poetry critical

online poetry workshop

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Welcome to Poetry Critical, an online poetry workshop. To post your own poetry you'll need to create a user id by typing a name and password in the box above and hitting 'New User'. If you just want to critique or jump into the discussion, however, you can go ahead and get started!

Poetry Critical 2.0

Hey guys, Donald here.

In a few weeks, this site will be 9 years old. 9 years! And I still know some of the earliest submissions by heart.

But, boy. That’s like 102 in web-years. So it’s time for something new. I’m building that something now with my nights-and-weekend minutes (and plenty of coffee). Buy me a cup?

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Follow @poetrycritical for more!

Random Poem:

Into The Storm
PhoenixTale

Too far gone over the reef
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and into the storm.
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Tattered sails flutter from
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skeletal frames of thought.
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You, spinning , your hips
 5
sing as the music played higher.
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Eyes close against the world;
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against fear of what lies beyond
 8
the horizon.
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This is how I remember you.
 10
A slow moving dancer
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amidst the throng, a look
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of utter serenity,
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cigarette held high;
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a beacon smouldering to dust.
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In the darkness over stormy seas
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that guiding light still turns
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leading me ever on from home
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