on Easter should be closer to Christmas by MacFrantic
4 Apr 2007, 10:38 AM
How does a drum play? And what does it matter what day Easter and Christmas are on? Some provocative unintelligible lines here.
on you've returned i'm glad by richa
4 Apr 2007, 10:34 AM
Speak to that squirrel on your windowsill if you will, or go tip-tapping with me on that birch. I am most surprised, however, to see a gentleman in a tatty coat.
on A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON . . . by stevopoet
6 Apr 2007, 7:15 AM
The title is a bit cliche, and the endnote shows us nothing new. Allusions are good, but not carried through, not built upon. The old English is out-of-place when not used throughout.
on Jai guru deva om by Crakyamuni
30 Mar 2007, 4:37 PM
Are you a Beatles fan? "Across the Universe." How that relates to the ancient manuscript, Nag Hammadi, or why it is mere noise, I don't get. The Word or Logos is, I suppose, begotten. Perhaps whatever you mean is too involved for haiku.
on You can't send love to a voicemail. by drnick
30 Mar 2007, 4:38 PM
Hi, it's me again, sending you love in a voicemail.
I thought of John Newton, an English slave ship captain for 20 years. He quit all that, sided with the abolition movement, and wrote the song of the movie's title, "Amazing Grace" When he got old and blind, he said, "I was blind, but now I see," and then asked the question, "Did I write that?" A good movie.
on Oliver by Stephen Robins
22 Mar 2007, 2:27 PM
If it were not for your straining chief, Oliver, this could move erotically into a second verse of laughingly intense intimacy.
on the magic rock by nypoet22
24 Mar 2007, 4:24 PM
Yes to the first two questions, no to the third, and ace to the last verse.
on Guarded Fool by drnick
24 Mar 2007, 4:33 PM
Either join the army or a woman. The last two lines suggest the latter, and so do I.
on This life is sheer nonsense by Prince of Void
22 Mar 2007, 2:29 PM
So eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you die. Give up all this senseless gloom.
on Hairball by jessicazee
24 Mar 2007, 5:58 AM
Writers in English often think haiku must have three lines with 5, 7, and 5 syllables, a misunderstanding of the Japanese onji. Concision is key.
thing on my rug,
I forgot to wipe
thank you cat
Just a suggestion.
thing on my rug,
I forgot to wipe
thank you cat
Just a suggestion.
on The Finding by Skamper
24 Mar 2007, 8:56 AM
Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth. Thus I render what they have often preached to me: you are too vague; some nice lines in your three poems here, but whatever they are saying is too well camouflaged. But youâre doing okay here and seem able to tolerate guff, and thus might last awhile.
on Whispers the Pariah by Enkidu
18 Mar 2007, 8:11 PM
Take the l out of suckling
on A touch so real by mr_ice55
11 Apr 2007, 7:02 PM
If you want the opening to draw people in, then make it make sense like, "Subsiding within myself" Also, reversing the normal order of sentences in two of the last three lines could better be undone. Some good feelings here overall.
on some deleted poem
13 Apr 2007, 7:53 PM
Try cutting all the words that don't carry meaning, i.e.
thunderstorm hides
horrific story
scene of murder
575 is bunk.
thunderstorm hides
horrific story
scene of murder
575 is bunk.
on some deleted poem
13 Apr 2007, 7:55 PM
Please don't vote yourself a ten; it's bad taste.
Starry skies
haunt my deep sleep
past memories
Starry skies
haunt my deep sleep
past memories
on Sensually Literary Villanelle by bwaha
15 Apr 2007, 1:21 PM
I think you want a period after bed in S4. L2,S5 needs a more descriptive last word I think; and "so" is a weak word. Otherwise this is unique and good.
on Divorce by timvick473662003
16 Apr 2007, 6:56 PM
Wouldn't it mean the same if you shortened it:
Start separately
Become one
She takes all your stuff
But then it wouldn't be 5-7-5. Pity.
Start separately
Become one
She takes all your stuff
But then it wouldn't be 5-7-5. Pity.