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for entry "Of Islands" Open in new Window.
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
this is a powerful and moving poem about a man facing his inner demons and wondering how anyone could love a man like himself? lots of different possible interpretations in this poem but it captures the mood very well.


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Rated: E | (5.0)
a delightful poem about encountering an old grand pa on Christmas who has a delightful sense of wry humor. I like the image of a Panda bear with a Santa hat and goofy grin driving a honda down a country road. BTW where is the road would have been nice to include that in the poem or in Author's notes. I like author's notes.


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Review of Promptly Poetry  Open in new Window.
for entry "Seeking Monday" Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
a great entry for the contest. You weaved together (to use Donald Trump's phrase) many different topics trying to answer the question will you find your mojo on Monday morning. Dealing with writing block is not fun. Sometimes you need to just take a break have a cup of tea and wait for the inspiration to flow again


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Review of The Coffee Monkey  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (4.5)
loved this slice of life humor. Your wife's comments is spot on. I asked my wife once after an argument if I am so bad why did you marry me?

her response was

"Temporary insanity and I am still insane."


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Rated: E | (5.0)
as a boy scout (life scout) from Berkeley, California I can relate to this. I believe in the flag and what it stands for. one nation united together. This is and should not be a partisan issue. I am a proud supporter of Harris for example, but I support the flag and what it symbolizes.


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Review of Revelation  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (4.5)
a powerful and moving poem about coming to a decision about one's path in life and what it all means I like the way the poem moves me.

like these lines

here's more to life
than time standing still in a flickering photo from infancy.
Fashion new art out of time, bone and tears.
Call it morning, evening, nightmare.
Like vomit let it spew forth. Write it in blood —
that won't wash away.


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Review of Wake  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
a nice and moving poem about love, and the connections between people. waiting for one's lover to slowly wake up and then face the day together as it should be


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Rated: E | (5.0)
a powerful and moving poem about living with an emotionally abusive partner and finally realizing love is not enough to save the two of you

I will always remember your words and loving touch
The way you once cared so deeply for me
I always thought we’d have our rainbow one day
But sometimes love just isn’t enough


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Review of Music Notes  Open in new Window.
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
nice reflection on songs and poems reflecting dreams. I can relate. Most of my writing happens when I wake up and write down my dreams from the night before. I don't dream dreams rather I dream movies filled with drama, color, music, often a political nightmare or a scifi fantasy.


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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
You nailed the spirit and the format for this 100 word drabble about Friday the 13th. There are many places where there are no 13th floors and in Asia there are many places where there are no 4th floors and in some regions of the world there are no 6th floors


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Review of Promptly Poetry  Open in new Window.
for entry "Pumpkin Rebel" Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I share your disdain for Halloween advertisement in August. Costco and Home Depot have great Halloween advertising right now, took some photos which will no doubt make it into poems. I like the image chosen and the title rebel pumpkins


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Review of Don't @ Me  Open in new Window.
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
like this bliz poem you nailed the format. I like how you use repetition through out the poem a few lines at a time building the tension to the end of the poem. I like the last few lines the best


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Review of Harmony  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
good use of anaphora repetition of the first line throughout each stanza except it breaks down in the last stanza but that is okay it works. Your first stanza uses ere .... then dreams... and last stanza has no repetition.


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Rated: E | (5.0)
great use of anaphora repetition throughout. Each stanza repeating a different word or phrase. I would have used the same word throughout but hey this works nicely too. I like the following lines the best

Pray with your eyes and then focus on Man;
Pray with your hearts for a peaceable plan.
Pray with your souls that our thinking be just –
Pray that our eyes, hearts and souls learn to trust…


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Review of Permanent  Open in new Window.
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
I liked this poem's great use of amphora repeated lines that smile throughout the poem paints a picture of encountering a charismatic man with a devastating smile. I like these lines the best



Brilliant minds, with troubled thought.
Why - my visions overwhelm.
Questions abound, answers sought.
Dreams of a different realm.
Words in my brain, a battle fought.


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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
a great story filled with interesting characters thrown together in a strange new world where they have to find allies to stay alive I like the interplay between the characters.


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Review of ROAD OF TIME  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I love this poem about getting old. I loved the second stanza

Morning I wake, look in the mirror
and the image there that I see
could not be plainer or clearer
but surely cannot be me.

reminds me on one my poems the Old Man in the Mirror Must Die


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Review of rupture  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
great meta poem about the meaning of consciousness very zen-like quality to I would have written it as a chain of haiku form but this works well like the repetition of

here,
then gone,
back awhile


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Rated: E | (5.0)
great meta poem is about what it means to be a poet and to truly feel the whole range of emotions. I like the prose poem format here and the dialogue between a young poet and his mature self 20 years later


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for entry "Tuesday thoughts" Open in new Window.
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Rated: 18+ | (4.5)
good to share your anxiety with your fellow writers. You have friends here. Perhaps someone might send you some love or gift points along the way. I can relate, It seems I have an endless list of things I want to write here, fan story and on my blog but life, energy and getting old get in the way. But I try every day to do a little bit. Keep on writing and keep the faith.


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Review of Complex Numbers  Open in new Window.
for entry "If Not for That..." Open in new Window.
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Rated: 18+ | (4.5)
Great list. You left off psychedelics Steve Jobs claims he came up with the idea of the Apple computer while on Acid, and Heller wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest after dropping acid and doing his rounds at a state mental hospital for the criminally insane Philliph K Dick wrote a lot of his stories after taking ACID, on the other hand, there were so many ACID casualties including my half-brother who dropped acid and was in and out of institutions for the rest of his life, and my college roommate who dropped acid and became convinced he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. The only problem was he was a short ugly dude who had negative charisma. I was unfortunate to be his roommate for one and one-half years. Scared me straight! On balance such drugs have probably done a lot more damage than good and should be legally controlled and restrictedd.


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for entry "Walking in Paradise" Open in new Window.
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
I don't share your Christian point of view, sort of an agnostic Buddhist new-age dudeist guy since I grew up in Berkeley in the 60's 70s which was a very secular new age age-religious time. Having said that, this is a decent poem with good flow and expresses your view nicely.


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Review of Complex Numbers  Open in new Window.
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
I like this cynical look at fads and social media.i have done NaNoWrMo three times but no more. I have too many projects to work on and too little time left. I like your style of writing. Good luck on your travels, where are you off to?


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for entry "Stockholm Syndrome" Open in new Window.
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Rated: 18+ | (4.5)
good apt analysis of an infamous physiological phenomenon - the tendency of humans to reach out to other humans and form a connection even in such trying circumstances.


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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
a balanced look at the attempted assassination of President Trump. Some on the left are speculating that it was stagged to give Trump an edge noting that the assassin missed the target. the rhetoric has been too violent on both the right and the left although I blame the right more.

in any event, it is just a matter of time before someone tries to assassinate Biden and Harris. My conspiracy theory is that someone will do so, and succeed. Mike Johnson would become President appoint Trump his VP and then resign making Trump President. Trump would run against Whitman of Michigan with Roy Cooper her VP pick. Trump will run with JD Vance.


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