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The poem “The Loons of Colby Lake” by Michael Pietrack read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical Poets online Poetry Symposium on June 28, 2025:
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Video created by Andrew Benson Brown.
I love both the metaphor and the message of this poem. Your stars are not those of mythology, but of…
I enjoy the internal speculation given in verse form here (the Chicago weatherman is an apt illustration for the fickle…
Very thought-provoking poem, Scharlie. I read it three times, each time being drawn closer to the mood and the setting.
This is an incredibly engaging work. You masterfully depict a ghostly, ethereal scene, with visions of the dead and a…
Good, Paul--both. In the last line of the 1st, you could go on (not to say should!): the "go's transitory…
Well done, Michael, and Andrew, and very touching. Mates for life, as are geese. Something I always ponder when I spot an unaccompanied migratory bird.
Thank you. It’s a sad thing, a single goose. There must be a story there. A sad one.
Simply beautiful! Thank you!
Any praise from you carries double weight.
Fine poem, great reading, and excellent production – well done both Michael and ABB.
Andrew deserves much of the credit. I especially like when he put the narrator in the moon. A clever, clever, fox that ABB.