New Poetry Recommendations

[WickedEve]

Monday

Six new poems for Monday, so please take a few minutes to read them. Make sure to read Tzara's Three Dreams About Sex
For me, the third part of this poem has the most impact -- fantastic description of want -- but the entire poem is very nicely written.

 

[Angeline]

May 6, 2008

There are a dozen new poems today, and I trust we've all recovered sufficiently from our Cinco de Mayo celebrations to appreciate them. And hey two of them are sonnets from two different writers. Woah! Can't remember the last time I've seen that here.

So let's start with the sonnets:

Cheffy extraordinnaire, porn positer and all-around cool guy Anschul took a page from my book (yay!) and wrote a blues sonnet. (Of course I'm mentioning this first! What did you expect?) Bluesman shows his typical care with the form and slides neatly from line to line with smooth transitions that mostly carry sentences over lines. Very cool and you can hear the blues when you read it, (old-style blues, Robert Johnson blues), which is a very good thing in a music poem.

SweetOblivion writes on a more traditional sonnet theme (love, waiting for one's lover) in her pastoralish Wending her way. Her sonnet has so much going for it: gorgous images, lines that flow sentences naturally and a cute (but not too cute), clever ending.

Both these writers really get the form, imo, and if you enjoy reading sonnets, don't miss either of these.

Ok, on to free verse.

Thehiddenredhead is a newish poet to Lit. Her poem, The Truck is and isn't like a million sexual encounter poems (this one over a truck, duh) that you'll read here. I say isn't because tucked within a lot of fluff that I think could be edited out (just my opinion) are some great lines, a very strong erotic poem just waiting to be freed from some of that extra verbiage. Please give her some feedback if you can. It won't take you but a few minutes and I'm sure she'd appreciate it.

kittiekimmee is also new to Lit poetry and has three poems up today. Two of them, Trees and Night are perfect image poems, short but sensuous little jewels. They whet my appetite for more of her writing. Her third, Obligations seems less effective to me, perhaps because there's a little more telling than showing in this one, but it has a few great lines. Keep an eye out for more from this newbie. She's good!

I'm always happy to read a Minervous poem, and while I didn't think To My Inconstant Love is one of her strongest, it's still good and typically (for her) quirky. It strikes me as being really well balanced--see what you think.

Good-Bye by AudreyHepburn seems to me to need shaping, but it has great potential. It's a big subject with a fairy-tale like quality that would really shine with some judicious editing. You loved her in Roman Holiday, so give her some feedback!

Any new poem day with a Tzara poem is a good new poem day. Cinderella Disappointed is a short, ironic twist of a take on the fairy tale that says more about the narrator/prince than it does about Cindy. Sort of like a spare dramatic monologue. Don't miss it.

These are just my opinions, of course, and there are other new poems I haven't mentioned that may appeal to you. If you'd like to recommend any of them (or second any of my recs), please do so here. And don't forget to vote, where applicable, and leave feedback. The new poems have been really good lately, so do your part and leave some comments for these fine poets!

 

[Liar]

Sorry for going AWOL this Sunday, my net connection went FUBAR. I'll round 'em up when I've caught up on work stuff tonight or tomorrow.

 

[LeBroz]

Wednesday's Review

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It's a lovely day. The sun is shining, the sky is clear with just a touch of chill in this morning's air. Promises to be a perfect warm Spring day. And my computer's back to full health after being hit Saturday with a major new virus attack, though I was able to limp along till I got an update on my virus defs yesterday and got my system cleaned.

So, on that upbeat note, let's look at today's eight New Poems. Three caught my eye, though for different reasons.


kittiekimmee has a piece with nice imagery in oceans. The small weakness in this one is the use of too many of what I call filler words. For example, the first line:

oceans are blue and grey​

would sound better as:

oceans blue and grey​

Or the gerund line:

swishing and swirling​

would come off as better sounding if changed to:

swish and swirl​

There are a couple other words of similar nature that could be tweaked which would not change what is said but would give greater force to how it is said. I'm sure that with more work and time, this new poet will grow and shine.


radtea offers up a 'not quite there' sonnet in Enjambed. In the poet's own words,

Perhaps the rhythm's rough, or might the ryhme [sic]
be cleaner, or the grammar less obtuse,
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With broken sonnets I will sing to praise​

Sonnet lovers might want to check out this 'not quite pure' sonnet and see what the poet's done here.


