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Very funny! Glad you got the humor in my poem.
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Very funny! Glad you got the humor in my poem.
Paul -- wonderful use of the theme regarding "forbidden fruit" to describe "desire"❣️
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Paul -- wonderful use of the theme regarding "forbidden fruit" to describe "desire"❣️
Rachel -- what a twist on the theme "desire" using parasites and how they live off of others❣️
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Rachel -- what a twist on the theme "desire" using parasites and how they live off of others❣️
Julian -- such a beautifully melancholy poem capturing the emotions between two people in the form of describing the room during different time periods of the day❣️
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Julian -- such a beautifully melancholy poem capturing the emotions between two people in the form of describing the room during different time periods of the day❣️
Debbie, wish it was only chemicals! Love the poem using the body chemistry as the driving force❣️
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Debbie, wish it was only chemicals! Love the poem using the body chemistry as the driving force❣️
John -- there is such a sense of loss in this poem. It really stings!
"I feel the face of desire wizen,
a snarl I savor, broth of bone
on canines and missing molars"
"I feel the face of desire wizen,
a snarl I savor, broth of bone
on canines and missing molars"
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
John -- there is such a sense of loss in this poem. It really stings!
"I feel the face of desire wizen,
a snarl I savor, broth of bone
on canines and missing molars"
"I feel the face of desire wizen,
a snarl I savor, broth of bone
on canines and missing molars"
Gary -- this poem resonates with such a deep ache!
"There I am, shamed-hidden, fear-riddled
Not fully drawn pinch-skin tight"
"There I am, shamed-hidden, fear-riddled
Not fully drawn pinch-skin tight"
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Gary -- this poem resonates with such a deep ache!
"There I am, shamed-hidden, fear-riddled
Not fully drawn pinch-skin tight"
"There I am, shamed-hidden, fear-riddled
Not fully drawn pinch-skin tight"
This poem pushes me into a whirlwind of desire and I feel like I am caught up in the eye of the tornado🌪️🌪️🌪️
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This poem pushes me into a whirlwind of desire and I feel like I am caught up in the eye of the tornado🌪️🌪️🌪️
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I love the pace of that first stanza. Also like the poem afloat on that background.
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I love the pace of that first stanza. Also like the poem afloat on that background.
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You really snuck that fact in on us. 🥊
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
You really snuck that fact in on us. 🥊
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This is great Erich. It’s that piano lid slam of the last two lines that give these words enormous resonance!
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is great Erich. It’s that piano lid slam of the last two lines that give these words enormous resonance!
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Ooft! Gut punch ending, Erich.
November 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ooft! Gut punch ending, Erich.
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“Don’t reach. It is there
more real than any other air.”
Love that ending so much!! Beautiful! ❤️
more real than any other air.”
Love that ending so much!! Beautiful! ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Don’t reach. It is there
more real than any other air.”
Love that ending so much!! Beautiful! ❤️
more real than any other air.”
Love that ending so much!! Beautiful! ❤️
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Okay holy shit wow that ending is like a punch in the face 👏👏
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Okay holy shit wow that ending is like a punch in the face 👏👏
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"Desire-desire it"- phew Erich!😃👍
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Desire-desire it"- phew Erich!😃👍
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There really is nothing scarier than surprise guests!! 😭😭 I can relate to this so much!
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
There really is nothing scarier than surprise guests!! 😭😭 I can relate to this so much!
This is such a powerful and somber meditation on death☠️☠️☠️ Your images haunt me and the eerie athmosphere continues to hang like a fog in my head. Really an outstanding poem! Bravo 👏👏👏
November 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is such a powerful and somber meditation on death☠️☠️☠️ Your images haunt me and the eerie athmosphere continues to hang like a fog in my head. Really an outstanding poem! Bravo 👏👏👏
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I wouldn't mind some of my family--and wine--but this doesn't sound like a crowd I'd want to have suddenly pop in! Watching a horror movie sounds much more relaxing! (I'll be in my pjs. 😉)
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I wouldn't mind some of my family--and wine--but this doesn't sound like a crowd I'd want to have suddenly pop in! Watching a horror movie sounds much more relaxing! (I'll be in my pjs. 😉)
John -- so glad you know what I am talking about!
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
John -- so glad you know what I am talking about!
Matthias -- such beautiful impactful images! 👏👏👏
"what tree becomes the fleeting
soul undecidedtly nesting within
skeletal branches carrying solitary phantom seedlings?"
"what tree becomes the fleeting
soul undecidedtly nesting within
skeletal branches carrying solitary phantom seedlings?"
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Matthias -- such beautiful impactful images! 👏👏👏
"what tree becomes the fleeting
soul undecidedtly nesting within
skeletal branches carrying solitary phantom seedlings?"
"what tree becomes the fleeting
soul undecidedtly nesting within
skeletal branches carrying solitary phantom seedlings?"
John -- terrific images in this poem🥰
"Blood rings on the body
left like coffee table stains"
"Blood rings on the body
left like coffee table stains"
October 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
John -- terrific images in this poem🥰
"Blood rings on the body
left like coffee table stains"
"Blood rings on the body
left like coffee table stains"
Debra -- quite a dark poem. Very appropriate to this week's prompt❣️
"Remnants of yesteryear
rise inside me,
they haunt."
"Remnants of yesteryear
rise inside me,
they haunt."
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Debra -- quite a dark poem. Very appropriate to this week's prompt❣️
"Remnants of yesteryear
rise inside me,
they haunt."
"Remnants of yesteryear
rise inside me,
they haunt."