poetry critical

online poetry workshop

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poems: 42,909 (7,576 active)
comments: 291,675
ratings: 106,407
average rating: 7.4
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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:

When Reaching For My Wallet --
unknown
I stuck my hand in my right pocket	1
and was bit --	2
deep under my fingernail, I cursed	3
but have no choice to make	4
but to carry always wit'	5
so sharp a snake.	6

There are those who carry clickers	7
such that they always may take pic'ers	8
of who or what they sight --	9
and so I carry prickers	10
so I can be just such a clicker	11
and who or what I see, I can write.	12
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1. Wind Flowers
2. on dreaming of us beneath the yellow sky
3. always and never mind
4. Haiku 4 Hunger
5. days of shadow and sea
6. A Prostitute Revisits Her Ex-Lover’s Room
7. between two earths
8. Pilot Light
9. Berceuse
10. DaDA Taoist
11. A Man Is A Rock (And Every Day Is A Hard Place)
12. Ex
13. The Troll (for my old friend)
14. More Orphan Than Not
15. slowly, slowly, the bird and the barking spider

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1. Haiku 4 Hunger
2. days of shadow and sea
3. Echo and Ophelia
4. dandelions
5. i knocked down a house of cards, backwards, with my eyes closed
6. when with my sleeves i lightly touched yours
7. bollox
8. Don't expect me to be sane after this
9. dance all over your face
10. Biting My Tongue
11. on the origin of the envy of species
12. Union
13. If it flies, get your Mosin
14. Women: a shopper's guide
15. Chlorine and Candy and the Resurrection of Trust

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