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"solar flowers threw their manes around/with total disregard"--nice, especially the play on flowers/flares (in my mind anyway!). Didn't have time to do more than skim this (have a kayak race to train for and scant hours of sunlight left) but will def come back to it tomorrow.
pete on Soup Can by oneglove 21 Sep 2006, 5:17 PM
my sense of perspective and viewpoint got scrambled between verses 3 and 4; chilling finale and knockout opening... not conviced by self-rhyme of along, though...v3 seems a little clumsy
nypoet22 on some deleted poem 21 Sep 2006, 8:06 PM
i like this very much. at first i accidentally read the first line as the title and the second line as the first. i think it would be even better than it is if that were in fact the case. remember 7th street in the rain (without the first remember me) would be a much stronger beginning. likewise, the last stanza doesn't need the line "please remember" - the repetition does nothing for this poem in either case. otherwise, abosulutely wonderful.
elderking on some deleted poem 21 Sep 2006, 9:42 PM
it couldn't have been said better.
colbaby on some deleted poem 21 Sep 2006, 11:02 PM
What an unfortunate predicament. I suggest a better choice of partner.
I bearded the Lord with a cross Like a goatee, but wooden; it cost Very little to build And the Jews were all thrilled With our saviour's most stylish new moss
A_Dark_Calm on You by amanda_dcosta 21 Sep 2006, 11:05 AM
Reminds me of my girlfriend Lola. She's my angel.
ecargo on Soup Can by oneglove 21 Sep 2006, 1:51 PM
Was it earth all along? ;-D Sorry--just saw Planet of the Apes (the original, not the Marky Mark version) again. There's sort of an odd melancholy to this that works, though some of the lines fall a little flat. Why "Soup Can"?
Ranger on Field Of Surnames by Caducus 22 Sep 2006, 3:18 AM
A lot of this has a strong rhythm of ONE-two-three-FOUR, very musical and very easy to read. Where it deviates, it gets more difficult.
I think I read this before and said it was bollocks. It still is.
Ranger on Normality by colbaby 21 Sep 2006, 10:49 AM
The finest 'Vulgar Poeme' on poemranker, at least of those I've read recently. Line two needs tweaking, the rhythm's out slightly. 'I've lost another shoelace in this giant vat of beer' 'You've made me drop my salad and you've burnt my slice of cow' 'It's nothing new for me to be content with talking shit' !!!!! Please keep posting :-D
Ranger on Weather poem part 6: idols by nypoet22 21 Sep 2006, 1:48 PM
I was going to hold commenting on anything else until tomorrow, but this can't wait. 'Damned impressive' doesn't really do justice to it; the concept at least is worthy of top scores. If you could intersperse a few more rhymes among the verses (just like I've done there ;-) ) I think it would flow so much quicker. Also think a certain amount of revision needs to take place with the metric consistency, but I love love love the content. Particularly the end, but I think that generally this is the best I've seen of yours.
ecargo on some deleted poem 21 Sep 2006, 1:49 PM
Some cool, fresh imagery in this. I think you could drop the first two stanzas without losing much and instead start with the stronger, more original "Consider that I found you . . .". The last two stanzas are ace.
dvincent on Butterfly Belly, Orchid Face by Sunny 21 Sep 2006, 2:55 PM
Hello Sunny. You have real telent and strong sense of imagey and lyrical writing. Keep at it!
elderking on In the hollow (rough) by ecargo 21 Sep 2006, 3:30 PM
gramma's house for summer vacation...your words took me there. I was 10 again for just a moment. Very good.
colbaby on Normality by colbaby 21 Sep 2006, 4:53 PM
Bullseye. That line two has bugged me for ages. I love it nonetheless even though the rhythem stinks. I'll see what I can do. Such perception. I do skim sometimes and miss the point entirely. Case in point the recent Spider one. I thought it was about boobs and babies!
pete on Weather poem part 6: idols by nypoet22 21 Sep 2006, 4:58 PM
..... and the best part by far so far imho
pete on if really its me by Landon2 21 Sep 2006, 5:30 PM
know the feeling :)! ... reads like it should be spoken over beats. If not, i'd introduce more rests and split some lines into 2 or 3 .....
Edna Sweetlove on some deleted poem 22 Sep 2006, 8:28 AM
Better than being full of someone else's sperm.
Edna Sweetlove on You by amanda_dcosta 22 Sep 2006, 8:29 AM
I love doggerel. But onky talented doggerel. Which this is not.