Comments on: Splintered / Confessional Pt. I: “Arrested”

By: Publications 2009 « 58 Inches

Publications 2009 « 58 Inches — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:16:15 +0000

[...] Arrested – poem – The Splinter Generation [...]

By: Paper House « Paper House

Paper House « Paper House — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:18:18 +0000

[...] Arrested in Splinter Generation [...]

By: C.Crawford

C.Crawford — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:57:22 +0000

Actually, brilliant.

By: C.Crawford

C.Crawford — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:33:39 +0000

very good work. You have taken what could have been a whiney, self-sorry, standard confessional piece and through good use of dropping the punct. the jagged, shorter lines which flow nonetheless, the right tone and pace, and made a cracker of a poem. Like Sherry Chandler said..”so little words”. I remember reading about Chekov telling off a young writer friend for weeping and wailing in text for the character she was writing.You dont do that here. Loved it.

By: SplinteredConfessional Pt. II: “Confessions” | Splinter Generation

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:28:31 +0000

[...] have decided to print Anthony Frame’s poem “Confessions” in parallel with Jessie Carty’s poem “Arrested”, since we find a kind of natural dialogue arises between them. We present them under the moniker [...]

By: Thursdays are for Critiques « 58 Inches

Thursdays are for Critiques « 58 Inches — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:34:37 +0000

[...] Arrested which appears in The Splinter Generation and is in the current draft of my first book [...]

By: Sherry Chandler

Sherry Chandler — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:26:48 +0000

An excellent poem — so much stated in so few words. “Arrested” is the title, and “arrested” is the man, in more ways than one.