poetry critical

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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:

Studying Verbs
Isabelle5

I’ve begun to dream in Spanish,
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conjugating lists of verbs
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from which I awaken fluently,
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wishing you were here to practice
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conjugation of a more
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elemental kind.
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At night, I fly alone on magic shoes
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that lift me off the earth as well as wings -
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I merely have to take a little leap
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(of faith?) and I am happily airborne.
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Coming down is difficult -
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I often wake up nauseated,
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as if I am pregnant with hope,
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dizzy with desire, able to
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conjugate everything on Earth
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except with you.
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