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Michael. I don't recall precisely what the documentary said about "life like." Thanks for the suggestive edits. Frank, thank you for commenting. Oh one last thing, I understand that it is expected that poets post only 4 poems per month so as to give the admin the opportunity to read them all careful...

You could write one of you persona poems about him

Yes

Thanks Bob. I appreciate your support. You should watch that documentary. It took 40 men to move the statue through the streets

Risking prison, the artist dissected A corpse to understand the mechanics of sinew, muscle and tendon . Body flawless in Cararra marble, five hundred years he has suffered the indignity of uncircumcision, the shepherd king with sling and stone. In youth. I backed down a giant or two, could turn the ...

Catholics are really big on symbolism, but I've never heard of a cross like you describe.Sounds almost like a hybrid of Mayan and Christianity

Nice first poem. I like how you play with time/hours/now/no tomorrow. Makes it all seem almost stolen love.

I wouldn't mind a stanza or two more, but brevity has its place. Welcome to the Block.

You always give a nod to the eternal in your work ,Michael I respect that you do so gently.

Siva, the rambling is, in my opinion, how people would speak if telling this face to face .I wouldn't worry too much about workshop compression

Passing laws that require a woman to carry to term even if rape or incest.

I would submit that the use of fail/failed in such a short poem is less powerful than the use if another word.


Very good poem, easy to relate to. Nicely paced and not overdone

A unique premise for a poem, splendidly done.

Thanks Bob. Christianity has been hijacked by old white men who are hypocrites

This has the gentleness of Hopkins. Like the Romulus and Remus reference in light of what eventually happened to Rome. Then the alpha reference pertaining to the wolf as well as Alpha and Omega. Lot of layers that escape a casual read. Enjoyed

Thinks. White Christian male war on women

Thanks Bob.

On that great and terrible day, The moon will hide its face, Rivers roil and run black with blood. The Lord will come on a cloud In great power and glory ,assemble The faithful according to their deeds, Tie back Her golden hair, Hike up Her skirt, kick them Square in the nuts and say, "How you like ...

True

I owe you a lot on this one, Bob.

The Creator toiled through the genus of Euclidean Geometry and the Moorish Alhambra, to show in perpetuity that once there were two hands trapped on paper, that struggled to draw each other into existence. First a shoulder, then a torso, limbs. Over billions of years, they fillled in the correct ana...

They are among us

I'm going with this as the final, good or bad. Thanks for all the input. Before there was light, before the dawn of Dorsey and Goodman there was only the Cotton Club at Lennox and 146th, and the world was cold as a glass of bootleg beer. The odor of Pomade and reefer mingles with the smell of sweat....

..between a narcissist and a psychopath
is that a psychopath will steal your money,
but a narcissist will steal your money
then help you look for it

Meenas, this is powerful and frightening when one considers it could be true

Artificiall. Bump to boost the number of views because I'm a narcissist and you are all my source of supply