Here is a quick refresher in how to post, etc. 1. Poet: To post a new poem, create a new subject, then put title, poet's last name, and "for comment" in the...
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Great poem, very sensual, puts the reader into the action immediately with a hint of mystery that seems to refer to the blades of a fan without naming the fan....
Ever been somewhere you barely remember you had been? and then out of a clear sky it hits you between the eyes. You find yourself having the same "moment in...
Tell me what you think. I feel writing about this experience will me get past 8 years with this person. Burdens Life can be difficult, working with hard...
With Every Fall Some Rise We lost many brave and true In the towers' tragedy But lest you believe There are no worthy Left upon this earth A week later Ten...
In Shadow Hidden I. Search my heart and clear my mind. Entombed in darkness, condemned to look within I fear this night. Too hideous for eyes, a beast in...
I like the title. It communicates the fact that when hard times come, some rise to the occasion. After reading the poem, the title took on a deeper meaning for...
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season now over warm Caribbean waters leave dunes still intact...
Memory Mind wanders through crooked caves and ashes Holding onto grudges and dungeons where the soul lives Through vines and thorny underbrush, I trip and...
Because this is a mixed group of new and experienced poets please try to keep in mind that it's best to avoid just "telling" a poet what to change in a poem....
Midnight Cannonade It starts a rumbling from afar then something shakes and sometimes quivers as long guns are brought out and mortars fill the air with...
Paper Cut I am here, seething: façade of a face. Outside, I am sitting in a meeting, listening intently. Inside, I am grabbing books off the shelves, hurling...
Paper Cut I am here, seething: façade of a face. Outside, I am sitting in a meeting, listening intently to a colleague invite me to elaborate on today’s...
Walking to a Better Place No señor, I dint know him. I toll him not to sleep there, but he was escared. Some peoples they theenk if you sleep inside the...
Untitled Southern poets describe summer days, languorous afternoons and sultry evenings, the quenching sip of cool water or sweet tea. They write of shimmering...
As the World Turns Summer days of languorous afternoons and sultry evenings, the quenching sip of cool water or sweet tea, shimmering asphalt roads — tar one...
BLACK ROSE Its color, or the lack thereof, is comparative in nature since pure black, pure white, are impossible to find. Its worth and beauty remain in doubt...
Life's Mistakes just happen, Some may call it poor choices, Nevertheless, they leave us in quagmires, Mazes to figure out, The complexity overwhelms us, Losing...
(Two titled and linked Quatrains) When I Asked About The dark place called The Black Rose that sat down an alley off the main road, Grandpa said it never...
I have to correct myself here. I noticed when reviewing the instructions for the prompt that the cinquain contains only one word in the last line. I suppose...
There seems to be a wide range of interpretations, so perhaps this one isn't very clear and I may have to work on it some more. Since the idea for the poem...
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I am concerned about need for detail/point of view - how much/how necessary. All comments appreciated - Ada Elegy for an Honest Man The sky wept hysterically ...
Love Lost We walked on paths of beauty, peace and love, there hand-in-hand, we talked and charted dreams. How could I know your heart held evil schemes, ...