One of the funniest things I've read all week!

Goes on a bit. A bit over-written ("Oh Death!....) Not bad though.

I don't get it. Written beautifully and all, but... what? Clarification would be welcome.

I think this is well written and I especially like the last lines of each stanza, esp. the repetitions.

Damn. If it were me, you'd get those plastic posies stuck where the sun don't shine... but hilarious nonetheless.

Don't I wish I was there ;-) My favorite stanzas are the first, for clarity and scene-setting, and "the sun dived in"... terrific.

Nostalhic but spoiled by using the repulsive non-word "yeah". I'd have given it 8/10, but with 2 "yeahs" there is a price to be paid: 2/10.

I beg your pardon? 'Bright and parfaited"? 'Parfait', last time I checked, was a yummy frozen ice-cream dessert. I can't imagine that's what you wanted to say.

What I really appreciate about your poetry, Amanda - and I think it's especially clear in this one - is the feeling of innocence and joy that radiates through. Great job, and a pleasure to read.

Oh, fun. Me likee. -8- I rather enjoy the spacing, even though I don't get what it's supposed to mean... it seems rigid; I connected it to squeezing indviduals into a predetermined mold, and so it felt appropriate.

Lear was like a god to me when I was younger, so limericks always seem to lack something without illustrations. But please don't submit a picture with this one. Pussy/juicy? I'd rather have seen front/blunt.

Very funny. I love bonfire being 2 words. Hard to know if this is intentionally bad, if so 10/10. But I think you don't know any better, so 0/10. Keep up the funny work as I am smiling happily at this.

This is damn funny, there are a few rhythmic inconsistencies but if they were ironed out this would be excellent. And for the first time in years I don't mind the rhyme of heart/part, for that you get bonus points.

Lovely. I just have a vague idea of what a sonnetis especially the rhyming scheme, which I think you have stuck to, and apart from that, the content is good. I especially liked the third verse, the line...'A holocaust of car exhaust as brutal boots crashed down'.

Sorry, personally I didn't care for this. It sounds a tad preachy and not original enough by far. I also found the "maybe-yes, maybe-no" rhyming distracting. Nitpick: Why does her father need to forgive her in the stanza before last? He already did in the second stanza. He even came visiting.

Do you know, by the last line I also had a lump in my throat. Of course the poem could be polished up a little more - poems always can, darn them! - but this is so vivid and touching that you can't help but reflect your feelings upon the reader. That's a priceless quality. -9- for emotion.

Ha ha ha. This is what I think you would call selective deafness and being paranoid at the same time. Ah yes, scrolling down, I see that my impression has already been impressed upon by others. This is lovely. I wonder how many of us fit into this category. You ofcourse, have qualified.

Bleeding Rose, there are quite contridictory ideas coming through. MAybe , you should edit it to either a love mood or to a hate mood. By you mixing the two, we are not sure what you want to emphasise on. Being specific gives you additional points. And I really wonder who this jerk is, going around giving a zero to all your poems. Maybe he needs a double dose of his own medicine.

Hi Ranger, truthfully, I still don't get what your poem is about. Having a rough idea is not enough. Sorry to disappoint. I refrain from voting.

Very heartfelt and beautiful. I'd like it too if there was enough punctuation. And the partial rhyme scheme is distracting. Nevertheless, I think you deserve nothing less than an 8.