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:

half past winter
bettalpha

this morning a snowdrop bloomed on my balcony
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the inception of day articulating its perfume
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a light breeze moving the curtain
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on the river a narrowboat slipped by
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a family of mallard following in its wake
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as fishermen tightened their lines
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I found beauty in a man walking his dog
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as I discreetly took a photograph
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of another stereotype
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sliding an old shirt on as I would his spirit
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just a touch of brilliance on my lips
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spring in my step
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