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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
A lot of people miss the simplicity of their childhood where even time spent in poverty can seem like a wonderful magical life full of possibilities until a certain age. That age comes at different ages for different people. It is the age when people begin to see the realities of the world they live in. That reality begins to wear, then dig then tear and cut into the soul of a person with every friend lost, every last goodbye, every lie brought forth to the truth. I am not quite to the point of the poet yet. But I am a realist and I see it on the horizon.

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Review of Graveyard Cough  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
This is a sad family legacy. I am glad the subject of the poem managed to break away from it. It reminds me of the generations of men women and children that were tied to mining, and other deadly occupations because they had no choice. This poem may be about a miner's legacy but I feel the other legacies of the working poor held in near slavery by the wealthy men that didn't pay them a living wage. It also cries the legacies of those that were literal slaves because of other greedy men. People should remember that you go far enough back down the roots of anyone's family tree there are ancestors who were treated badly, like property. Black, White, Yellow, Red, Purple any color you want to pick Mankind has rarely been kind to each other.

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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
This poem took a view on flowers and bees that is totally weird from my point of view. I never really thought of them as falling in love with each other. I mean bees are girls and flowers are the sex organs of plants. The bees spread the pollen from flower to flower so that the pollen can recombine with the female organs to make a seed. The bee is a hook up for two flowers to be in love. It really ground in my way of thinking to see the bee and the flower in love. Once I got past that though it really is a beautiful love between them and it is sad how they are temporarily parted by death but in the end it reunites them.

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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
This is a lovely lyrical poem. Very much more positive and uplifting than the poem I read prior to this one. That one delved into death and decay where this one was bright and freeing. It breathed a fresh new scent of life into my mind and was really soothing after the last poem I read. It really reminds me that two poets can write about the same topic and yet come up with two products that are totally different. This is a nice sweet relaxing poem about spring and I really liked it for what it is. Refreshing, the personification of spring isn't particularly unique but it isn't done with a heavy dragging hand and I really think it helps.

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Review of Mycelium  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I will try starting this review over. Damn back button. This poem really sticks to the same metaphor (simile?) throughout. The idea of a mushroom dominates. The idea of an idea being the spore of a thought and that such a spore helps to decompose the mind it infects is an interesting one. Mushrooms don't just decompose they grow and leave a different type of life and structure where perhaps little useful growth existed before. This isn't quite as disturbing as the idea that the spores spread and get everyone thinking the same things. Words, propaganda, all tied up in a small innocent poem.

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Review of Common Chords  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
This poem made me sad. How badly was the horse injured? Was it the end of its career? Its life? A broken leg could be both if it is bad enough. The way this scenario was presented is cold and impersonal it seems detached. At the same time it clings to a kind of rhythmic drama that stumbles and breaks as the horse and rider are injured. I really feel for them both they had high hopes that couldn't have been more violently dashed. It really is a sad poem with a coldly impersonal tone to it. It acts like it doesn't feel but it makes me feel a lot.

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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I feel bad for this male bird. He is stuck encoded with a behavior that he can't break no matter how hard he tries he has to attack this interloper he sees. It could actually cost him his nest and his mate. While he is distracted by a reflection a real rival could get in there and steal what he protects. The idea that a human male could be caught in the same pattern is frighteningly realistic but the poet manages to break away from the pattern by paying attention to what he cares about and that gives me hope for the species.

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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
I got confused between the mention of spring in the tropics being all year long with flowers always in bloom and then the listing and description of flowers that I don't think of as being very tropical. It seems just a bit disjointed in this. Maybe the prompts blended together for this poem weren't quite as compatible as they could have been. I really wanted this poem to work for me. It isn't noticeably structurally flawed in my eyes. It looks like a sonnet to me I just... The subject doesn't mesh for me.

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for entry "April Fool" 
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
This is a slightly surreal almost nonsensical poem that makes deep sense, resonating with the child in me. I loved the rain but hated being cold and wet in it. I used to make tents out of scraps of garbage bags just so I could stay out and play in the mud longer without getting cold. Childhood makes things like that less an inconvenience and more of an adventure. I know now I just get cranky when I have to splash through a puddle or get mud on my hands. What went wrong with my life? How did my priorities get so totally ass backward?
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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
this is a beautiful poem I wish I wrote. I definitely remember feeling this way when I was younger. The person I imagined was nothing like the one I ultimately found but it really is hard to say what the heart wants when you are that young. I really love the wording and the repetition of you take my breath away.

