time to read it and comment. I value your input.

Thanks again.

Oh, thanks for POINTED SENTENCES. I didn't have time to frame up a proper response "Eleutheria" or time or energy for much this week. Chills fever and insomnia and teaching-delerious existence.

Thanks for your words on 'Animal Shelter' Bill. Once again, much appreciated.

The American studio-ized Garbo seems to have been the standard for all the great beauties (fashion models, movie stars) of the 20th Century. There is something modern and of course, timeless in that face and figure. Men (and wmen) of her times wrote so rhapsodically about her that I was afraid when I finally saw her on the screen, I would be let down-in the way Valentino's magic is invisible to me-but, no. As you say, she's still an unearthly, alluring creature.In my 20s, I used to have fantasies about going to NYC and "capturing" her. Thank goodness I never disturbed her in her wonderful privacy.

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'Along Came Doreen' and 'Life After Death.' Your comments and sentiment are greatly appreciated.

Thank you for reading "The Story of F." And congratulations on Pointed Sentences.

Thanks Bill, for the comment and Freud reference. The question is, Does Freud really get that umbrellas are funny?

thanks Bill! I'm glad you like my essence and stuff! (and thanks for pointing out the misplaced comma!)

Thanks, Bill

Hey, Bill-

Thanks for having another look at "Omaha." Must be your 10th so far!

Hi Bill Thanks for taking the time to read Conversation from a Lunch Counter and offer such an insightful and excellent suggestion. Makes a lot of sense. Looking forward to reading your work!

Thanks, Bill for reading and commenting on "Pirate."

Thanks for the fave, Bill. Appreciated very much. You're always so generous!

Thank you, Bill, for reading and commenting on my poem, "Homeless Outside The Church."

Thanks for your comment on 'The coded feather in the glass'.. very kind of you. And thanks for the welcome here. Merry Christmas.

Thanks for reading "Sometimes suicide is slow" and your generous words.

Many, many thanks for your comment on "Cloudy...", Bill. I very much appreciate your kind words.

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading, 'Lule of Raw-3.' I greatly appreciate your comment and manifold *.

Hi Bill: Thanks for stopping by to read "For the Lost Boys." As squirrel tartare is a gourmet dish requiring some time for one to appreciate, I'll have to leave it as is ; )

I opted for an oral exam, so there's nothing to read. I have the draft of an article on metaphor by my senior advisor, Ted Cohen. Not sure if he ever turned it into a book as he planned to. He did do a book on the philosophy of jokes, which we spent a lot of time on (a good excuse to swap jokes). Jokes like metaphors often depend on shifting senses of words.

Didn't study Beardsley. My course(s) on Aesthetics included E.H. Gombrich, Benedetto Croce, Nelson Goodman.

bill, thank you for the most generous comment on "the serious writer occupies wall street". these are the responses i'm going for (not to mention the serious writer himself) much appreciated!

Always love a thumbs up from you, Bill. Thanks for the fave for "Baby, Baby..."

Hi, Bill! Thank you for the kind comment on my post today. Happy holiday feasting to you this week.

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading, 'Lule of Raw.' I greatly appreciate your comments and suggestions.

Bill, what a great idea! Menken and Twain and a couple of quarts of Jack Daniels. Thanks!

Thank you for reading "Pieta," Bill. You picked my favorite piece of the poem for singling out. Thanks for that as well!

Dunno about this master business. Just havin' fun. It beats working! (Thanks for the star for "Boo!")

Bill: a series or a novel. Want a piece of the action? We could collaborate and make a fortune. Maybe.

Thank you! XX

Just found a heavy box outside my front door and tore it open. Inside were many, many delicious BOOKS! Now the kind and generous sender will have to let me pay the extra weight freight I know was tacked onto this shipment. Thank you for your lovely gifts, Bill.

thank you for your comment on <a href="http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/marcus-speh/moondog--2">moondog</a>, bill, i appreciate it!

Bill, thanks for the star for "A World of Hurt." You bet; I'm not proud; I use everything!

The poem is called "Lemon Shark." I fixed it. Thanks. You're an Ocean City guy, right? and those Atlantic northern four season beaches put on a better show than my Gulf beach, but I'm grateful to have my sand and suds and birds and yesterday, one of those blood freezing circles of light wobbling on the surface, a big jellyfish.

Bill, thanks for reading and appreciating. I am honored.

Bill, regarding your comment on "Hot Dish," you are correct. A good teacher is always teaching, and you delivered a timely lesson here. And that, of course, is what this site is all about. Thank you.