Finally, check out the posting from sassynyc. Dawn of Night is well done and I like that ending:

As Dawn slices through Midnight’s throat
Bleeding sunshine onto the horizon
We are what happens to this brand new day​

Give this one a read.

That's it for today. I need to head out into Nature's gym for a couple hour workout. Check out my selections or read 'em all and see if the others grab you. Whatever the choice, read, vote, comment ~ it's the least you can do. Above all, comment ~ a fair exchange for the pleasure of reading free poetry.

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[WickedEve]

Thursday

No new poems... yet.
I want to mention a poem from yesterday that Leon didn't comment on. I actually like this poem. It's rather surreal and parts of it are somewhat disturbing. Kind of thing I like.

Meat Shift
by gobula

excerpts:
Blue dreamer
part your breasts
press your hands upon this flowering stem
[...]

My lover is dead upon the rack
her body limp
soon the stiffening cold
a hook suspends her from the ground
suspended animation
[...]

 

[champagne1982]

Friday, May 9th

Good morning poets, it's Friday and sunny holding promise of a gorgeous day. Today blesses us with over 25 new poems.

Filled by WFEATHER gives us opportunity to enter the hungry world of a predator. Read his metaphor and just try not to tighten up your abs in response.

sassynyc provides the dance floor and the music, all you need to do is rhumba on over to her poem Stormy Weather and join in the party. She's found a great way to approach a classic theme and I had fun reading it.

Seeking Home by JaneAusten is a sleepy bit of erotica full of gentle caresses and quiet dawn. Her second poem, Thirst is a sister to the other poem and also approaches lovemaking in a truly refined manner, using the idea of sex rather than the description of the act to arouse. I enjoyed reading both of these poems.

There are plenty of poems to read today, sonnets from our better rhymers, interesting couplets and some free verse that explores the map of alleyways and freeways. If you read a poem on the list that you feel should be brought to the everyone's notice, please review it on this thread.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

 

[My Erotic Trail]

New Poems...

Saturday... there are a few poems out this day....

I liked this one...
The Wedding by nz_marie


have a quality week (~_~)

 

[Liar]

Only a handful on this sunny sunday. And only one that stands out:

A Fall in Spring by GBRADICAL is a short piece that acts as a prtty good showcase for how elegant the English language can sound at times. Go read it. If it's not your cuppa joe, you will not have wasted more than half a minute anyway.

 

[WickedEve]

Monday

I left my shoes by Willow Rain is the best of the six poems offered today.

Here's an excerpt. Go read the rest.

too stunned as I walked barefoot down the hotel hallway
to realize that I was missing something so basic.
She laughed at me later about the bits of myself I’d left behind in her room,​

 

[Angeline]

May 13, 2008

Anschul's sonnet, A Beautiful Delusion is the best of today's ten new poems. Aside from that, the pickings seem pretty slim to me. If you have other new poems you'd like to recommend, please do so here.

 

[LeBroz]

Wednesday's Review

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Surprise!..... It's Wednesday...... Again.

It was a busy week. Did some grocery shopping — a chore that keeps cropping up with annoying regularity. But I did stop off at a newly opened Barnes and Noble bookstore and picked up Whitman & Plath. Whitman I've read some before; Plath should prove to be an interesting experience.

There are an even dozen New Poems on today's table, four of which caught my eye.


Catch the very first poem on today's list. Tzara offers up a memorial poem, Combine, in honor of Robert Rauschenberg who passed away on Monday. He was an influential pop artist of the 20th century — post his name on Goggle and get a quick education and images of his artwork.


Our sonnet producing chef is at it again with A Sailor's Quest. Anschul describes so well the challenges of the true sailors — those going to sea on board the pure sea-going vessels — sailboats.


Finally, there's a new poet you ought to check out. It's good to see a new poet submitting work that shows some maturation in her writing. Spindrift has three postings up today, though only two caught my eye. The first I read, Suddenly Naked, has an odd feel to it and I was about to pass on it but there is something about its quirkiness that wouldn't let go; a sense of innocence feel about it or perhaps it's a Garden of Eden feel about it. You decide; here's a snip to whet your appetite:

The core, discarded, already turning brown,
The fruit was sweet as we shared it;
I liked the juice from your chin,
Still tasting its sour ripeness on my tongue.

