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:

i danced with a hobo
mandolyn

he smelled like beef and cheese
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two of my favorite things
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swift, he was
 3
his feet were air craft
 4
which reminded me
 5
of whipped cream cheese
 6
 
 
cheese
 7
and beef
 8
his arms like salami
 9
someone was feeding him
 10
 
 
i don't mind dirt
 11
his skin was the mojave
 12
deserts are my thing
 13
cactus
 14
beef and cheese
 15
 
 
this man could DANCE
 16
 
 
he asked me for change
 17
i laughed–
 18
called him funny then sighed
 19
sniffed his tie
 20
 
 
then he broke up with me
 21
because i told him i was hungry
 22

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