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This is a CRITIQUE forum...Stoking and smoking poetry critiques. This is not a forum for the faint-hearted. It is strongly advised that you first post a poem in the On Track forum to get input prior to posting it here.Posting Rules: You may post 1 piece each day but you must post one thoughtful and substantial reply to at least one other writer here before posting your own poem. (Moderator: Normpo)
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Re: A Creation Story - Our Uni-verse
Really like this Norm but I remember reading it or at least part of it before. Still, very much enjoyed re-reading and feeling again the spiritual closeness, no words needed of the time the two of sp...
Started Nov 9th, 2009 at 11:47am by Normpo |
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Nov 11th, 2023 at 12:13pm By: Tinkerbell |
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Nov 10th, 2019 at 6:58pm By: Normpo |
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On Hearing ‘Songs and Dances of Death' - Four Sonnets
Introductory Notes for “On Hearing ‘Songs and Dances of Death’": Circa 2012
These four sonnets were written upon hearing, in concert, Mussorgsky's "Songs and Dances of Death" written in 1875. ... Started Jan 28th, 2018 at 3:09pm by Normpo |
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Jan 28th, 2018 at 3:09pm By: Normpo |
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Feb 8th, 2016 at 1:43am By: dericlee |
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The Kitten
‘Meow,’ ‘Meow,’ calls the kitten.
There he is at the door, looking up at me endearingly imploring for a meal which I promptly fetch from the kitchen. He runs to his favorite pla... Started Aug 23rd, 2015 at 5:43am by sunilmathur |
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Aug 30th, 2015 at 2:59am By: sunilmathur |
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Himalayan Clouds (revised)
Revision
The view is one of rare and ineffable beauty as our plane passes over the Himalayas. Mountains, enveloped in dense forests embroidered with meandering rivers and streams<b... Started Aug 6th, 2015 at 9:38am by sunilmathur |
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Aug 9th, 2015 at 6:25am By: sunilmathur |
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Aug 9th, 2015 at 6:02am By: nas |
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Aug 2nd, 2015 at 1:10pm By: Rick |
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Sunday Night Roast
Sunday Night Roast - February, 2003
by Carly Svamvour Parts of what once was a grazing animal have been cooled and covered with some slightly un-handy wrap. Windows shu... Started Mar 28th, 2012 at 11:14am by WildCityWoman |
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Aug 2nd, 2015 at 12:55pm By: Rick |
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Foundations of my love
Soft is the foundation of my love for you
Not soft like the body of a worm But rather as the warm summer breeze Gently caressing your skin Light is the foundation of my love for yo... Started Aug 2nd, 2015 at 11:36am by Rick |
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Aug 2nd, 2015 at 11:36am By: Rick |
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Draped Model - REVISED 03-18 - Name Change Also
REVISED: Thank you all for your input and encouragement to make this better.
Feelings Draped in the Artist's Studio His studio is where his love abides Through hidden visits, he makes ... Started Mar 13th, 2007 at 1:14am by Normpo « Pages 1 2 3 » |
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Jun 6th, 2015 at 1:13pm By: Normpo |
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A Hundred Times a Night. . .
I say I love you
silently you do not hear I design it that way. The hood light above the stove is soft through the open bedroom door, red kitchen c... Started May 25th, 2013 at 2:50am by duetsdove |
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Jan 5th, 2014 at 5:52pm By: R.C James |
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Whispers From the Fence
Whispers From the Fence
In spring blades of grass struggle to rise while daisies whisper from fences, pondering possibilities, speak of days when their blooms lasted <br /... Started Mar 30th, 2012 at 3:53pm by WildCityWoman |
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Jun 5th, 2013 at 11:12pm By: duetsdove |
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Traces (revision3)
Traces
A fervency, close to alchemy, purified us; recall the sequence, moment to moment, the pauses , the lapses, air traced as you defined voluptuous. Passionate miners, we d... Started Feb 19th, 2013 at 12:20pm by R.C James |
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Jun 5th, 2013 at 11:01pm By: duetsdove |
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Mishegas (revision 2)
Generations
orbit each other as they descend the worn wooden staircase; individuals then are scattered to isolated, barbarous, destinations. <br /... Started Jan 25th, 2013 at 11:14pm by R.C James |
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Jan 29th, 2013 at 3:30pm By: nas |
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Miles Davis
Stepping outside life’s
vanilla key signature time after time kind of jazz kind of blue finding ways to play notes that weren’t always there His horn<br ... Started Dec 15th, 2011 at 4:15am by Brian |
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Jan 25th, 2013 at 11:10pm By: R.C James |
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poetry
temporal incarnation of Aphrodite
natural temptation found command from divine dada disobeyed earthbound Olympian of love now dwells amidst mossy glade in which human guise she d... Started Apr 25th, 2012 at 4:59am by belmont hills bard |
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Apr 25th, 2012 at 1:03pm By: Normpo |
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Lions Playing on the Beach
Lions Playing on the Beach
For three long days we played our fateful game with hunter and the hunted trading roles. Our aim, the price of victory we’d claim to satisfy the nature o... Started Feb 12th, 2012 at 2:53am by Terence |
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Mar 28th, 2012 at 11:24am By: WildCityWoman |
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Inspired
For Anne and Peter . . .
In that room at the top silhouettes come together the shapes of their faces like pieces of a puzzle One could push them together get the satisfac... Started Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:18am by WildCityWoman |
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Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:18am By: WildCityWoman |
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Origin of Specious
Origin of Specious
Charles Robert Darwin Married his first cousin. The origin for his affection Was influenced by means of unnatural selection. Started Feb 24th, 2012 at 4:46am by Terence |
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Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:16am By: WildCityWoman |
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Himalayan Clouds
Revision
The weather was wet and cloudy; and as the plane took off from Kathmandu, the majestic Himalayas were seen below covered with thick, green forests, interspersed with ... Started Jan 6th, 2012 at 6:13pm by sunilmathur |
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Mar 25th, 2012 at 10:41am By: WildCityWoman |
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** Casualities of War
Images assail with a speedy snap
rat-tat-tat bone gray skeletal remains, standing, still, stark and oppressive, their rage rallied and bent against the vastness of a bruise... Started Apr 28th, 2009 at 5:33pm by peach |
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Jan 10th, 2012 at 2:53pm By: peach |
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** turnabout--
His hand reaches for her in the dark,
the tight and punishing knot travels thick and hard expectant of something slick slack and yielding, In a battle of flesh, heavy ha... Started May 15th, 2009 at 5:53pm by peach |
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Jan 9th, 2012 at 8:17pm By: Thoth |
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** Declaration
An urgent message shouts from her eyes,
violently violet, two shades darker than mine the delicate swell of a once pale cheek, bruised to distortion, Clothing and hair, out of pla... Started May 7th, 2009 at 9:42am by peach |
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Oct 30th, 2011 at 9:41pm By: peach |
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Vincent's Night
Vincent's Night inspiration screams through tangled neurons passionately exploding in brilliant torrents of dance on the blue-black canvas of the mind. whirling, twirling... Started Oct 6th, 2011 at 8:48pm by Terence |
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Oct 30th, 2011 at 7:48pm By: Terence |
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