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  • Narrative Poetry Re: Pirate's journal

    I don't like being told how to review :P the word deity seems to be misused? Either that or I didn't understand the line. Also I am unfamiliar with that ...

    Sep 14, 2011
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Favorite poets...?

    David Berman, Bob Hicock, Federico Garcia Lorca, James Tate, Ted Kooser, others

    Sep 13, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Music and disparity

    the song is by three doors down. How do I know that ? Because I once was in middle school. This is a highly sentimental piece that relies heavily on ...

    Sep 13, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: our young, too

    I find this piece semi-impenetrable. It has the same cryptic flair that most of your work seems to have, everything coated in this enigmatic style that seems to border on ...

    Sep 13, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: of the sea

    this is sort of epic, I... I like how blue this poem is, the atmosphere... it really creates this rainy miasma of ocean waves and brine. Its good that you ...

    Sep 12, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Lipstick on His Collar

    you don't need to modify shirt with "whiteness of." Also I didn't like the string of 'ing' words, and I didn't get the 'no less alien' line. 'Dark windows to ...

    Sep 11, 2011
  • Art & Photography Re: a little summer love

    what I know about photography is limited to non-digital cameras and darkrooms and while I like the atmosphere of the picture... the figure sort of looks headless. Maybe that's just ...

    Sep 8, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Wanderer

    might be best to read this after you read the poem: this is an intensely personal poem. It is an attempt to write something personal without becoming maudlin, without sacrificing ...

    Sep 8, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: I Only See You In Home Films

    this piece shows impressive facility with language... almost reminds me of something I'd write ;). There are some great lines in here, tenor tills the tin... matte scene jury rigged ...

    Sep 7, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: A Journey Through the Binary

    I don't know. It's okay, but it doesn't pack much of a punch. It is intensely personal, and I think the fact that I can tell from reading it may ...

    Sep 7, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The Sirens Play the Sailors a Tune

    I'm getting adjective / adverb overload. This is the problem when people only take a few minutes to write something. You may not think it shows, but it does. Take ...

    Sep 1, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: The Trees of My Woods

    no... the archaic words are not working. Write a contemporary poem for goodness sakes. And why is there a dash at the end of every line? Not necessary. I don't ...

    Sep 1, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: Twisted Nursery Rhymes

    the best one was the first and the last. The first because the seamless transition, the last because the effortlessness in which it was transformed. Fun exercise! Kind of reminds ...

    Aug 27, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Paper Cups

    re: Benway so let me get this straight you're drinking something that you are drinking to. like buying around a whiskey for all your friends and raising your glass and ...

    Aug 27, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: seven headed breakup poem

    luckless because its a reference to a science fiction novel by Larry Niven in which a couple of dudes are in a floating mansion trying to locate a woman who ...

    Aug 27, 2011


Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
— Voltaire