poetry critical

online poetry workshop

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Welcome to Poetry Critical, an online poetry workshop. To post your own poetry you'll need to create a user id by typing a name and password in the box above and hitting 'New User'. If you just want to critique or jump into the discussion, however, you can go ahead and get started!

Poetry Critical 2.0

Hey guys, Donald here.

In a few weeks, this site will be 9 years old. 9 years! And I still know some of the earliest submissions by heart.

But, boy. That’s like 102 in web-years. So it’s time for something new. I’m building that something now with my nights-and-weekend minutes (and plenty of coffee). Buy me a cup?

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Follow @poetrycritical for more!

Random Poem:

whiter teeth in 14 days?
breathindeep

you mean nothing more to me
 1
than the piece of gum
 2
I throw in my garbage
 3
you weren’t even good,
 4
you lost your flavor before
 5
I put you in my mouth
 6
and you weren’t even worth the wait
 7
when I unwrapped you
 8
there was nothing for me
 9
but a plain, boring, square of lies
 10
 
 
telling me you will make my teeth whiter,
 11
what bullshit
 12
you only left a sour taste on my tongue
 13
and relief came when I spit you out
 14
no damage was even done
 15
your hard outer covering
 16
kept me from getting to you
 17
 
 
you keep yourself
 18
so very well protected
 19
avoiding confrontation and
 20
the fact that you lied
 21
it makes me laugh to think
 22
that I was once intrigued
 23
by what you could do for me
 24
turns out all you did was
 25
give me a stomach ache.
 26

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