This Poem was Submitted By: James C. Horak On Date: 2009-03-08 07:09:47 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Mixing Time

Beauty intensing through light   lovely in beat, message of love Unstrangled by firm grip           from anyone Undulating, alive with      mocking acts of joining Passion remote from lust Taken without conquest But a world ripped apart    for the mere lack To hold a thieve's head    spilling failed essence        on alabaster floor

Copyright © March 2009 James C. Horak


This Poem was Critiqued By: Nancy Ann Hemsworth On Date: 2009-04-01 19:59:18
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.12500
What a jolt you cause the reader of this work with the image of the last stanza. Love/lack of.....what it can cause..oh my God, what it can cause. I really can't put in words what this poem stirred in me, all I know is the contrasts hit hard. Very effective poem, you set out to do what you intended to do. Excellently done.


This Poem was Critiqued By: Dellena Rovito On Date: 2009-03-24 17:09:21
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 8.50000
James, Loving, living, without the passion is different, yes. But with merit. Freedom to be, not compromising your personal convictions. Independence unstrangled/as you say. But the down side......aloneness, sexless. It takes strength to stand alone. But if the truth be known 70% of marriage is based on fear of that. Love is a weapon we yield as a convenient means to bound another to you saving you from aloneness and it's ongoing fears. Men want a house cleaner, cook, sex partner, mother. Women want a money maker, sex man and a warrior for protection. No matter the cost. Anything to not be alone. Love can be just prostitution. And it could be, should be, so much more. Leo Busgaglia has a book called Love. Very nice. Thoughtful poem. Dellena
This Poem was Critiqued By: Duane J Jackson On Date: 2009-03-23 00:22:07
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Hi James, 'Mixing Time' is a treat in depth. While the usual vivid and stark imagery is present as in all poems of yours, this makes the reader ponder a little more. I will keep coming back to this as the interpretations of these powerful words linger in my mind. Duane.
This Poem was Critiqued By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2009-03-15 20:36:20
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Quite unique; and if I can guess, I'm reading about acts of "love" between two people that hold no deep real true soul mate emotions, only the act itself satisfying yet not intense enough to say "This is the LOVE of my life." Very good write JC; short poignant verses that makes me want to run out and find that love - the love of my life. It really held my attention throughout; no errors and a smoothe flowing read. Peace & Blessings, Deni
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