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:

A Sun that Never Sets
Empty

My sun in Taurus
 1
my moon over California
 2
two blocks from Hollywood blvd
 3
a bottle of Coors Light leaves a ring on a table
 4
Black Sabbath on the low-fi
 5
A joint is passed
 6
to celebrate my coming
 7
from beyond the wall of sleep, where
 8
everything we don't keep
 9
ends up in my father's beard
 10
 
 
Mother superior
 11
has jumped the gun
 12
her morning water has broken early
 13
but still the stars haven't spoken
 14
my name to anyone
 15
just another mute bastard born
 16
under the Hollywood sign
 17
 
 
My first steps would come much later
 18
My first words have yet to come.
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