Poetry Forum

just trying to write my rocks off a stiff drink so i've been putting off this decision and it feels like a 26 year intermission i've been running 'round this rye field full well knowing it's no longer Holden with his hands clasped to the scruff of my neck and holding me back from the inevitable emba...

on my first read through I was rather disapointed with some of the cliches that Barrie pointed out. however, i figured there must be more and with the hints of sexual innuendo from the title, Barrie and Geoff- what a lovley filthy poem. "wreathing all in wakefulness - leave me /through /with wa...

I am assuming you speak of "dogs playing poker", and yes, I too hate them. It does not get any cheesier than personified animals, whether it be in movies, poems or bad pop culture art. However, I must agree with twoleftfeet that I have no clue who the old witch is, or could she just be any...

First off, thanks everyone for the positive feedback. Occasionally I find myself at the poetryslam, and I never fair too well there. Anyway, to answer David, you are right, tim slum is not my name (not even close) but I liked the ring and i allways wanted a stage name. To TDF and twoleftfeet, yes, I...

there did spring gnarley crops of hops and barley that do doodle about the earthy burrows of my rabbit foot face snared between the twisted rungs of my beanstalk ladder nine years diddled away on the roof have haggled me out of my childhood daze allowing mealy thoughts to ooze past my expired pious ...

Unlike Gene, I do not have a problem with "talons perched in mid air". I like the image of a great eagle on its back laying helplessly in a body cast. I also enjoy the hands desperatly trying to move "within their ark". However, I don't think "roam" works with the image...

I enjoy the first stanza, especially the final cuplet. "she just grew cold-and never got dressed". I like the suggestion of death or the waiting of it and the attitude of almost not caring. That along with the rhyme scheme and tempo sets the tone of a somewhat lighthearted and blunt view o...