I don't think I've ever commented on the poetry you have introduced through your characters before. So yay for a homework giving me an opportunity!
Okay. So I think what you have here is perfect. It is woven in beautifully, and so seamlessly, and the name of the author doesn't stand out as odd, nor do I, as a reader who knows nothing about poetry, feel like an idiot for not recognizing the poem in the first place. When Katie and Jay quote the poem, it is in harmony with the emotion that the few words of poetry convey.
>Okay. So I think what you have here is perfect. It
>is woven in beautifully, and so seamlessly, and the
>name of the author doesn't stand out as odd, nor do I,
>as a reader who knows nothing about poetry, feel like
>an idiot for not recognizing the poem in the first
>place. When Katie and Jay quote the poem, it is in
>harmony with the emotion that the few words of poetry
>convey.
>
>Beautiful, I say. Just beautiful.
Thank you! I can't tell you how much I appreciate that! To know I'm doing what I set out to do by incorporating those poems makes my day! Thank you, sweetie!
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