Thank you. Much needed words about that poem after grinding day. Best thng about grinding days--they hone appreciation for lazy rainy nights.

Thanks, Bill. Great comment. On the nosey. Thanks for the read and the fav for "The Heron."

thank you Bill for your words on my story "Burglaries", and other recent works, you are so kind and talented. I am a lucky person to connect with you in here in this unique writing family! sentimental, but it is true. xo

Bill, "The List" is dedicated to English teachers everywhere. Thank you for your endorsement.

Thanks for the welcome.

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'A Life of My Own.' I greatly appreciate your comment.

Bill, thanks for the kind words about Power Outage. It always pleases me most when anohter terrific poet likes something I wrote.

I like short poems, Bill. I think most poems, even mine, go on too long.

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'Nothing in the Middle.' I greatly appreciate your comment and *.

Hi bill. Just a little thank you for spending some time with Blank Checks - I really appreciate the read and your comments. This isn't the first time you've been #10. fos.

Poor Pete. He died of alcoholism. Thanks for the read, comment, and star for "The Apostate."

Hey, Bill, thanks for reading and commenting on (and fav-ing) Notice.

Bill! Thanks for the read and comment. I always enjoy your comments because you always find more than I see.

- Felicia

Thank you for the compliments on "Madeline", Bill. Much appreciated!

Quite simply, the title here, and in Euclid, send a strong signal that what will follow will be light and playful. I know one could argue that it's an interesting task, maybe a necessary one, to defeat or rework this old, this leftover emotional formula. But I can't get around it in these two. What's gained? What is lost?

Thanks for the kind words and the star, Bill. Glad you like "Don't Grieve for Fish." Do you ever teach in the NY area?

Thank you for the kind welcome!

Thank you, Professor Yarrow, for reading and faving the Tree Car Crash. Wait, did I commit to reading? Are you sure?

hey, bill, thanks a thespian ton for yr comment on "ginger". that cage is acutely felt ... by me, by you, too, i'm sure. a place worth escaping from & returning to!

Thank you, Bill. As always, your comment on my poem was appreciated in abundance.
-- Kait

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'The Golden Sax Man.' I do appreciate it, greatly.

Bill: Thanks for always being a close and connected reader. I appreciate your comments on "The Rest Home."

Thanks Bill for the comments and advice on "Suzanne", Bill.
I did rework it a bit... hope it still works.

Bill, I received Wrench over the weekend and devoured it. Thank you so much for directing me to the right place to buy it.

It's a new favorite!!

Yes, yes--indirect free style. (That sorta describes most of what I set down on paper.) Thanks for your clarifying comments and for the fav!

Hi Bill, thank you for reading The Escapists. I will post the rest of the story - as soon as I complete it :) Cheers, Marda

Bill, thanks for your comment & fav for "Old Age." I'm going to go out and get me a Moment trap. They're slippery little devils.

Thanks for the invite! So glad you remembered me as I have been MIA lately :)

Bill, appreciate you reading Snapshot -- and for your comments. Guess we all have a photo like that in a shoebox somewhere.

Hi Bill! Thank you so much for inviting me to the 2011 Publications group! You got some impressive publications this year. Looking forward to seeing what the others show too.

Thanks for reading & commenting on my Ornamental Onion. (I was thinking mostly about myself, really, as per bloody usual!) XXX

Hi Bill,
Thanks for your close read of my post "Amateur Theory of the Universe." The way you parsed it was exactly correct. I appreciate your time and your kind words.

Thanks for your definitive response to "Release" Bill. I appreciate it.

Bill, I took your advice on "1987...". Thank you!

I'm loving your work, Bill. Glad to have found you.

Bill, thanks for reading and commenting on Hidden Reminders. I really appreciate the time you took for both. Your suggestions are really good; I wish I was good enough to see them through, but I'll give it a try. Also, I really like your title suggestion. Thanks. fos.

Bill, thanks for reading Burn, Baby, Burn. I love your comment.

Hi Bill,

Cheers for the comment on 'Love' - that was food for thought. I think I will have a go at fictionalising my grandmother as a character. Might end up as a separate piece. I tried - quite a long while back - to write some of my other grandma's stories in the form of a series of monologues. The voice ended up as a character other than my grandmother herself. I wouldn't mind going back into that and playing around with it.

Bill, that's the line that lead me to believe it was her, nagging at him over the years - "these thoughts swim in your head". But as you suggest, maybe they've been his thoughts all along. Lots of depth to this one.

Bill, as always, thanks so much for the comment on "The Disease". Been pretty busy lately, but needed to drop in and let you know your support means a lot to me.

