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- Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:53 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Carling with Cathy: Written and spoken.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6038
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:43 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: My girl friend is pint-sized
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3889
Re: My girl friend is pint-sized
I don't get how the title, "My girl friend is pint-sized," relates/connects to the rest of the poem.
In the 'Boston Legal' show, an attorney jokes "My girl friend is pint-sized" b/c she's a small person....
In the 'Boston Legal' show, an attorney jokes "My girl friend is pint-sized" b/c she's a small person....
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:04 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: No Muse is Bad News
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2343
Re: No Muse is Bad News
1st stanza made me think of a breakup.
Get that it's about writers block, but I didn't like:
"
like a….
like a….. thingy
with a ….something something
in a something."
Perhaps it's unneeded or can be replaced by something else?
Get that it's about writers block, but I didn't like:
"
like a….
like a….. thingy
with a ….something something
in a something."
Perhaps it's unneeded or can be replaced by something else?
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:47 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: Masterclass?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9389
Re: Masterclass?
I may take it...
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:45 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Tuesday's Towers - Never Forget
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3820
Re: Tuesday's Towers - Never Forget
Timely.
Glad it's not too sentimental.
"serpent's eye" = evil?
Whose point of view is it? The towers?
Glad it's not too sentimental.
"serpent's eye" = evil?
Whose point of view is it? The towers?
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 6:27 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Carling with Cathy: Written and spoken.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6038
Re: Carling with Cathy: Written and spoken.
As an American, I didn't know:
- can of Carling (assumed beer?)
- smooth git (like grit??; couldn't find online def)
- washhouse
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:13 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Driving out Daisies
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3970
Re: Driving out Daisies
Dig what your saying, but wonder if a diff persona (e.g., from grass/daisies/concrete's perspective)'d make it more unique.
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:32 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Robert Dudley - The Knot Garden
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4070
Re: Robert Dudley - The Knot Garden
Revision reads/flow better.
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:25 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: When the white paneled door opens (versions 1&2)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6017
Re: When the white paneled door opens (versions 1&2)
I prefer the Original, but both work.
Nice imagery!
Wonder why Mother is the only capital word?
Nice imagery!
Wonder why Mother is the only capital word?
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:19 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: Masterclass?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9389
Masterclass?
Anyone ever taken Billy Collin's Masterclass?