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From the Best American Poetry 2007!. (Orig!. pub!. in 'Alaska Quarterly Review')!.

At least she uses punctuation!

Actuarial Fauna
by Susan Parr

They blow downwind!.
Quivering bulletins,
Details in a coil,
A many-thing,
Chosen by by-paths,
Shadows falling:
To statisticall stalls--
Whistling wherewithals!.

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I'm kind of attracted to this one!.!.!.
My cousin is an actuary in Bermuda!.

*Just to score brownie points, he used to live in NY and said it was his favorite place in the world!Www@QuestionHome@Com

A very sophisticated, abstract thinking, clever yet very natural arranger of the MEANING and understanding of "her" words toward the path to make her statement, very complex in the privacy of her mind, and yet Her target - (subject) - be struck at very centre, IS obviously this talent of Miss Parr!.

Actuarial Fauna, as well as Abstractly Fantastical & Original!Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's my day for ignorance !.!.!.!.what's an actuary!?

This has a certain something, but since I don't understand a word of it!.!.!.that certain something is the sound of the words - not their meaning!. Sometimes I read Pablo Neruda in Spanish - I only have a smattering of the language!.!.!.but, the rhythm and the sound is still pleasing to me!. - statistical stalls/whistling wherewithals!.!.!.see what I mean!?
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I guess I am about to show off my illiteracy!.

All I see here is a batch of random phrases that make no sense!. I can find no subject continuity to actually say something!.

I have a saying: Poetry is not stringing pretty words together!. Poetry is stringing words together prettily!.

This one does not do that!. At least, I don't see it!.
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I found myself liking the words, the phrases, but coming away without any real concept of the meaning!. I think I could interpret it, if hard pressed, in some personalized way, but it would be fabricated based on loose connections!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Punctuation aside, pure crap I'm afraid!.

'statisticall stalls--' please!!! Was she writing some kind of technical manual!.!?


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My son is an accountant, he might like this!. I have a vision of a quarterly report whizzing like a paper airplane over office cubicles!.
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I like, I like!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This one's windy!. But enchanting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Those "experts" we spoke of hate this inconsistent (it looks consistent to me) use of Caps!. I like this poem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not bad for such a boring subject!. It's cold in Alaska!.

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Nice title!. Clever wording!. Very apt description of what they do often!. This is not bad!. Is it great!.!.!.no, but not bad!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I couldn't find anything to care about in this one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Leaves me cold, sorry to say!.Www@QuestionHome@Com