Thanks for the thumbs-up for "South Texas Mobius," Bill.

Thanks, Bill. I am having a lot of fun with M. Chagall's stuff. Glad you liked that one. Misti found La Mariee. http://www.globalgallery.com/prod_images/600/adl-ea-sa121.jpg

Many thanks for your comment on "Windows."

bill-you picked my favorite line from "<a href="http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/marcus-speh/under-the-apple-tree">under the apple tree</a>". and yes, intentionally funny: the serpent is the tragicomical hero of this tale...eats shoots and leaves. thank you!

Hi Bill, thanks for reading my bus driver story - I always apreciate your comments, and especially the ones that mention FD! fos.

Bill, thanks for taking time for 'Bukowski', and for your feedback. Always appreciated!

Bill, thanks for the read and comment. To make "Ants," all I had to do was write down the words when my wife repeated the conversation.

Hey, Bill!
Thanks for your encouragement on "The Number 4".

Hi Bill, thanks for your comments and the Fave on "FENG THE CHEF REALIZES..." I'm tempted to start a group with poems and fiction dedicated to Liu Xiaobo and bringing attention to his plight.

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'Destiny Knocking.' I appreciate your comment and word analysis: erupts or irrupts.

Bill, I made a copy of what you said (a response to "Snapshots"), and I am stopping people on the street, showing it to them, and saying, "Look what Bill said about my writing." Thank you so much.

Hi Bill,
Thanks so much for the compliment and the suggestion. You were right, of course! Reads/looks better now.

Bill, thanks so much for the kind, ahem, no words on "She Danced Like Fred Astaire." Always an honor when you read my work.

Hi Bill. I'm so happy you like "Life of Charlotte"! I'm a fan of your writing, so your words mean a lot. Thanks for being so generous.

Thanks! (hurrah! I got a comment/fav!) XXX

Hi Bill, thanks for wading through my telephone story - it's kinda heavy, kinda thick. Always appreciate your comments. fos.

Thanks, Bill. Glad you like the last line of "Tuscaloosa."

Thank you, Bill! You're right,"Out" is much cooler without punctuation!

Thanks yet again, Bill. As always, you are right on the money!

You and Susan both--you're really something! Thanks for the comments on my nutty story--and for the star.

Bill, thank you for reading and faving "Space Man'. Appreciate it!

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'Raw Goods.' I greatly appreciate your comments, suggestions, and *.

Hey Bill, thanks for reading Table Thoughts, and thanks for the comment, too. I really appreciate your feedback. No, I've never read anything by FMF - should I? fos.

Dear Bill,
Thank you so much for your comments on "Sinister Age of the Draft." Universal, indeed! Andrew Stancek grew up in Czechoslovakia and said he had a similar experience! It does give us lots of material to work with!!! Always appreciate your reading and commenting!!

So thrilled you liked "The Bed", Bill. Thanks very much!

Thank you for your wonderful remarks on my piece for my mother on mother's day. Thank you also for pointing out the typo. My mother would thank you. She used to be an English teacher, which was how she put my father through graduate school. Have a great week.

Bill, thanks for reading Misplaced Emotions. Your suggestion make such perfect sense, so clear - thank you so much for taking the time to share them with me. fos.

Thank you so much, Bill. (For your comment about "My Wife, My Love.") Wow! Believe me, what you said means a lot.

Hi Bill. Thanks for reading Books and Covers, and thanks for the comment, too - means a lot! Also, thanks for the suggestion regarding "into the same thing" - I already made the edit.fos.

Hey, Bill :)
Thank you for reading and commenting on "A Literary Separation." Much appreciated. Hope you're doing well.

Hi Bill, thanks for reading More Important than Money, I really appreciate that. And thanks for the comment, too - means a lot to me. The suggestion (if/whether) was perfect. fos.

Actually Bill, I thought it deserved a fave because of the originality of the concept as well as the fine structuring of it. I found it extremely funny and well thought out.

Thanks for comment on Reginald #1

Thank you so much, Bill, for taking the time to read my stories and your generous comments!!! I am a huge fan!!

Dear Bill: Thank you very much for your supportive and informative comments on alys. As always, I really appreciate your feedback.

Bill - thank you so much for your comment on Now and Then, and for the title suggestion; which I will use! Cheers :)

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'Made in Japan.' I very much appreciate your comments and suggestions.

Bill, I couldn't ask for more: it works! Thank you so much for that comment about "Tatters."

Hi Bill,
Many, many thanks for reading "Christina Heppel" - I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for the comment on Humpty Dumpty 2011! Glad you liked the update.

