poetry critical

online poetry workshop

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Welcome!

Welcome to Poetry Critical, an online poetry workshop. To post your own poetry, rate that of others, or start a new thread on the message board, 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 do that without logging in by typing your comment in the box under each poem or post.

A message from your absent editor

Hey all, it’d be a lie to call PC anything but abandoned, but it’s not forgotten. I’m constantly thinking about Poetry Critical 2.0 and very, very occasionally doing a little work on it. Unfortunately, I don’t really have the time or energy to devote to upkeep that the site needs and I apologize that it’s a bit derelict—but to be clear, I have no intention of selling the site or the domain name or taking it down now or at any time in the future.

Thank you all so much for continuing to pour love into the site—I know it sucks that it feels unreciprocated, but it’s the community that keeps things going here here! Keep up the great work.

P.S. It’s been a few years—and I hadn’t updated the bar below since 2008—but a donation in early February put us over the top of paying for the first year of hosting at the new server. $600! That’s a lot of generosity for a site that I’ve neglected, and I really appreciate it.

 
$608!!!
$600
Donation Drive: Pay for first year of hosting Accomplished! Thanks so much everyone.


Random Poem:

Thank, Thank you
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You
 1
you were always there
 2
always there when no one else was
 3
when no one else was there
 4
there you were
 5
 
 
We
 6
we laughed
 7
we laughed about memories
 8
memories that will never grow old
 9
never grow old will our friendship
 10
our friendship will never grow old
 11
we will grow old together
 12
 
 
They
 13
they dont understand
 14
understand that I love you
 15
I love you as a best friend
 16
a best friend I'll always be
 17
I'll always be here for you
 18
 
 
We will
 19
we will always be friends
 20
be friends like the sun and moon
 21
the sun and moon are always there
 22
always there when the other falls down
 23
 
 
My
 24
my best friend
 25
friends forever we'll be
 26
be friends forever
 27
 
 
I'll
 28
I'll never leave you
 29
you'll never leave me
 30
 
 
I
 31
I promise
 32
promise me
 33
 
 
Friends
 34
friends forever
 35
forever we'll be friends
 36

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