"worthless - without merit or value" (according to the Oxford English Dictionary) i think u managed that feat rather well. 0/10

We do because A)it's fun. and B) the poem is crap.

not,'skeleton'. that ruins everything. SKELLINGTON.

like it. insomnia, a caged beast.

pheh. Makes more of an argument against love, really.

the imagery is good, but a bit muddled.

I think it's gorgeous. The fact that you used the word "fecund" and used it well puts me in twinkly awe. Final product or not, it's great. Suggestions? ummm, in the first line of the second to last verse, there's a typo. Wish I could help more.

Dumb yanks. I'd say something to the effect of "Don't mind them, they're still mad from when we burned down the white house", but the poem just isn't that great. Still, "dumb yanks".

o..k, well, i'm sensing u don't like the poem!! but as for the rest of ur pointless comment god only knows. and actually, i am english, although why u find that hard 2 believe i have no idea. anyway, i shall now get back 2 more precious matters, like singing the o so great national anthem, (god save the queen) until the day i die, whilst @ home, IN ENGLAND!

'wrung the vowels until they rained', indeed. this is swell.

the image is strong but the phrasing does nothing for me.

yes, i agree with baba, but may i suggest a mixological variation on his theme? a chilled foxglove smoothie with a belladonna spike would do the job nicely, and efficiently, if it's 'peace' you're after

sweet dreams, saccharin boy. my dreams tend to be a little more, shall we say, carnal...and that always paints a smile on my slumbering visage

with all those rope images, you may as well just tie him up.

see earlier comment re: digitalis cocktail

even more absurd, in hindsight. but, oh, to revisit, even for a moment, the halcyon, when those oaths were one's lifeblood...

hmm, the last words of each stanza: dark, hard, need, alone...does this activity require a magazine, and a box of tissues as well?

Christof, you're gonna have to get in line with the rest of us who've had our fancies tickled by Zzin's wordsmithery. Other than the rare typo, how can I possibly criticize her poetry? I leave that to babbit11 and others at that level (methinks the two of them are really well known poets who are just teasing the rest of us on this site).

you know, stubar, deleting a person's comment won't help you with this one. again, i say: this teaches me nothing. to fall in love with a person who is tied to another is a soul-rending experience. you piss all over the reader's digest condensed version of it. write about what you know, not what you think you know. your mirror is shallow indeed.

Why do you persecute the gurl? She only wants to have fun.