but then...

[fflo]

Isn't it no longer a valediction without the element of direct address?

    Valediction, Overdue

  Finally, it's just a town.
  ... ?

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Look What I Found! Or, perhaps you were already familiar...

[schroederjt.livejournal.com]

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nearly-a-valediction/

I was rummaging around in an older anthology this morning and stumbled across this one from Marilyn Hacker.

Re: Look What I Found! Or, perhaps you were already familiar...

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Thanks a bunch for that one, J--- I haven't said anything yet cuz I'm thinking of posting about it when I get a chance. Which I still aim to do!

Re: Look What I Found! Or, perhaps you were already familiar...

[schroederjt.livejournal.com]

It really struck me because the word valediction is not one that you hear or read very much these days, and yet here was a second poem (yours being the first) that used it to a seemingly similar purpose.

Re: Look What I Found! Or, perhaps you were already familiar...

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was quite something, wasn't it. Love when the universe does that.

I'll write more about the poem, and Marilyn, soon.