poetry critical

online poetry workshop

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Welcome!

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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Random Poem:

Life's a Gas
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One day I will be fifty-one.
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I shall kill myself
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not, on thirty's eve.
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Nor trumpet at forty
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of the prologue's end.
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One day I will be fifty-one.
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The top of my head will bounce the sun.
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The earth will no longer move
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on ejaculation,  women will scream
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'Werewolf!', as I slowly undress.
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One day I will be fifty one.
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I shall celebrate with a short walk
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down the long pier, drop in
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at my local for a stiff drink
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then home, to the kitchen,
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poke my head in the oven ...
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One day I will be fifty-one
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The top of my head will bounce the sun.
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But today I am lonely, twenty-young,
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and the cake I baked, was perfect.
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