Hi Bill. Thanks for reading Momma's Dogs. You were absolutely right about "will" vs. "can." I'm just getting started with your work. "Slutty mud" is a great expression. (I am Not a Corpse)

-F.

Bill, I am so flattered by your compliment on my latest. Thanks for making it a favorite.

Bill, Wow! Thanks for your great comment about "Big," and for the star, too.

Hello Bill, and thanks for your kind words about "Jack". I'm looking forward to reading your work just as soon as I overcome a massive pile of imminent deadlines.

"Not sure I want to be in the company of WB though!" Me neither ... and in triplicate.

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading '1965, what I wanted-2.' I greatly appreciate your comment and *.

Thank you, Bill! Your encouragement means so much to me!

You're a champ, Bill. Thanks for the read and the star for "Surgery."

Bill, whenever I hear from you it's a special occasion. My sincere thanks for taking the time to read and comment on "1993, What I Wanted." It's very much appreciated.

Thank you so much, Bill! Appreciated, as always.

Bill, many thanks for your friendly remarks about "Root in a Bottle." I appreciate them.

Thanks, Bill. I vividly remember the madness. And it's been twenty years. I appreciate your comment on "Merry-Go-Round."

Bill, thanks! And I'm a SK fan, so I would have taken it as a compliment even if you didn't mean it that way. :)

Seriously, there is a dark edge to the poem-- and to the Alabama collection as a whole.

nono, sorry you don't spoil me. The effect is not spoiling it is encouraging. Sometimes I sound 8 years old, my logic is flawed, it is wonderful to have such support. xoxo

Bill, Thanks for your comment--short but sweet--about "War." Thanks for the star, too!

Gladly, Bill, re Thomas, just as soon as I get home again.

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading and liking "The Moral of This Story Is." Very much appreciated.

Bill, thanks so much for your continued support and the recent comments. They mean a lot to me.

Much appreciation for comments on untitled!

Bill - many thanks for your read and comments on "Liplorn". I greatly appreciate it.

Am I wrong? Bad things happen. Happy Valentine's Day, Bill.

Thank you for the read and feedback today on the poem formerly known as "untitled"... I appreciate the insights!

Love your work Bill ... Quality.

It's always something, Bill. Damn females. Thanks for the thumbs up for my bug story.

Bill, thanks ever so much for the read and your comment on "Sic transit Gloria Mundy." Meant a lot to hear it.

Bill - thx for the feedback on my piece - good suggestions that I'll incorporate when I submit for publication.

Thanks again, Bill, for the kind comment and ideas. My homage to Mandelstam, such as it be, is here at " In the Jaws of Kronos", a play, still in progres.

Yup, that sums it up. A couple of lines that I borrowed from Twain. Thanks for the comment on "Carver Country."

Hi Bill: Thanks for your comment on "For the Women." The form is demanding, but I'm happy with its final incarnation and that it found an appropriate home at Writers for Human Rights. I'm glad you like it.

Thanks, Bill, for reading and commenting on “Jump Shots.” Very pleased you liked it.

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the warm welcome. And now that the issue is up, I'll have more time to explore the site.

So pleased to have your read on "How to Take a Meeting." And thanks for catching that glitch. I knew something was wrong... * your *!

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'Disgeneration.' I greatly appreciate.

Thank you, Bill, for the comment and fave on "Foreplay." Should you wish to send a bottle of wine, just box it up, send it to me, c/o General Delivery, Munroe Falls, Ohio.

Thanks for the read and the fave on Sins of the Father, Bill! I'm thrilled you liked it.

Hi Bill, thanks for faving Last Bell- Glad you enjoyed. Much appreciated!

Wearing women's panties? Whatever you say, Bill.

Bill, thanks for reading Film Noir & thanks for having good eyes. not too many (including myself) would've caught that error.

Thank you for the comment on 'Source.' That place is a good place.

Thanks for the great comment and fave on Unheard, Bill. I always appreciate your close reads and thoughtful suggestions.

Thanks, Bill. My Tacoma's an '03. I've already got 43,000 miles on it.

Thanks, Bill, for the read and thoughtful comments on “Oh, Fish Eggs!” I will definitely explore first person narratives in various forms. Your scholarly, helpful feedback is much appreciated.

Hopefully the Kawabata story doesn't involve albinos africans being hacked to pieces if not then I will read it..

Thanks for your kind comments & I will rethink the "limbless" line, although perhaps the "limbs" in that sentence refer to his psyche instead of actual apendenges... Ok, surely stretching that...

