Cammo Crits
 

Wolves in sheeps clothing, anyone?

Here's one to start


I read your poem “Be Vegan” this morning, and gasped. It took my breath away! The ow/cow rhyme choked me up, tears ran down my cheeks. I knew, once I’d recovered and continued reading, that I didn’t want to eat any more bacon and eggs.

I read your poem "Aubade", but I thought it was worse than that,
Peter Wyton

Dear Joe - your sonnet on the tiresome drone of much formal verse speaks for itself.

Alternate version: "essay on the pretentious drone of many contemporary academics"

Roger, Peter, Michael you guys, have no idea how much I needed a laugh tonight, thanks!


Hello Reggie, The brilliance of line S1L3

“Her skin glistened, luminous with sparkling starshine and moonbeams”

is evident to anyone with eyes. The imagery is seared on my retinas,
and lights the dark apartment of my mind.

Wicked stuff, I love `em! Keep them coming!

Your poem “Forget the Past” made me look forward to reading other poems.

You're really pushing the envelope with this one! With its combination of near-rhyme, near-meter, and near-coherence, this piece challenges the traditional notions of what a poem even is.


I think this would work better for me in performance than on the page. (Let's see, your hometown is...) Yep, I'm sure I'd like this better if you made it a performance piece.


Wow! This is BY FAR the best poem I've ever seen from you!

Jack, I cannot praise your new book highly. Enough.

Terrific Julie and Sam!

Whew, I read your new erotic poem, then flushed. That’s some steamy shit, You’re soooo baaad.

At Bluenose Univeristy, I studied with the esteemed Alistair Hornswoggle, author of Poetry Will Never Die. You could teach Professor Hornswoggle a thing or two.

that last one cracked me up, Julie! More please!

The ideas in your poem had a magnetic power which forced me to step outside and look at different things.

Dear Mr Snellgrove

Thank you for submitting the MS of your new collection of poems: "Groucho". Ordinarily we do not read unsolicited work, but the importance, grace, charm, beauty and sheer craftsmanship of your work would be hard to underestimate. In this case, then, (even) nothing would be too much trouble.

Many thanks

poetryeditor@thekissoffreview.com

Donna, I think you'd love The Lexicon of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations (L.I.A.R.) by Robert Thornton. The idea is to foist an annoying person on another employer without opening yourself up to future liability. It contains such gems as:

You would be incredibly lucky to get him to work for you.
No person would do the job better.
I am pleased to say that she is a former co-worker.

Julie, those are terrific, I'll look for the book. Thanks! Maybe one day someone will compile a book of ambiguous literary crits, too!

Here's a fun link you folks might get a kick out of...