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Mandorelute

  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Adding Color

    Alright, Mandorelute, she's a young woman, and you're REALLY going to give her that huge of a critique? Seriously? Calm down. Not everybody can be writing geniuses like you. I ...

    Jun 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Blind Man's Banquet

    I am impressed. Thank you for hearing me out without getting defensive. I really believe that you have a lot of talent. I don't know which poet or poem you ...

    Jun 4, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Floating

    I thought your poem interesting. I had a hard time reading the blue font, but once I started - I understood. It took me there. Well done.

    Oct 11, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: And We Were

    So intense a love poem that I felt embarrassed, as if I were a mailman accidentally intruding on two making love... " fell breathless and vaulted arms-- flesh and melee-- ...

    Oct 9, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: And We Were

    Did you change it just...now? The ending? Honestly, I couldn't tell, I thought that was metaphor, parallel imagery. Love is war. ;}

    Oct 9, 2009
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Green Room

    Theme of the Runaway You’re the kinder branches long dream’t of from her compass of windows, with her green eyes made for looking out, processing the predictable: In the end, ...

    Jul 19, 2009
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Ode to Neruda

    Babs, chills like 'Mufassa!?' Are you sure? That has to be the greatest thing I've ever heard. Yellow Scar: I see what you mean. It is, a yellow scar that ...

    Jul 15, 2009
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: King of Fairies

    Sistanuuk: Thank you for taking the time to read this and critique it. I'm glad you liked the references. Hm, how to explain the 'keep' line...part of me resists going ...

    Jul 14, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: A Pretense of Nature

    Again, an edition, with Suzanne's awesome aid: The sky is an eyelid, weeping of Furies and Sorrows; but eyes are more honest than this: lies cannot sincerely smile, lies cannot ...

    Jul 11, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: A Pretense of Nature

    Edited version: The sky is an eyelid, weeping of Furies and Sorrows; but eyes are more honest than this: lies cannot sincerely smile, lies cannot speak symphonies of wordless thought ...

    Jul 11, 2009
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: SOS

    Sista Nuuk: Thank you. I'd be happy to discuss poetry, as long as it isn't just my poems we talk about. Oh, heart - waning heart, sinking with the need ...

    Jul 6, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Immediate Gratification, Meet Dissapointment

    "Still we attempt to avoid Wading through memoirs, Unable to accept this metamorphosis. Pray for a white-knuckled release and the chance to resurface." This is an awesome way to end ...

    Jul 3, 2009


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