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Just Let Me Say This about That: A Narrative Poem (Sewanee Writers')

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I think this is the finest long poem ever written. This is exactly what Pound, Lewis, Eliot, and the boys were trying to do. It is a crying shame this baby hasn't sold. If you're tired of reading 200 modern poems a get a good line or two, please try this masterpiece. I can't do justice to it with a description..but kinda like The book of Job on speed.

"Just Let Me Say This About That" is a very good read and is in a format not like others. It deals with many of life's big questions and keeps the reader interested in the next question and response. The answers to these questions seem at times philosophical, but after explained by the speaker, seem to ring true.

In John Bircuth's "Just Let Me Say This About That", he explores what truth is in its core essence and what truth is to different people. The book takes form in a question and answer format and the questioners or reporters are The Bird, The Fish and The Fox. The speaker is either God, The President of the United States, everyone's Father or a combination of all three. Life lessons are explained through situations and circumstances in "the game" of life. Everyday occurrences seem to take on a deeper meaning when examined more closely and I found this narrative poem to be fresh and clever.