tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post4467503528817753982..comments2024-03-25T00:54:39.182-07:00Comments on Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene: EAT NOT THY MIND by CHARLES PLYMELLDoug Holderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05003269684850096238noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-91452725582341454352010-07-11T07:31:26.516-07:002010-07-11T07:31:26.516-07:00I was happy to see a review on Charley's recen...I was happy to see a review on Charley's recent masterpiece. However, I felt like I was on acid as I read Mr. Solomon's review. <br /><br />I do have a florid case of A.D.D. so I read the review twice to see if maybe it was ME who was "unfocused and overly-distracted." After all, I was rather confused and nonplussed by the inaccuracies contained in the review.<br /><br />I Ginger Eadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287671499503700974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-39939907100204295622010-06-23T05:00:14.155-07:002010-06-23T05:00:14.155-07:00Eat Not thy Mind is an absolute delight. A more co...Eat Not thy Mind is an absolute delight. A more cogent analysis and dissection of America's troubled soul you will not find. And the language... so beautiful, a surprise around every corner. New constellations form and swirl in a parallel zodiac. Plymell is one of the few apostles of freedom we have left. Listen to him.Phil Scalianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-35019073353875712532010-06-21T18:29:21.740-07:002010-06-21T18:29:21.740-07:00Best morning I have had in a long damn time readin...Best morning I have had in a long damn time reading Eat Not Thy Mind.<br />This has really gotten me excited about poetry again. I am breathing deeper... My blood pressure has dropped and I feel like I have fallen down the rabbit hole into Charley Plymell's Wonderland of straight in your face don't turn your head away from the world we live in and candy coat it dream... because the beautyMiss Jane Mansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536819287874070070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-58163228363631082302010-06-21T13:37:47.223-07:002010-06-21T13:37:47.223-07:00In the first place, Plymell has never claimed to b...In the first place, Plymell has never claimed to be a Beat poet, and like any good writer, his work has evolved over time. The trouble with blogs is that anyone can write anything about anyone without any knowledge of what he is talking about. If you're going to be critical of some one, you should first research the person and find out something about him and his larger body of work. A Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922270914482700214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-82131604207041112542010-06-20T20:26:45.349-07:002010-06-20T20:26:45.349-07:00If the reviewer had been presented with these poem...If the reviewer had been presented with these poems anonymously, how would he have evaluated them? He couldn't default to his "bygone" beat position, he'd have had to evaluate the work on its own terms--perhaps what he should have done in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-57578853885259442992010-06-20T00:05:13.397-07:002010-06-20T00:05:13.397-07:00Can't help but notice the reviewer uses the wo...Can't help but notice the reviewer uses the word "bygone" twice to describe the Beat scene. It seems strange to me to chastise someone who was right in the middle of it for years for writing in a style that he has written in (beautifully) over the duration of much of his career. Or was the reviewer just having an acid flashback? Nice stereotype. Maybe get over your flashy use of Tomhttp://tomnicol93@hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.com