I was confused at the beginning for a while about who was the cat and who the dog, and how the dog got back out (?) to flip the body of the headless squirrel around. I think you ought to describe the neighbor more than to just say "overweight" because that could mean so many different things and didn't provoke any mental image for me of what he/she looks like.

It's a Vilanelle alright - Poe would like it; i likes it. Go for the Sestina. Do it. Do it now before all the ideas get used up!!

I probably do not understand this either, But your imagery is excellent.

the individual verse don't seem to hang together very well. like the little rhymes running through the first verse, and flocks and hops

I know that broken heart is figurative, but jagged lungs and shattered ribs?

1-4 rock. 5 sucks. that is all.

Kew Gardens, New York? I'm stuck by "Phillips stick-sole" - is that a type of rubber sole, like Vibram? As an aside, I was watching "Enterprise", and as the aliens climbed the ladder I could see the bottoms of their boots and that orange oval "Vibrams"; oops. Only a couple of the rhymes seemed forced (first felt it with "shutters", "boggies" a bit too). I bet you could firm up the last quatrain. At any rate, it is a very fun one. How on earth did you come up with it? I mean, "shoe hole" isn't exactly a common idea.

I like the first 3 lines and the last one too, but I've seen your other poems . . .I know you can do better.

Hey - what kind of sonnet is this? You is funnin' me, right?? Is this why you are called "mysterious"? Teach me something.

I like it that you spelled Michelangelo incorrectly - it adds to the whole nonconformist aura.

I laughted all the way through this. Great Job!

Siberian Gulag, obviously.

hulahoop would've worked better.

neato.

You are a primal dunce. And no returns.

There's a great poem in there somewhere That's for sure.

I think I'll feed this silence With the sounds of my broken heart. I like that. I love this one. Great.

heartfelt. 8.

wow... simple yet well captured. a ten i say.

hohohoh almost orgasmic! 7!