Fireweed

  in love with the chilly night and neon lights and stars that sting the smoggy atmosphere like tears, with the thrum of cars and the bustle of bars and ...

they say there are no atheists in foxholes- that human nature dictates that in the throes of desperation we all find faith. no athiests in car crashes or cancer wards ...

I'm not voting for either one. They're equally necessary as one is ineffective without the other. Soul needs skill to make it articulate and skill needs soul to make it ...

Thank you! You're definitely right that my attempt at internal rhyme in the last line didn't work. Still not really happy with the ending... I think I'll leave the word ...

Ha ha, I am also a fan of inserting irrelevant french into poetry. :) It just looks so sophisticated, you know? Anyway, you have some good imagery here but for ...

Sun-drenched days stretched into one another and they reveled in their urban Eden- gathered flowers that sprung thick from the graffitied gardens of faded walls, drank the sepia sunsets like ...

Wow. That's twisted and beautiful and bizarre and poignant and utterly, utterly captivating. I think my favorite line was "the Shakespeare of pain, the Picasso of strife." My only suggestions ...

Thanks so much! I'm a bit pressed for time right now but I'll be sure to go back and fix those typos later.

For me, Bubblewrapped summed it up exquisitely. I'll have an image, idea, phrase, memory, etc. that just won't leave me alone. I'll let it percolate in my brain for awhile, ...

Wow, as a musician, I'm really impressed by how eloquently you captured the exhilarating tension of playing in an orchestra. Like Suzanne said, it works taken literally but can easily ...

December December took a long drag on her cigarette, then tipped her head back and blew a series of smoke rings, watching them rise and dissipate. A crow flew overhead ...

I would cut the phrase "bleeding and dying." Tired emo imagery. Other than that, though, I thought this was, well, gorgeous. It flowed beautifully and you actually pulled off the ...

The death penalty seems unnecessary, risky, immoral, and hypocritical, and although it's impossible to know how I'd feel in the situation of having lost a loved one to murder, I ...

"There's a smell of stale fear and it is reeking from our skins The drinking never stops because the drink absolves our sins." -The Bravery, "Believe" "We're all the same ...

Thanks so much, everyone!