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I agree with bubbles - beautifully written, and it makes you want to linger in it, sink down and savor the gentle, exotic places. Very memory-esque, but devoid of nostalgia ...

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on the whole political issue... yeeaahh. Sorry, but I couldn't really see this as art with such a blatant political message staring ...

Oh, and W.B. Yeats and Bob Dylan (who is most certainly a poet. His lyrics hold up as poetry, not just as lyrics. Just look at this: Far between sundown's ...

I think this is the best poem by you that I've read so far. It's good to see you starting with something real and concrete. Of course, I have some ...

I agree with all said above. It's fine to admit to liking a poem, and to say it's good or nice, but it's not a critique unless you find at ...

Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves, Ogden Nash, Carl Sandburg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Frost, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Langston Hughes, and Seamus Heaney are a few I like.

I liked it, particularly the second stanza. The parts I didn't like were these: with the color of age - Yellow. Yellow Take out either the 'color of age' or ...

I like it a lot, especially the last stanza. The only part I didn't like was this: across open wings; tracks seen through the eye of an eagle. the last ...

Random, but nice. The rhythm is good, and the rhyming. I particularly like the first verse. I thought it got more nonsensical and less powerful as it went along, and ...

Aside from being chock full of cliches and grammatical errors, I still didn't like this poem. Most of it didn't make sense - for instance: The sun goes down upon ...

Thanks Colleen! Wow, I hadn't even thought of fraying like fabric frays... I'd totally been thinking of the 'bloody fray' of a battle or whatever... that's really awesome that it ...

this is great. i really can't think of anything to say that hasn't already been said. i can't wait to see the revised version! as for a magazine... what about ...

The message is, of course, undeniably great, and I commend you on both your political views and your interest in the world... you and those like you bring hope to ...

Between flickers of an unearthly dance Captivating all who stare, entranced; It wildly frays, battles and swoops, Stepping time to cryptic, crackling tatoos. Like a tiger's eye the flames sweep ...

Good, as always. I loved the imagery, particularly at the beginning. The only parts I really didn't like were the bits where it talked about a 'we'; I had a ...