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Firstly, the title hooked me in - 'forty nine pennies sat on the dining room table' - certainly intriguing. Questions it immediately raised: why? and where? and who? However, it ...

Thanks again, Rose! I preferred the original version too, even if it did have a lot to be desired. I preferred to simplicity and honesty of it, as opposed to ...

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So. I rethought that second to latest one. It's interesting that you say you were going for a sexualised view in the portrait of marquis de sade in his garden ...

Thanks everyone for your comments. Below is a chopped and changed version, since I felt rather compelled to do something about the previous one. - Kylan: I'm glad you found ...

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Thanks Rose! (your new nickname, ha). I don't enjoy having to explain my poems, because it obviously means I haven't done a good enough job in getting the idea across. ...

(Just felt like a separate post, instead of writing a novel on the previous one :D) portrait de marquis de sade in his garden Overall, I was laughing as I ...

Note: For heaven's sake, one of these days I want to write something that cracks through my impenetrable shell of mundaneness and self-inflicted insincerity. It's there! I know it's there! ...

Wow. I've got to say, that palindromic poem was one of the most amazing poems, stucture-wise, that I have ever read. I can only imagine the amount of thinking that ...

Hey Lava! I'll get to it in the next couple of days...I'm really excited to have something non-fiction-wise to review, since I have been missing that - so thanks. I ...

Thanks Demeter! Yeah, on second read, maybe there is a tad too much detail-wise in the 'accidental search and rescue' one - but I hope the cuteness is still there. ...

Hey Matthew! In this poem, you are exploring an age-old concept - and, while this is perfectly acceptable, I'd recommend doing it in a more creative way than the literal ...

I find it immensely interesting that I was put off by your title. And for that very reason, I thought: I've GOT to have a look at this, since I ...

Okay, so I don't browse around the art forums much, but I DO have arty friends so I have some idea of what good art is all about. And that ...