[Susan McLean]

Here is a poem I didn't workshop here, because it had to be about current events. I thought I'd share it.:

https://lightpoetrymagazine.com/poem...as-struck-him/

Susan

[Roger Slater]

Clearly it did not need to be workshopped. Great poem.

[Susan McLean]

I'm glad you like it, Roger. I rarely publish poems I don't workshop, since I welcome a chance to polish them first.

Susan

[Julie Steiner]

Just as well you didn't workshop it, as my critique would have been a uselessly inarticulate LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT SLAVES STYROFOAM PANTHEON MWAH

[Carl Copeland]

You snuck in an extra epigraph by using it as the title? It was too topical for the Sphere?! Oh well, Roger’s undoubtedly right about that. And Julie about the Styrofoam. In fact, it’s so white and practical and architectural that I’m surprised the Romans didn’t invent it. I love that touch and the title too!

[Susan McLean]

Julie, it's such fun to hear what you liked.

Carl, I didn't workshop it because the Poems of the Week site wants poems about events that have been in the news during the past week, so the poems are time-sensitive. Eratosphere asks that you workshop a poem for at least a week before submitting it anywhere. Although topical poems are not prohibited here, they tend to get a relatively unenthusiastic reception because they are viewed as being ephemeral. I am glad to hear that you also liked "Styrofoam." I wasn't sure how readers would react to that. I was amused when I thought of the Shakespeare quote because it fit the context so perfectly. Cleopatra was just one more girlfriend complaining about her boyfriend's obsession with Rome.

Susan