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RileyJ

  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Frozen

    I’m frozen no motor function my lips and tongue move but the words reach only isolation I have only patience restless and undying There can be no crying no tears ...

    Jan 19, 2012
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Sic Semper Tyrannis

    I'll wear my bandana and raise my black flag and remind them of civilians carried away in black bags. Nobody listens I'm a waste of their time I wonder if ...

    Oct 1, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: My Horse

    A really enjoyable read. As EvensLily said, you did an excellent job of conveying the message. There are just a couple times in the poem where I feel like the ...

    Oct 1, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Sunshine and Sirens

    This is really excellent. One thing I find a lot of authors have difficulty with is knowing when to use allusions and what allusions to use. Often times they don't ...

    Oct 1, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Ode To My Girlfriends Fish

    I actually really enjoyed this piece. I think you did a marvelous job with taking something trivial and writing about it so elegantly. What's really interesting is how you manage ...

    Oct 1, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: a cardinal sin

    "'a cardinal sin' the snake man weeps as the little boy begs for sleep and i know of no 'bounty' left protected in thought of theft but rather left open ...

    Aug 27, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Real Show

    string me up with the guitar that strummed my heart just like those other bands string me up with the thoughts with the voynich words we couldn't understand. Real life ...

    Jun 1, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Bone Queen

    Wow, I am absolutely stunned at how many things I love about this and they're all in such a short space! First and foremost, I am a huge huge fan ...

    May 31, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: I take it all back.

    I had such a hard time trying to review this poem, only because I had such a difficult time reading it. Let me explain, I don't mean that it's awful, ...

    May 31, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Pretty Little Lucifer

    I read the first stanza of this poem and immediately assumed I was going to hate it. I assumed that it was just going to be a cliche of the ...

    May 31, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: I Forget My Age.

    This piece is very interesting, a step or two away from being thuroughly enjoyable. The language is almost cryptic but sensible, and the meaning is deep and appliable. But I ...

    May 31, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Unspeakable

    The wind blows always though it might not seem it the wind is always there however soft it may be Not that night. that night the world was still and ...

    May 31, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Coming Clean

    I am, amongst many things, a poet. I write poetry for love for loss for laughter for fun and for... whatever. Well this time is different. This time This time ...

    May 30, 2011


Teach a man to fish, he eats for a day. Don't teach a man to fish, you eat for a day. He's a grown man. Fishing's not that hard.
— Ron Swanson (Parks and Rec)