Continuing on to her other poem that I enjoyed, try out the music in Duet. This is a fine and subtle erotic poem, tying the written word to the passion of music:

Imagine your body as the curve of cello,
Now imagine my lips as the bow,
As I play on the strings of your spine,
Weave a sonata of orchestral moans.

She carries the metaphor through the entire poem yet it doesn't seem to be overdone. It will be interesting to see what else this new contributor has to offer.


That's it for today, though by no means ought this stop you from exploring today's other submissions — there may yet be something that'll tickle your tummy. And as I regularly enjoin you to do — read, vote, comment ~ it's the least you can do. Above all, comment ~ a fair exchange for the pleasure of reading free poetry.

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[WickedEve]

Thursday

Nine new poems today but I'm going to mention only two. Both are erotic. Jamison's Sakura is the more poetic of the two. At least that's what I thought after a quick reading of both poems. It's a solid piece of erotica. Beautiful and subtle. A Naming of Parts by Sapphos Sister earned an

today. After a second reading, it is more poetic than I first gave it credit for and it's definitely more erotica than I originally thought. Do give both poems a read. I think you'll enjoy them.

 

[champagne1982]

There are just six new poems this gorgeous Friday, May 16th. As I head into a long weekend of beer and beef I'm greeted with 2 Anschul sonnets; one sexy and one a poignant salute to his tropical garden.

Don't miss The Rape Pillow, an erotic moment captured through excellent imagery and language, from a new (to posting on lit, anyway) poet FlippantDavid as he gives us a poem quite a few readers will empathize with.

 

[WickedEve]

May 17-19

Saturday:
Kolkore gives us Saturday's only poem. His five lines in My Bare Skin are brief yet effective.

Sunday:
15 new poems were posted on Sunday. I have not read all of the submissions yet, but I will try to later. Here a few you may want to check out.
There are several sonnets by NANETTE21 and an interesting piece by steve porter Look, here's a crawlspace. JaneAusten offers some nice erotica with Willow

Monday:
I'm going to have read these poems again. There are few nice poems, but I'm not quite sure which ones really appeal to me. Please give them a read yourself and let us know what you think.


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[Angeline]

May 20, 2008

Nine new poems are posted today. Not too many, so you have time to read them, don't you?

Josephine_Guilbert is new to Lit poetry, but she's definitely someone to watch for and read. She has two submissions today, Conquering the Empress, which needs a leetle editing imo, and Fantasea, which is solidly well written as this except shows:

I felt your hair brush against my shoulder
Now and then
Our faces were close
Lips hinting at the feather of a kiss
Our chests beat hard against the other-
The tension was larger than the sky

JaneAusten has a singular image in her short, erotic Rain. It works very well. Go see!

There's a very interesting quirky new poem, the multi-negatively challenged that ain't not half not bad ain't it by quirky new poet, FlippantDavid. Here's an except, which should explain why you need to go read the whole thing:

you, aloof, decorating black-eyed susans,
lily-black skinned, a-wailing your aural-decorous
ugly song;

Good, huh?

UnderYourSpell always demurs and says she's not that good at poetry, but don't you believe that for a minute. Go read the heart-wrenching and lovely Me. It's really (really) good.

Sometimes you really need to read two poems by different poets in succession. When you've finished Annie's Me, read Anschul's Absent Heart. The two poems are sort of mirror images of each other (pretty good trick considering they weren't even trying!). Anshcul continues his self-enforced long march of the sonnets and this one is good (if sad) and displays (again) how capable he is with this form. But you really need to read the two poems one after the other. It's like the perfect food/wine pairing. You'll see what I mean.

There are a few other poems I didn't mention. If they grab you and you want to recommend them, please do so here. And read. And vote. And comment!

 

[LeBroz]

Wednesday's Review

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Another Wednesday is upon us and the really good news is the forthcoming long weekend, the unofficial start of summer.

Today's selection of New Poems include 7 audio poems among the 22 total offerings, so let's see what gems are out there today.


