I am looking for readers to critque a 37 poem poetry mss. that I wish to self publish. I can't offer money, but will return the favor. tks for your time in reading this.
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Re: A reading call
Thu, April 6, 2006 - 2:04 PMthere are some 200 members on this tribe maybe we could take one poem each or something. -
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Re: A reading call
Thu, April 6, 2006 - 3:01 PMsend me one. Be warned that I don't hold much back in terms of a critique. -
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Re: A reading call
Fri, April 7, 2006 - 2:22 PMDave,
Tks . here is a taste
cheerleaders
for Debbie Gordon
after 20 years I can still taste my nuts as
i sat on the bench, praying
to the Virgin Mother to
help me not to peak at their blue panties.
i still hear my screams in Olangapo’s whorehouses
from nightmares of their smudged waxen lips
fresh from their boyfriend’s cocks beneath
back seat high school letter jackets
admitting in 5th period lunch how their fathers
cried to stupor begging
tenderness while their mothers drank to
oblivion beseeching death.
i still feel their porcelain…
porcelain hands attempting to touch my withdrawing
cheek w/ a word that is still unknown,
friend,
instead of touching my heart, my body
like I prayed for every night.
i still taste my rage
running rivulets off their perfect
boobs bathed in bleached white wool
broken off the pedestals I put them on.
in my failed paragon
I wanted them whole
i wanted them pure
i wanted them for myself.
after 20 years
i am haunted by how much I haven’t had to confess
by how much
i missed.
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Re: A reading call
Sat, April 8, 2006 - 12:54 AMIt looks like you gave me a tough one. Okay, here’s what I think. There’s a lot of good stuff in here. I instantly could tell it must have been a lot of fun to write. There are some powerful lines here but what I think is it needs to be compressed. Strip it down a little, focus more on core and revolve around it. If you were going to leave it basically as is then some periods would help in some places to handle the shifts.
First Stanza:
after 20 years I can still taste my nuts as (delete “as”)
i sat on the bench, praying (maybe say “sitting on..”
to the Virgin Mother to (maybe even delete “to” here)
help me not to peak at their blue panties. (I’m not sure who they are so maybe use “her blue panties” instead)
Second Stanza
I still hear my screams in Olangapo’s whorehouses (I don’t understand the reference to “Olangapo’s” and since it’s called “whorehouses” it leads me to believe perhaps it’s a franchise or something)
from nightmares of their smudged waxen lips (I don’t like “waxen lips”)
fresh from their boyfriend’s cocks beneath (I like how this sounds it seems to not flow with the previous lines)
back seat high school letter jackets (like it)
admitting in 5th period lunch how their fathers
cried to stupor begging (confusing)
tenderness while their mothers drank to
oblivion beseeching death. (more confusing, I feel lost in what you’re trying to say)
3rd
I like the last line. I’d rework the rest of it
4th
I don’t get the 2nd and 3rd lines.
Like the 4th line
I’m later confused by what wasn’t confessed. I like it but I would like it to be clearer to help tie this piece together. I think the last 2 lines work well with that too.
I hope that helps. -
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Re: A reading call
Mon, April 10, 2006 - 12:18 PMtks and here is another one.
all the world and you babe
for Marge Gibeau
the world beat across the City
and back until you found yr. passage
into the corner cave.
into it’s cool darkness amidst the noonday sun
you fell.
there among the weak, the wounded
the gossamer trapeze artist
you found us.
and we held you
and we laughed and imbibed the grape,
the drippings of the grain and forgot
who
we
were.
but forgetting forged fiercer
screams finally heard only by you
alone
in a room
without a view.
and again you found us,
now
the broken bent gargoyles of your dream
and we held you
and we cried
and we laughed
and fought for serenity in our hearts.
and we watched
you grow
into the proud rose
of you
amongst the wine, gin, tangerine
memories.
and it was good,
and it was enough,
and it was gravy,
just like
he said.
but the dampness of the earth has kissed your lips
and you left us and I will miss you,
will miss you long,
long
after
the last
call. -
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Re: A reading call
Wed, September 20, 2006 - 9:41 AMI really like this one; you can feel the beauty and angst in a nice quick rythym. The only thing I'd do differently is take the apostrophe out of "it's" in the 4th line. The apostrophe means "it is", which is not what I think you mean to convey.
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