this poem is hardcore
alright kid, that zorba guy is right: gas the rhymes. your passion is there but rhyming is a restriction which is not what poetry is about....
"the sun soft and buttery on my belly" what an awesome line...this whole poem is just that, a poem, something that is sadly lacking on a poetry...
all the women had eyes that spilled onto their cheeks and all the women had philosophy by the balls all the women had secrets that melted like...
i'm glad you liked this, vetty...i'm not too sure what it's about, either...but i wrote it drinking beer in a little shithole bar in toronto,...
pointless garb and saw-toothed fashion she bled silk for days after and fooled them all with a knife she pulled strands from the smog and used...
thanks everyone on the critique of this one...it's special to me in a way i can't explain...thanks everyone...it's most appreciated
teh horace and bhaskar: thanks for your critique, but more importantly thanks for readin'...all words are welcome... how come you guys don't post...
"I couldn't fucking believe it" excellent line.. so raw and owlish...
i touched her cheek... the side of her smile... that place where i drove a nail and hung all of my ugly
lies, fabrications and half-truths lined up in front of me like whiskey shots on the bar or even vicious, efficient soldiers gunning...
i tried to write poetry for her eyes, but only drank whisky and doodled the cigarettes i smoked she wasn't impressed i tried to stuff...
she said: show me something graceful and fluid nothing in neon or those horrible '80s colours and nothing heavy-metal hard......
she said: show me something graceful and fluid nothing in neon or those horrible '80s colours and nothing heavy-metal hard... something...
we scratch-scratched at the door then held our breath and listened to the night's bass hollow rhythm "let us in," we said, cold and...
nice man...the first stanza is pure jazz and symmetry...the last line is a killer finish...good write...
"it was a dream, all a dream...i shudder upon waking"...that line was a poem all by itself...
i like the whole idea of this poem...we see heaven before we are born, not when we die..the first stanza rocks...and rolls from the tongue...
nice...i liked this...the metre is bang on and the voice flows smoothly and easily...heavy topic and a heavier ending...good write
i thought you were on my side in this fixed game of days my girl for good and worse times spent at least together, or drunk and collapsing or...
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