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Review of How Could You?  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
At least you didn't going into a rant about how death was about to part something. Lorana Bobbit? That is who I think of when I think infidelity. She is my hero. Yet she's a criminal. At one point adultery was a crime, that could be punished with the force of law. Men got off of murder charges because of it. Sorry I don't think someone reacting to that kind of betrayal should have to be treated as though they are completely sane. This poem descends into this kind of insanity.


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Review of Psycho Fable  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
That is a seriously intimidating look. I wouldn't want to be that cat. That look says if you are a cat I will chase you, and catch you, and make you wish you were a dog. But she doesn't look like she would hurt it badly. Just enthusiasm could get away with her. Sooo cute.


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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I had a wiener dog who went through this on a yearly basis. She had a stuffed bunnie named Bunny that was her "puppy." She wouldn't let anyone else mess with Bunny. SHe would take bunnie to the water bowl and saw to it getting drinks, she would take it to the food bowl to feed it and she took it to the potty pad so it could do what it needed to, then she would clean its bottom parts. SHe was dead serious about it.

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Review of Magic Pie  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Awe how cute. I like the idea of a magical world. I like the way this is a modern day fantasy story. What it would be like if magic really existed for everyone. The idea of there being different times in a child's life as they are learning that they are more dangerous than others is a cool idea.


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Review of Raising Rabbits  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
The last line is absolutely perfect!!! It is hilarious. It reminds me of conversations I have had with my wife, about cats. We had an addiction to abandoned kittens. Fortunately, we have gotten over it. They didn't sit well with our chihuahuas. Imagine telling a chihuahua that they have to wait for your lap because you're bottle-feeding another stupid kitten.


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Review of Ghost Hunting  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
Scary. Nice slow lead up to the climax I love the last line from the ghosts. I was wondering if they were going to try to keep her as the seventh ghost. It sounds like they might have wanted to. The last paragraph wrap up seems a bit abrupt and I question whether it is necessary. It would be scarier if she just dropped the phone and that was where you left it.


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Review of Greeting the Ex-  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Ooh that sounds like a really crappy relationship. This is a great suspenseful story. The weird thing is that all the real action is taking place outside of the story yet it is still satisfying. Is Fritzie a chihuahua that would be really scary I have seen chihuahuas go psycho on invaders.

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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
This is a good short story, I like that Jasper isn't what people think of as the perfect emblem of physical prowess and yet he appears to be the future architect of the revolution. I would love to read a sequel where the kid is JohnConnoring the invaders. I could see that being so awesome.


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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
I really like the new world order as dictated by you. I wish it were practical. Because I said so rarely works even for mothers. Then there are the men who would be unhappy listening to a woman in charge you will need to find some way of chemically neutering their stubborn-ass attitudes.

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Review of Ode to Lesia  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
That is so sweet. It almost made me cry especially the last sentence. You showed a lot of her character in this but also told a lot. It is short but sweet. It seems fairly balanced. I think she would be proud of what you wrote about her. The question is are you satisfied with it. This is a part of your goodbye to her and you want to make sure you say everything you need to.
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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
A frisbee? The twins want a Frisbee? Well it is better throwing that around than each other. I can't quite see toothless laughing though. I try but mostly see him blinking mirthfully. They will get their frisbee in the end. he could try very thin metal. a pie plate flys after all.
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Review of The Hand Tree  
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Ooooh, creepy. Love the dialect. Love that you didn't set it in a distant mythical past. Your use of the truck made it modern. I can just see the old junker flying down the hill at a dangerous speed. I can see the young one never talking about it to anyone. Cool story.
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Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
He is worried about the sinfulness of a movie that he is going to watch anyway? And then because he can't get in he gets S#%^%$faced and doesn't consider that has anything to do with sinfulness. I am not saying god forbids alcohol but what I am saying is that he doesn't seem to favor drunkenness. This is a very confusing story. I hate the reality of it. But it's funny!
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Review of Odd O'blography  
for entry "Invalid Entry" 
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
I thought you meant like computer logging data. This was a pleasantly informative surprise. I like the view on a time and place you do a really good job of revealing. You as a character are also surprisingly interesting and I am rooting for you as you dodge the big trucks hauling timber.
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for entry "Overcome Selfishness" 
Review by Sox and Sandals
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
This caused me to reflect on my behavior today and question whether I was more upset about how I was treated or over the fact that I didn't get what I wanted. My inner child is screaming it isn't fair, I want I want. I worry about respecting that inner child but how do I condone her behavior?
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