Hi Liminality!
Here's a review to save you from the green room!
I need a hook, a reason
to fish for your time and attention.
I really liked these lines because it has duality to it. You need a hook for a poem in order to keep people reading just like you need a hook for a fishing rod in order to catch a fish!
when we assume
that slivers of meat come free--
(we starve amidst heaps of bones.)
I also really liked these lines. They kind of remind me of the concept of a starving artist. In order to put food on the table, sometimes you have to sacrifice your creative freedoms and stick to the book. This is similar, I feel, in the sense of a starving writer or more specifically a poet.
Anyways, very interesting poem! I also think that the title is cool too, mentioning the poet-angler. Keep on writing!
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