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About the nature of (capital) sins and love; inspired by an excrept of Dante's Divine Comedy:

Hence thou mayst comprehend that love must be
The seed within yourselves of every virtue,
And every act that merits punishment.» Read...

An experiment in limiting myself by rather arbitrary rules of form. Not sure what to make of it.

Edit:
Okay, I figure it would be a good idea to include the rules I had set down for myself before writing this.

no rules abou... » Read...

Snap shots of trains both inside and out. » Read...

It began with a bud... » Read...

A very short bit of poetry. Nothing fancy. Read it if you like. I could care less. :) *I can't resist an opportunity to be ironic* » Read...

Two viersons of the same work, need help in putting them together. » Read...

About a man's accidental, though sensual, encounter in the woods. » Read...

Yes, these are really the vows my soon-to-be-wife and I will be reading at our wedding. We're very "special".

Obviously humorous (have you noticed a pattern with most of my works yet?) in intent, constructive criticism is s... » Read...

I made friends with a girl who worked the midnight shift at a gas station/convenience store, this is like my first impression kind of poem. » Read...

This is one of my first stabs at poetry. The piece is incomplete, so it ends rather abruptly. I intend for it to be a short story of sorts, but right now it is just a long poem. Any feedback is warm welcomed. » Read...

July Contest; what is going on?; what does sublime mean?; can death be a part of it?; poetry » Read...

Well, I wrote it a little while back when I was feeling pretty frayed and fried and just had to put it all down on paper and make it make some sense. » Read...

This is a poetic response to the feeling I had after reading Albert Camus' "The Stranger." One of the French Existentialists' questions about life is regarding how one is to live in the face of absurdity. This poem is trying to ca... » Read...

This is very much a first draft (I just wrote it), so critique a way and help me improve it. This is probably also the most "serious" poem (or anything) that I've ever written. » Read...

In passion, you know someone with the highest level of intimacy possible, but you don't always see beyond the surface. » Read...

my humble attempt at getting a "yeow" reaction. » Read...

This is a first posting for me. Be honest with your critiques, I can take it. » Read...

A whimsical entry for the July contest. » Read...

I love platypuses. Sometimes I dream that they, too, love me. I wrote this a few years ago, high on E.E. Cummings. » Read...

A dream sequence involving the poetic Muse who inspires writers. » Read...

a description of life » Read...

If a brief description could explain my poem then what would be the point in writing the poem at all? » Read...

How better to describe the torment of loving someone? » Read...

When a man pleads with a divinity, can there be an answer? » Read...

I found this journal entry on an old laptop. I don't write journals. It was dated 3-1-02. That was a long time ago. I edited it slightly, adding returns to give it more flow. I'm not the person who wrote this, not anymore. I'm sure... » Read...

chasing the future, outrunning the past. » Read...

a tongue-in-cheek horror poem about fear of the dark. » Read...

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Expression I feel is a big healer .. the ability to express our thoughts, our fears, our emotions, our turmoil. Yet, even more so is the ability to cast away that which for many may in fact be our chains to the past. Holding us back from moving for... » Read...

Pondering the meaning of life. Written for the July Contest. » Read...

First off i should probably warn you that parts of this poem are pretty graphic. This is a poem i wrote just today to express the hurt I have felt recently. Just to clarify, the guilt and pain are in reference to the two miscarriages i have experienc... » Read...

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This is a poem about new love. When you enter into a new relationship with someone you think is wonderful and they return your feelings.
ALL my poems are inspired by my late husband, the Love-of-my-life. » Read...

An anthem for a generation... » Read...

I wrote this after a heated argument with my hs boyfriend about our relationship and my parents' disapproval of it. » Read...

Love Poem » Read...

Musing on Keats, who was afraid of dying without making an impact. » Read...

These are two of my poems that I wrote at the ages of twelve and thirteen so please be kind. :) » Read...

Whenever I write poems I feel like I inevitably end up being sarcastic: playing around with words and sound in ways that please my concussion cracked sense of language. I'm obsessed with the concept that our alphabet possesses unnecessary letter... » Read...

I was just thinking about corporate creativity and I thought of this. » Read...

Poem poem poem, it has leaves in it, and it's short but I still like it » Read...

A poem in rhyming stream of consciousness that turned out to be a juxtaposition of two close friends. » Read...

This is my version of an acrostic poem » Read...

A poem I wrote...very depressing... » Read...

This is sort of written in the point of view of a preschooler. I don't know...that's just how I came up with it. » Read...

These poems have no real specific order except for the order in which I wrote them. I can't even remember that so i will just be posting all the poems I know need to go in this work. Enjoy. » Read...

Poemy. Also, I would like to think I used the word assuage in the correct manner, however I'm sure you guys will let me know. » Read...

This poem is a kyrielle, with a little twist at the end, which means the last line is repeated through each quatrain and the rhyme scheme is aabb. » Read...

A little quaint, a little archaic...I had a lot of fun writing this poem, which is a series of three Shakespearean sonnets. I hope you enjoy, too! » Read...

...a piece a long time coming, locked away until I was ready to spit it out...a memoriam in a way, to what we lost on 9/11, not just people, but innocence.. » Read...

A sad poem, but there is a meaning nonetheless. » Read...

It is a poem about a girl. » Read...

Song lyrics for what amount to Dylan tribute song » Read...

A little existentialist... » Read...

A sonnet written in the voice of a grumpy old man. These aren't necessarily my personal views :) » Read...

This work gives bonus karma points for critiques.

A poem of confusion and anguish written in a moment of despair. » Read...