Hi Bill, thanks for the feedback for "Empty." That one's going into a new chapbook and I want it as polished as possible. Thank you.

thanks for taking the time to read through "For Starters." Glad it set well with you. Here's hoping for more along the same lines for us both this year!

Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'I'll be Home for Christams-2.'
I greatly appreciate your helpful comments, suggestions, and corrections.

You tell me, Bill. My guess is that the piece is all about sex. Deadly sex, sex for sale, lesbian sex, adultery. But I don't know about the story, either. I may take it down and sub another from my "echoes & disconnects" series. (The first book is available now, and a vol. 2 is in the works.)

Thank you for the comments on Erzurum. Very helpful.

Bill--thanks for your read and education about Kyd. I'm writing here more or less what I wrote after your comment. I can never figure out if Fictionaut comments alert people higher up in the string. They don't for me, but from the comments people leave it seems it works that way for others.
It was a tough poem to write, because it is every parent's worry, and I recall the Oscar Wilde quote--perhaps he said it for effect but there's some truth in it--all bad poetry is the product of genuine sentiment, or something like that.

Thank you for reading Christmas Miracle. Glad you enjoyed it.

thanks for yr comments, bill. on "electric eyes" - SMALL letters: could be (about the tiny people). i write all first drafts in small caps. i only change it to the proper capitalisation if i can see the benefit, if you wish. it's a decision that i make intuitively, perhaps i shouldn't...i have a disturbed relationship with the entire caps system, as you can see.

Thanks for commenting on my cozy little Christmas story, Bill. Ah, yes, the dreaded MM. Yet Marlow begins his sentences with subject & verb. What to do? What to do? And the AHD says either oversize and oversized is correct. Or do my old, weary eyes deceive me?

Thanks for the great comment and suggestion on Things Left Unsaid, Bill! I gave it a shot; we'll see what happens!

Your opinion is especially valued, Bill. Thanks for reading "Casting It".

Merci beaucoup, Bill, for the great comments on Ping Pong, made my day!

Bill, thank you for taking the time to read & comment on It Stops. I appreciate your words.

Thank you, Bill, for your careful look at "Love Poem." You may be right. I'm a bit like Marianne Moore when it comes to my work. I never quit tinkering.

Bill, I appreciate your read and thoughts on my tiny "Lost in the City" piece.

Bill, what a pleasure to read your very kind comment about Wax Off. Titles are tricky, so glad this one seemed to you to get to the heart of things. Thanks for letting me know your thoughts about my little holiday rumination.

Bill--

Thanks for the Baker/Barker catch. Now I have to spend my afternoon changing it on all the web sites where I posted.

CC

You are too kind, Bill, you really are. I appreciate your words about loon and dark deer. They are encouraging to me and inspiring. Thank you. -- Q

Hi Bill - Thanks so much for your kind words on "Willie Nelson" - "The Proud Accounting" is a gem :)

Bill, many thanks for taking time to read, and comment on, my story "The Duende." Glad you liked it. Best, Frank

Wow. Really appreciate the comment about "Night & Day," Bill.

Dear Bill: Thank you so much for your very kind remarks about fly. I'm so glad you found it to be carefully crafted. This means a great deal to me. You take care of yourself and I'll be back after the holiday to read more Bill Yarrow. -- Q

Bill, thanks so much for reading 'under the skin' and your comment. Glad this caught your eye and approval.

Bill: Thanks for your thoughtful response to June, Texas, 1993. In the last few years I find the muse has assumed the guise of my father. It would make him smile.

Hey Bill, thanks so much for your good words on Tall Men & have a nice Thanksgiving!

Bill,

Thanks for your note about Mermaid. I really enjoyed that one.

Thanks,

Bill

Thanks, Bill for reading and commenting on "Three Questions for any Doctor." And congratulations on your wonderful work in Blue Fifth! I really enjoyed it.

Bill - just had to say I love your piece at Blue Fifth. So good. So cool.

Thanks for the careful read on The Chair, Bill. I always appreciate your comments. Glad you liked that phrase 'my algebra years' -- made sense to me when I wrote it. I'm changing those caps now -- you are right (but I could not get online earlier today to do it)!

Hi Bill. I'm glad you liked after amelia. Thank you for your generous comments. Have an excellent day! -- Q

Thanks very much for the kind words and fave on Rats, Bill. I always appreciate your comments.

Hi Bill, I enjoyed your recent interview on Fictionaut! Thanks for your insightful revealings.

Hi Bill - Thanks so much for your comments on "She Spread Her Legs" - I agree about the dissonance between the title & narrative - it's one of my favorite songs.

