poetry critical

online poetry workshop

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Welcome!

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:

Male bonding
DianaTrees

grandpa teaches his progeny how to party
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Three jerk the circle out of round: father,
 2
son and son, ghosts of men yet to come. Prick
 3
the brain, tiny thoughts: hate seeds,
 4
 
 
and no eggs in sight. Faggots flame
 5
 
 
around one boy at circle's center. He pinpoints
 6
their protests. He knows too much:
 7
at their core, he threatens, hence, jerks
 8
 
 
the circle round and round. Tiny pricks
 9
point the way to future bonding: tangles
 10
of legs, silver pants and manly slaps.
 11
 
 
Each ass waits for its own good job.
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