Josephine_Guilbert has a pair of erotic poems posted today. While Riyuu is rather nice, I found the double spacing to be distracting. Here's the opening with that distraction removed:

Your lips
Are a reason
Wet
and open
And then closed.
All of those movements
Just as a flower

Her second piece, Cornucopia takes a new look at cornucopia:

Cornucopia-
Hollow and conical
Phallic and vaginal
Churn of her blood
Curve of her streamlined neck
A polar distance
Between her shoulder blades

Dualduet has posted a pair of erotic poems related to phone sex. Completeness seems a rather traditional and more acceptable type of incest fantasy over the phone {a 'softer' subset of D/s roleplay, if you will}. Strings Attached is the far better of the pair as she supplements her chat with a toy, resulting in:

Thrillchill,
Do it now - pow!
Jitterbug flight tonight;
dancing in the dark
for you -
holding, tweaking jerking -
on strings I give to you.

hmmnmm has some refreshment for us today in Refresher. Fruit of the Loom for her? Have a taste:

hands on the hood,
spread 'em,
thank you.

O, it's the
Grape, today
Nehi
Hi-C.

Anschul continues his sonnet marathon with a moving poem that I can too readily relate to, Indifference. This is of the insidious effects of indifference, emotional neglect, lack of affection. A child's humanity is lessened without the blessings of a warm, loving, human touch.


Finally, Kelvintroyd is a new poet at Lit with his first submission, Scrod, which is a very light humorous poem. A rather light way to end the day, I think.


That's more than enough for today. I given you a good and varied selection from which to choose. Just remember to read, vote, comment ~ it's the least you can do. Above all, comment ~ a fair exchange for the pleasure of reading free poetry.

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[WickedEve]

Thursday

26 new poems!

While I'm reading the new poems, why not check out a really good piece of erotica: X Why? by SunrockSin, or give this impressive piece -- Postcards: Marion, Indiana (1930) by Kolkore -- a read. Kolkore's poem has a few too many gerunds but it has a great last stanza. Good poem.




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[WickedEve]

Thursday continued

I posted my review in the bdsm forum by mistake. I was getting ready to respond to a thread, then started doing the reviews, forgot where I was, so... maybe some of the BDSMers will start checking out our poetry.

Anyway...


I just read Pillowtalks by Josephine_Guilbert and I can't imagine finding a poem today that I enjoy more than this one. Her style reminds me of another poet's. Be sure not to miss this one.

8 of today's new poems are by newcomer, Cinderpanda. I found Nicci The Narcissist to probably be the one I enjoyed most.

Erased by kwrite69 is fairly good.




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[KOLKORE]

26 new poems!




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While I'm reading the new poems, why not check out a really good piece of erotica: X Why? by SunrockSin, or give this impressive piece -- Postcards: Marion, Indiana (1930) by Kolkore -- a read. Kolkore's poem has a few too many gerunds but it has a great last stanza. Good poem.
Thank you very much for the mention . The trigger for the poem was a display of real postcards (!) which were issued in the US all of which were of lynching; mostly in the south between 1900 -1940. I could not shake the memory of these postcards off my mind. I have seen them first a while ago, but when I saw it again more recently, I was struck not only because of the victims but equally so because of the celebratory atmosphere among the viewers which is evident when you look at those postcards. I wrote the piece in memory of the African American victims, but also as part of my effort to study the deeply disturbing phenomenon of people’s happiness (I believe there is a particular German term for that which escapes me now) vis- a- vis other’s victimization. Obviously, there have been many additional cases of this phenomenon since, everywhere in the world. Based on one of these postcards, I wrote this poem.
I would never deny the progress we have made since those dark times. At the same time I would never be so naive as to delude myself that the germs of bigotry can’t be provoked under the wrong circumstances, and that there isn’t a lot of healing which still needs to be done (including an official apology by the US government, the way Germany have done towards its victims).
kolkore

 

[KOLKORE]

Saturday:
Kolkore gives us Saturday's only poem. His five lines in My Bare Skin are brief yet effective.

