The Pointing Bone

On the Poetry of Robert Lima ... "What a fine and moving poem for Carlos (Zamora). Thanks for sending it." John Balaban " Robert Lima's statement is pure, untroubled by trends and isms. His observations dart, like light on water, from image to image, each with surprising allusions. ... The poem 'Saudade' is very moving, good ..." Willis Barnstone "I liked 'I Have Lost my Pity for Bones' best. There's something of The Poet in NewYork surrealism in it." Marvin Bell "I did receive the 'Deux Megots' anthology and enjoyed it, among them your poem 'Identities,' especially the sudden 'rain-soaked battlements'." Robert Bly "Thanks for sending the poems. ... it is a special pleasure to have your work." Paul Engle "The poems that get to me the strongest are the ones colloquial, imagist and rhythmically strong or, put another way, in which the rhythm is quite pronounced and often forceful: 'Scorpio Rising,' 'The Death of the Spanish Cantante,' 'I Have Lost my Pity for Bones,' and others which sound to me the most natural and free flowing and apparently come from deep within you." David Ignatow "You have the courage to address very basic things with strength and a few well-chosen words. It's a tough thing to do and I admire it." Paul Zimmer