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Re: Poetry Duel [Watch out for pointy objects]
No, no, I don't fear the man in the black suit. I find his brimstone glare a comfort. His dapper ways enchant me. No, no, my love, don't shake. It ...
Feb 22, 2011 -
Re: Poetry Duel [Watch out for pointy objects]
The little crib is trimmed with cracked velvet. And the little fists reach out of the darkness and they shake as if asking why? why? is my rattle made out ...
Feb 22, 2011 -
Re: Poetry Duel [Watch out for pointy objects]
The bowl, once empty, is now filled with holy water Jesus, it's beautiful. What would be more pure than the tears of a virgin? Jesus, she's beautiful. And the church ...
Feb 22, 2011 -
Re: Poetry Duel [Watch out for pointy objects]
The words are like so many so many needles over time, they burst the flesh and like needles, sew lies deep into her eardrums so sad, really. She'll never hear ...
Feb 22, 2011 -
Re: Poetry Duel [Watch out for pointy objects]
The river is cold, but the day is long; or so thought the girl in the green as she washed the shards of shattered glass of teacups, down by the ...
Feb 22, 2011 -
Re: Land of the Free
Thank you! I'll PM you if I ever get a chance/ the motivation to expand on this.
Feb 22, 2011 -
Re: Land of the Free
Thank you! Well, the use of the word "faggot" was to symbolise the extreme homophobia I've encountered in America, and how gay rights aren't what they should be. I put ...
Feb 21, 2011 -
Re: Land of the Free
Thank you all very much!
Feb 19, 2011 -
Re: Land of the Free
Thanks. Of course, I realise this was a harsh generalization of America. I didn't mean any offense to your American people. I was just generalising how some- not all, not ...
Feb 18, 2011 -
Re: Land of the Free
While I'm a Brit, I've spent a lot of time in America- my family spends the summer holiday there. Here's a free verse poem I wrote about how corrupted I ...
Feb 18, 2011 -
Re: mockingBird
Thank you! Actually, I separated mocking from bird for a reason. I'm trying to drive across the point that bird- which, you may notice, does not retain its initial lower-case- ...
Feb 15, 2011 -
Re: mockingBird
So, here's a poem I wrote, in the style of e.e. cummings. I also got inspiration from Sylvia Plath. I won't tell you what it means just now, but perhaps ...
Feb 15, 2011 -
Re: Dandelions
Thank you all!
Feb 2, 2011 -
Re: My friend Wacky.
This poem is actually very good, but the repetition of 'she is' is very daunting. It makes your eyes hurt and I almost didn't read it because it looked so..... ...
Feb 1, 2011 -
Re: Dandelions
She could remember the dandelions Sweet, and yellow. And she had always wished for them to be honeysuckle Because she heard it was sweet too. But she had never tasted ...
Feb 1, 2011
