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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>11-21-22 Group-2 Critiques <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1. Joan’s piece:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What seems to be the last sounds made by the author’s father just before his death. After which she internalizes his “solitary song.” An unusual and interesting concept i.e., conceptualizing the last breathing sounds of a person’s passing as music. Perhaps it is! Is it music that comforts or just the music of inevitability? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>*** <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2. Leonard’s piece:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'>An engaging and powerful Halloween piece. When gets the impression that those condemned to haunt a place due to inability to move on from tragedy, get one night of mental health therapy, once a year on Halloween: <span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>“You have to let go of the guilt. You know that, don’t you? You will be a prisoner in that house, haunting it, until you do.” Perhaps the lesson here, is to relinquish all guilt or any other unresolved emotional ties if one hopes to move on to the next incarnation. A nice creepy piece!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>***<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3. Alice’s piece:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>For many, carousels hold a special magic. My X used to have an amazing collection of ones of widely varied sizes and even some that could be made to rotate and play carousel music. I remember with crystal clarity the carousel I used to ride as a very young lad. Interestingly, there was a cat with a fish in its mouth that was the size of the horses that was my favorite. They even had a bench-like seat for the old or faint of heart. Question - does this line: the painted ponies know their world of grace derive from Joni Mitchell’s brilliant song “the Circle Game?” I also like this line: “Forever tethered to each shining pole, still destined to this solitary role.” An evocative and nostalgic piece! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>***<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>4. Valerie’s piece: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>What rang my understanding bell immediately, is the five- verse construction. Verses 1 & 2 have positive door references. Verse 3 is a transitional verse where: “Doors left ajar” can reveal unexpected and unpleasant knowledge. Verse 4, highlights the pain that results from closed doors: “aching bones and heart hurt creeps in.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>In verse 5, there are hidden doors which “protect” until she is ready to try again to open and throw them wide. A beautifully constructed piece which does offer hope. May resolve return soon and you become once again ready, to turn the nobs and throw the doors wide!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>