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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Random Poem:

seraphim
collyrium

you were celestial matter unfocused,
 1
burned to my retina like i'd stared at the sun.  
 2
you were a shooting star thus far unphotographed,
 3
captured by wishlists squirreling like embers,
 4
setting fire to the sky.  
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and we'd forget about the stars,
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forget a world outside of our arms,
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waylay the worries that kept us from saying,
 8
"yes, we are ours."  
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you were a seraph, bright and immortal,
 10
broken in transit, bereft of your wings.  
 11
you showed me beauty then, that day you embraced me,
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and shaved off our sadder songs like they'd never existed.  
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will you ever know how much i loved you for that?  
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when will i find the words?  when will i write our song?  
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will it be too late to whisper in your ear,
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"you are the beautiful; you filled my cup with heart"?  
 17
 
 
forget about the stars.  
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forget the worries outside of my arms.  
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let me hold you today, singing "yes, we are ours."  
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you were a love song bending my fingers,
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strumming with eloquence through my shaking hands.  
 22
you were the satellite spinning around me,
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shedding some light on my cynical sights
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to sleep livid dreams.
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just forget about the stars.  
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forget about where we are.  
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kiss me tonight while we still shine this bright,
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while there's still enough light.
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get the camera.  set the shot
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before the sunset gives way,
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while we're still in the frame,
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while we're vested in grace,
 33
while nothing's displaced,
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and start clicking away.
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while we are still ours...
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before i cross the country alone.  
 37
 
 
you were celestial matter unfocused,
 38
burned to my retina like i'd stared at the sun.  
 39
 
 
take the picure now.
 40

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