tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post5151999105457314205..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: Book Review: Triptych Poets, Issue ThreeTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-54620828663416411462012-11-02T14:48:05.114+13:002012-11-02T14:48:05.114+13:00"I want to read poetry that is neither obviou..."I want to read poetry that is neither obvious nor obscure, poetry I can at once understand without too much extra reading and not entirely 'get' on the first attempt. It's a pretty narrow sweet spot, and if I applied these criteria to my own poems, I'm sure that a good number of them would fail the test."<br /><br />Well, Tim, I think some of your poems might have a tinge of obscurity about them on first reading, but they usually reveal themselves pretty well. I think obscure poems have to be worth the effort; some are obscure for the sake of it, and don't reward the reading any more than a poem that is self-explanatory. Mike Crowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823415769823932104noreply@blogger.com