Dread's comments

This was evocative in a sublime way and exemplified how a poem should feel in my view.

Besides the good meter and rhyme, there was a poignant melancholy in this work for me. I often reminisce about the days of my youth and contemplate diminishing days. This poem give cause to reflect on what purpose our lives have served. more »

I related to the issue of aging and the inherent infirmities it brings.

I voted for 'No Longer Yours To Keep' because it had the best feel for rhyme and the subject is poignant.

I think writing poetry is an effort to express something that's otherwise difficult to express. For a lot of people those things are too tedious so are ignored to whatever extent possible. If you're young and not ignoring those inclinations that's a good thing. more »

I'm not sure why, but some places for poetry don't want you to post your work. Perhaps they just want people to talk about poetry. I had joined the old poetry.com about 20 years ago and it was always post-friendly. I've only bothered to have one of mine published and it was in poetry.com's publication in print and poetry read aloud. You should have a good experience here. more »

I wasn't aware that poetry.com had went by the way-side until I got an email invitation from this resurrected version.
The classic poets are all good, and I'd be hard-pressed to list more than a very few as favorites. Among those would be Poe, Shakespeare, Browning, Dickens....I also admire the writing of Khalil Gibran. more »