Thanks for reading Color Coded Pills and for the kind words. Much appreciated.

Thanks Bill! I really, really, really, appreciate you reading "Mama's Mass".

Thanks for the read and comment on Two Trees, Bill!

thanks much for reading and commenting on the 10th event particle, bill. glad you like the bottle of vodka, too.

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Hi, Bill. Thanks for reading 'Fifty Five Words or Less.' Your link to the story behind "lighght" and Aram Saroyan's book of one word poems is greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Bill Yarrow, for your kind words for "Sidereal."

Bill, hello, and thanks for reading my "Liturgical" bit. I am interacting with Amazon after your suggestion.

You are a prince of a fellow, Bill. Glad you liked "The Party."

Bill, very flattered you went into the "bowels" of my story list and dug out Deer, and that it affected you. I'm honored, thank you Bill

Bill: Thanks for your very kind support of the birds in shades of a young miss zorita. I very much appreciate it. Yours -- Q

Thanks for the comment on The Point, Bill! Glad you liked it!

Bill, thanks for the kudos.

Cheers,
El Pinche

Bill - I must thank you for reading and commenting on "John & Cathy Come Home". I greatly appreciate your feedback.
Cheers!

Hi Bill. Thanks for the read and comments on Sunrise. I'm working on the title, but I'm not very good with titles...
foster.

Bill, thank you for reading Lavender. I appreciate your comment very much indeed.

Bill, thank you! and thank you for sharing "The Naming of Parts" - this really made me smile big. So nice, Bill!

Thanks so much for the great comment on 4P28. I'm so glad you liked the "armoured heart" line. It's my fave, too!

Thanks, Bill, for commenting on and faving "Wake Up." I'm glad it made you smile!

Hello Bill: Thanks for reading and commenting on "White." I'm still adjusting to the 55 word constraint. It's lovely to see that the lines work.

Thank you, Bill. 'preciate your comment about "Water, Water."

Bill,
As always, I greatly appreciate your comments and input on my work, and thanks for the fave on Redux (Things I Should Have Done #4) now retitled... Heartbreak Waiting To Happen. I kept "answers aforethought", but I did tinker with the ending. With gratitude, as always.

Thanks, Bill. I am going to get a box to keep my deleted endings in. I can't seem to learn to stop yakking.

Thank you once again, Bill. I'm delighted this little ditty pleased you.

Thanks again, Bill. You are so encouraging!

Thank you for reading Water Heart. Glad you liked it.

Thanks Bill for reading "Sweet Sour" and your comments and support. I appreciate you.

Wow, what a compliment you gave me on Hollow - thank you so much - I'm blushing.

Bill, I appreciate your comments, always. Thanks for commenting on "Shoot the Moon."

I very much admire Compton-Burnett's work, Bill. Mother and Son especially. Thanks for the compliment and thanks for reading my work.

Thanks very much for reading and commenting on the pieces that I've posted here, bill. I appreciate both very much.

Thanks for the comment on No Goodbyes, Bill! I always appreciate your suggestions.

every time i have taught proust my life fell apart. you'd think this would worry me. instead i am looking forward to trying again and again until i figure out what the linkage is and snapping it. as for gombrowicz...cosmos is one of the finer things ever. i love the sentences, love the idea of it, everything.

Many thanks for your comment on 'Swimming Pool', Bill.

Bill - thanks for wanting a Siberian life too! ha:) Very much appreciated!

Hi Bill, thanks for reading Ripe. Thanks for the comment, too. foster.

My pleasure. Back at you, Bill!

Bill, thanks for your nice comment and great feedback on “Sono Canadese (I am Canadian).” Very much appreciated.

Bill, really enjoyed Parabola Tango. In trying to figure out why it worked beyond the words and the content (which were wonderfully astute), it was also the meter, the combination of 11 and 8 beats. It seemed a funky combination, at least for me, but it left that bit of tension not apparent in the words.

Anyway, dissecting stuff to see why they work. Peace...

Thanks for the kind words and the great feedback on Responsible. I always appreciate your thoughts.

Hi Bill - thanks so much for your comments on my story, 'Far'. I've made that correction and tend it agree that the energy fizzles out at the end. I think, to take it beyond a story that complies with a word limit to one that should exist in its own right, I'll need to address that. I really appreciate your feedback.

Thanks, again, Bill! You have really been instrumental in encouraging me to further develop the Voice of the Past pieces!

Thanks, Bill, for the fave and comments on "Snowlands..."

