BJ’s Response to Bill’s poems “Faith” and “Once in a While”

William has an excellent written voice. His poems are easily identifiable as his own. I like that. Faith was a poem about his youth in church and not buying into the beliefs. I officially loved this poem more and more every time I read it. My favorite would be “Truth was locked in the cellar, But it slid me notes under the door.”  That line was great. I thought the whole flow of the poem was rhythmic.  Although I would have liked punctuation throughout the poem so I knew when lines started and ended. It would have been easier to read. And I honestly even tried to look it up, but I do not get what malus is? Lost! But anyhow, great read. On to the next one, “Once in a While” was about love I think, and a lover’s hold over the author, until the lover let’s go. But the lover stays on the authors mind. I like the whole idea because I have been there. I like that this idea has been constructed and placed into words, by a man who says he has never been in love Mr. Bill! My favorite line would be “And you keep spinning it around, every once and a while.” Again I would have liked some punctuation just so I knew where a thought started and ended. Because over all it felt like a dream that just flowed into itself, which now that I think about I kind of liked that. I kind of liked that I didn’t know where to start and stop…I felt like I wanted more.  Thanks Bill, your voice woos me!