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:

Strange Acquittals of September's Memory
youthberry

She hiccupped past the truth  
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Of the last eight months,
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Lying corrupt in the azaleas
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Underneath my house.
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She buzzes through tiptoes in the walls.
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Listen, baby
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The locusts sing lullabies, painting ballistic
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Light so blinding you’re glowing five states down.
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I breathe into the ceilings
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Repeating,
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Cup it, then let it fly away.
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