Bill, congrats on your nomination for Andalusia! It’s such an amazing poem and deserves recognition.

Thanks, Bill, for the comment on Corner! I always appreciate your thoughtful reads.

My pleasure, Bill! Enjoyed it. Hope to read more of you.

All warmest,
Heather

Hi, Bill, thanks for reading 'Bud Business? Booming!' I appreciate your comment and fav.

Thank you for reading Dream Catcher. As always, thank you for the suggestions. Its like like having my own editor.

Thanks very much, Bill for the close reading and comments on "Paris..." I'm glad to have the comments on word choice, something this tight needing to stand up under that scrutiny.

Thank you for reading and pointing out that little typo, Bill. I am officially the world's worst editor. I have a trophy for it and everything. Best of luck.

Harley

Thanks for putting the link up to your noir blog. Great stuff there.

Bill, Bill, Bill, you make me so happy when you comment. Thank you for your suggestion and review.

Thanks so much for the helpful comment on 3 a.m., Bill. Your suggestions were perfect!

Thank you Bill for once again visiting my pieces (this time my 55 word Upstream) and your kind words. Your encouragement means a lot.

Thanks, Bill, for your comments on "Godot, go wait yourself!" - GL

Hi, Bill, thanks for reading and commenting on Halfway to the Top. I appreciate it very much.

Thank you so much for your kind comment on my story, Bill. Made my morning brighter. :)

Bill, Thanks for your wonderful comments on Infinity Pool. I'm uncertain - the questions you ask, are you left wondering by the piece? Too much? Do you think some things should be more explicit? Eager to learn! Claire.

Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate any thoughts from you. I shall work on this "icepick" idea...

Also, thank you for the comments on Small Potatoes". I value your opinion very much and really appreciate it. I'd love to know what you'd have the ending as...?

Thanks for the comment and fave on Midnight Riders. And, thanks for the suggestion. I have not read Headlong Hall...yet.

Thanks so much for the comment and the fave on Midnight Riders! Calvino?! I'm so honored...

Thank you for reading Arlington Cemetery: Section 60. Thank you for pointing out the typos, too.

Bill, thanks for your comments on 'Blue Pinto'. A follow-up, 'Check Engine', is up in the current Word Riot.

Sure, Bill - glad you liked the tweak.

Thanks for the kind words, Bill. I appreciate the read.

Thank you for reading The Abyss of Contemplative Hatred and for the high praise. Thank you, too, for the suggestion.

Thanks for your thoughtful comment on A Night of Not Knowing. I know I'm not the only one who's been through this. And of course the happy ending makes it easier to write. But putting oneself into that moment again, reliving the 'not knowing', is intense. I guess you and your wife do that quite frequently too, even after all these years. So glad to hear of your healthy bouncing 29-yr-old, Bill!

Yeah, that animation site is fun to noodle around with. My daughter spends lots of time there. I think it's time for school to start, ha...

Lest there be any misunderstanding, I was giving the post a star in recognition of its superb good taste. His letters are fascinating. Memorable.
AND. About time that book got sent. It's been, like a whole day.

I’m reading "Getting Godless" right now. It’s extraordinary. Your writing is so absolutely exciting, and consistently so.

Pleased you were moved by Broken Mirrors - hard one to write.
Thanks for the fav

Thanks, Bill for your advice on Non-Renewable. Much better.
As always I appreciate you taking time to read my stuff.

Bill, Yes! Ten favs now for MM. Thank you!

Thank you Bill for your suggestion on "Foundation". I will work on the meter. So far, though, I have not been great with edits and re-do's. Never say die, I suppose. Always appreciated.

Thank you for reading and commenting on Union of Opposites. Glad you liked the lava lamp line.

Bill, I'm so glad you liked All Credit Rescinded and appeciate all your commentary, many thanks!

Three greats! Wow! Thanks, Bill. And you are absolutely right: it's all true.

Bill, Thank you so much for reading Crystal and Matrimony. The two are related, in a way.

"Thanks do much for the great comment on “Magritte.” Appreciate the support, Matt."

Something that is already floating, diving, flying does not *need* support.

;-)

Re: Lake Chelan. Bill, I so love the freedom you feel with me, and in general, to provide your input. For me, this is what fictionaut is about. So listen. Yes, comma after "at dusk." You were right, I got rid of "together" after naked. I got rid of, then put back, bound, I just the image of limbs bound. I had to keep overturned in the corner. But your edits and comments gave me so much food for thought, and I greatly appreciate it!

I received the book, thank you for that and the wonderful inscription. So enjoyed your Fictionaut Fave piece on Ann Bogle!