Thanks for the mention,
Oh priestess of high poetry and… Suddenly my skin wishes to sing...No! Stop it! Inappropriate!
Just thank you!

kolkore

 

[WickedEve]

While I'm reading the new poems, why not check out a really good piece of erotica: X Why? by SunrockSin, or give this impressive piece -- Postcards: Marion, Indiana (1930) by Kolkore -- a read. Kolkore's poem has a few too many gerunds but it has a great last stanza. Good poem.
Thank you very much for the mention . The trigger for the poem was a display of real postcards (!) which were issued in the US all of which were of lynching; mostly in the south between 1900 -1940. I could not shake the memory of these postcards off my mind. I have seen them first a while ago, but when I saw it again more recently, I was struck not only because of the victims but equally so because of the celebratory atmosphere among the viewers which is evident when you look at those postcards. I wrote the piece in memory of the African American victims, but also as part of my effort to study the deeply disturbing phenomenon of people’s happiness (I believe there is a particular German term for that which escapes me now) vis- a- vis other’s victimization. Obviously, there have been many additional cases of this phenomenon since, everywhere in the world. Based on one of these postcards, I wrote this poem.
I would never deny the progress we have made since those dark times. At the same time I would never be so naive as to delude myself that the germs of bigotry can’t be provoked under the wrong circumstances, and that there isn’t a lot of healing which still needs to be done (including an official apology by the US government, the way Germany have done towards its victims).
kolkore

I really appreciate knowing more about this poem's inspiration.
Being small town southern, I have written quite a few poems about... well, about everything black and white in a small town.

 

[champagne1982]

It is a blessed sunny Friday here in the north woods. There are jets flying and filling the skies over Cold Lake and the Air Weapons Range. It's a gorgeous but very noisy blue sky out there.

There are 11 new poems on the list today and some of the titles are tempting, I hope they live up to the promise.

Ok. The titles are good. The poetry is strong. I find it difficult to say, "Hurry, read this one." I think it's because you could read them all and come out of it with a well-howdy attitude of them're some nice poems.

There's political, sonnets, mistress, dp and some dadaist poetry all well presented and neat. So, head off and read, recommend your faves here if you like. I'm off to enjoy the sun.

 

[Liar]

Sunday....

Apologies for last week's AWOL. Life's been a little loopy lately.

Anyway, only four poems up today, and one I'd like to recommend.

ElmerGlew takes a metaphor and use it well in an elegant little poem called secession. Go read.

 

[WickedEve]

Metamorphism by sassynyc is the best of today's new poems. Give them all read, if you have the time. There are a few other nice enough poems. sassynyc's is obviously good and that's why it's mentioned.

 

[Angeline]

May 27, 2008

There are 17 new poems, most of which are really good and eminently worth your reading time. Really. Here's a list of my favorites (it's a long list).

Owed two a spell chequer by normist earned a well deserved E. You'll have to work to read this one, but it's worth it, very clever.

sassynyc has two poems, Better Than Naked and Vocabulary Fetish. Both are lush and sensuous; reading them is like trying on a rich, supple garment. You'll see (although I'm still opposed to ellipsis points in most poems, just sayin).

TheBlueOne is a new poet to Lit with two submissions, Her Moon Face, which is just a wonderful extended metaphor and possibly my favorite of today's new poems (er except those ubiquitous ellipses!), and Kiss of the Spider Woman, which is also really good. Don't miss these two, and keep an eye on this poet.

LadynStFeknBed wrote a sonnet, a good sonnet, Hope of a New Love. It's nice to see more poets here using this form again.

Victoria_Lucas submitted a wonderful erotic poem, After, that is vying with a few others to be my favorite today. Don't miss it!

Josephine_Guilbert has a terrific narrative poem in Shogo. I'm still not exactly sure what a Host Boy is (sort of a male geisha, I guess), but the picture Josephine paints is detailed and exquisitely rendered.

And then (yes, more!) there are two poems by trismegistus that you really should read, Freedom, very good, and Cornucopia, even better imo. Both are what I suppose I'd call "social justice" poems, and that is not an easy theme to write without sounding ranty and heavy-handed. These poems are just right, though, and have an almost Dickensian sense of irony to me.

And as if all this marvelous poetry isn't enough, the last poem I read this morning is by the wonderful ElmerGlew, whose Latin-infused vulnerant omnes is spare and stark yet rich with imagery and macbre and life-affirming, yes! All at once! Now that's poetry!

So you'll be busy because you've lots of poetry to read today. Don't forget to vote, where applicable, and comment, please. These are some very deserving poems.