Poetry Forum

You're welcome, Morph. I think I'd caution against using AI for creative writing, though. I've never used it and I don't intend to because I love the very human buzziness I get from using my own brain. I'm just thinking about your reputation as a poet, I suppose. Better to post whatever you, Morph, ...

Greetings, Morph, I think you've shown me this one, via Twitter? Sorry I didn't get back to you; I think I mentioned something about not being especially familiar with the play, and not knowing wherever it is you plan to submit this, apols (*v*) It's tet, yes? Coo hands you a capital 'P' for Puck. W...

Hooray! Thousand thank-coos, MacDazzled and Cheerie John. Members of the Coo-mmunity appreciate your congratulations (^v^) The book is just a little collection we put together in readiness for Christmas last year. It's made up of poems published in journals and a few commissioned pieces. Nothing fan...

Greetings, John! This is an interesting one. At first I read 'children' as 'chicken'! I did think of chickens for a while, the responsibility of looking after birds and, specifically, ensuring their safety at night. Of course I looked after guineas for a couple of decades and it's essential to be pr...

Greetings, John, Solid indeedy; it has been another long day here today, unfortunately. We like to offer snackage to anyone who visits, and of course I'm never short of conversation! Offering water in Texas sounds just right bearing in mind the weather conditions, and we're excited about the sandwic...

You are welcome, John! We're pleased to have offered a nice reading. It's an interesting and engaging prose poem (^v^)

Cheerie,
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Greetings, John!

Ooh, excellent. Thou hast made a musem! Well, a part-musem anyway, hooray. We like the contrast between the eagle and the dove, very pleasant (^v^)

Cheerie,
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I have another poem in Amethyst today; I just showed it to one John Isbell and made a few tweaks before sending it off. John, renewed thank-coos (^v^)

And here's the link: https://amethystmagazine.org/2023/09/09 ... ty-teague/

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Now, work. And all at BirdBrains didst yawn together, having worked for 10 hours today. That was not manual work, though, albeit a few chores were possible as our FT remains on the mend. For anything heavier, we are of course entirely dependent on others to help; and blessed that family members are ...

Greetings, John, Now, 'paratactic', google-google, ookay. Thank-coos for your explanation! We're sorry for your loss and now understand things a bit better. The element of loss comes through in the style of the piece, the repetitions particularly, which might be suggestive of 'the difficulty in spea...

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Greetings, John!

Ooh yes, do look at dove there, if possible. There's potential for some interesting imagery, we think, although we're not sure how it'll lead into your final line. Still, fun to try! (^v^)

Cheerie,
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Greetings, John! Now, is this another prose poem? Coo and I still aren't really sure what that is, oops, boops. Well, let's blame the heat, melting our minds (*&*) We had to look up carabinieri and also perihelion. We're not sure what's happening in general, apols. There seems to have been a nat...

Greetings, Fliss and Coo! You have i think perfectly caught the tone of this poem, which is still, but fretful. Loved does kind of give the game away - a columbarium is one of those walls in which loved ones' ashes are placed. It means of course a dovecote in Latin, and one can see why. So yes, dea...

Greetings, John!

Coo continues to twirl, pleased to have landed on the right spot here. We're just thinking about the glove line at the moment. Perhaps predictably, Coo wonders whether you might like to rewrite the line to accommodate 'dove', but that is for you (*v*)

Cheerie,
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We knew it! We're looking forward to the trip (^v^)

Cheerie,
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Members of the Coo-mmunity are pleased, for John is being Father Christmas again. Father Christmas with a jam session, no less. This is excellent!

Cheerie,
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Ooh yes, the birthday asters, John. We remember this one too; we enjoyed reading it, and we still do. As before, through S1 we have the impression of a regular visit, but 'fretful' hints at something else. Moreover, the details of the horse and, especially, the living crops, seem significant, laying...

Good evening, John, At the name of AF, Coo begins to twirl (^v^) Concentrate, Coo! Yes, we recall that take, we think. Now, let's consider the variant S3. You've retained your pitch and sale; this makes for something of a combo of mystical and earthly elements, to our minds. However, we're not sure ...

Naturally! We believe one St. Paul might have written a letter about it (^v^)

Cheerie,
F & (^v^)

Ooh yes, John. Very much so! And also for jam sessions (^v^)

Cheerie,
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Greetings John, We remember this one; if memory serves, it expresses N's commitment to a deity. I think we got stuck on 'the pitch and not the sale', as it took us from metaphysics to business rather unexpectedly. But we might have misunderstood, then and now. The rhythm 'n' rhyme are well maintaine...

Greetings, John!

You're welcome for our comment. We're glad to have landed on the best bits. Ooh, a Turkish carpet. Let us all make ourselves comfortable and fly to Turkey, quaffing mulberry juice en route (^v^)

Cheerie,
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