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Decision Never Made
Isabelle5

Saturdays, sadly, were our fight nights;
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we entertained our lesbian neighbors
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with our shouts and screams -
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they laughingly said they could listen best
 4
from their bathroom window.
 5
 
 
Little did I know that one dark-haired beauty
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dreamed I’d leave you, come to live with her.
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Her hand shockingly intimate
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on my thigh one night
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told me all she could not say.
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Your sudden appearance in the room
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and your hand hard on her shoulder
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told her all she needed to know.
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Neither of you asked my opinion;
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I am left to wonder.
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27 Aug 08

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ahh -- yeah those are life changing moments -- here you've captivated the reader with just enough -- perhaps the last line would best be imagined in wonder by the reader after all -- nevertheless a good pome!
 — AlchemiA

  and I like the title without the year Isabelle5 -- did not know this was you as I voiced a male throughout -- nice write
 — AlchemiA

Oh, haha!  You thought it was a guy being vamped by a lesbian?  That's definitely how a man would want this to read!  haha
 — Isabelle5

Wow.  Very craftily confusing.  It leaves a lot of room for the character's identities to be figured out by the reader.  I would say that it's written in the voice of a woman, only because most straight men aren't very poetically inclined.  
 — starr

that was you, isabelle?;)
good write.

s.
 — unknown

Yeah, s, almost got a convert!  haha  not really!
 — Isabelle5

ha...didn't think so:(
 — unknown

You'd be the first to know...wink
 — Isabelle5

i won't hold my breath to hear that news...it's never going to happen;)

s
 — unknown

I hope not!  I like men too much!
 — Isabelle5

I bet you're a smart person--that is resonated throughout the poem. That doesn't mean however you can write poetry. Reference either Edgar Allen Poe or myself for pointers. I have another username as well...Henry. I write in the style of Poe. 8/10
 — Poe

Well, Poe, why do you have two user names here?  Isn't that sort of cheating the 2 per week rule?  I've read Henry's poetry and thanks, I'll stick to my own voice.
 — Isabelle5

I have two user names because my other one was blocked. Worry not...I'll not be exceeding your 222 poems anytime soon. I can't even access my other account.
 — Poe

I am Henry le Rennet by the way.
 — Poe

Shoot, I don't care if you have 100 user names, I am not the site owner!  Welcome back, hope you had a good summer.
 — Isabelle5

My summer was simply great.
 — Poe

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