Bill, thanks so much for reading and liking "blinking blinking"

Bill,

I appreciate you taking the time to read my Things I Should Have Done series. Terrific comments and I loved your questions!

Thank you for reading Allah Akbar. I'm pleased you liked it.

Thanks, Bill, for your appreciative comments about "Sunday Mourning" - and there might not really be any "Other": herself, some lost love, or a fantasy altogether.

Bill, Thank you for your comment on "Four". I picked randomly from your posts, and am stricken by "The meaning of Life". Yes, I have known for a long time that testosterone does indeed drive the attention of the man sitting across from me at a table in a cafe (not in Tulsa). What a joy reading you has become.
Much metta
Juhi

I own Plath's unabridged journals (I believe I have all of her books, even Winter Trees!) - I haven't finished the journals though, I picked through it and read pieces at random because she was so brilliant, I thought if I tried to read her brutal honesty, I'd go creatively blind - it's around though - waiting for me to pick through it again - from what I've read about her though, I do understand that the Bell Jar was way too close to her real life.

Hi Bill,

Thank you very much for the comment on 'Her Ironing Board Stomach.' I do believe you're entirely right that the word 'surface' is redundant in its first usage. Whilst the repetition in that piece is obviously deliberate, I don't want a single word too many in it. Concision really isn't my norm, so it was a bit of a challenge for me, and I'd like to keep it as spare as possible.

Anyway, nice to meet you and shall look forward to reading some of your writing.

Roberta

Bill, thanks for great "review" of "Naked Ladies." Yes, the dislocations is what I was looking for. Meg P. seems to do it so easily, and I can't.

I arrived in Berkeley in 1972. Christmas day 1971, to be exact. Also published something with the Berkeley Poets Coop. First book, Puppet X, was a long 65 page series published by Alta of Shameless Hussy Press in 1974.
If you get a chance you might enjoy reading my pieces here called The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars. It may seem really familiar.
Jerry

Thanks, Bill! Illinois, my home town was near Chicago.
Jerry

Hey Bill, check it out - I've changed the title and several words! Thanks, again :-)

Thanks, Bill, for your comment on Rock On. Glad you liked it. Been a crazy week; looking forward to seeing what you've been up to here again...

Thank you for reading and for your suggestions on Nothing to Do. Much appreciated.

And thanks, too, for the comment on A Knobby Thing. Glad you liked the punch of the new world. Will think on your suggestion about the ending. Endings are important - does it work without that last sentence, really?

Bill,

Thank you! I'm not sure what I am taking from your poetry is what you intend (though I do so appreciate that I've encouraged a bit of explanation from you, and take a bit of pride in that), but I have to respond honestly because your poetry does something to me, and for me.

The hook is she was a lesbian who used the word. There are further hooks, but I shall strive to be salesmanlike about it. I had thought of historical society presses, but it appears that a literary press may be interested. I am hoping the whole set of notebooks can go to a special collections library or historical society. I revere the Minnesota Historical Society Press, my favorite in the state where three of the top five small presses in the country reside. That's a boast of the state. The lady herself was from the East. Keep in touch, perhaps advise. Thanks and looking forward!

Ah...me as well. Joined in May. :)

Thanks for the additional explication on Ferdinand Gets Married!

Not kindness, Bill you are a damn good writer!

Bill,

I'm a pure fiction person. My study, my bedroom, my brain, my writing, it's all piled high with narrative fiction. But there are a couple of poets on fictionaut, you included, who are educating me about poetry, and I am taking the time to read, to ponder. I may end up picking up the narrative, fiction thread which may not be the thrust of the poem, but there you have it. I do know that when I see your name on a poem, I know I will read it. Think, consider, analyze. So thank you.

Yes, indeed. Maybe one day we will have a chess match.

Thank you for reading and commenting on How I Met My Wife. Thank you, too, for also being a loyal reader of my work. Its really great to receive feedback from a more experienced writer.

Thanks for stopping by and for the comment on "Memento mori..."

Hahahaha! My first message to you said: Audaciously awaiting to read your work. I meant: Anxiously. I hope you didn't think I was braving up to something I might fear. Not the case at all. I very much enjoy your writing.

Thanks for your generous reading of "Color Wheel," Bill. I appreciate your feedback.

Thanks so much, Bill, for your comment on Latitude Adjustment. Appreciate it very much!

Thank you for editing Back in an Hour. Your version is much better. Actually, that is what I was going for, but obviously I didn't know how to word it. Thanks again.

Welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy your time here. Audaciously awaiting to read your work.