Joe Gustin's E-Mail Address: gustinjoesph@gmail.com
Joe's Favorite Song: What a Wonderful World ~ Louis Amrstrong


Joe Gustin's Profile:
I have been away from the TPL since 2001 and am so glad to be back. I live and work in Toronto Ont. I look forward to reading the works of the poets who post to this site. Those who are masters of the form and those who are still developing, like me. So heres to the words and the joy they bring.

So far 709 People have Entered a Personal Profile on The Poetic Link! Click Here to see the rest of them or to Add your Own Personal Profile Now!

Below you will see ALL of the Critiques that Joe Gustin has given on The Poetic Link.
By Clicking a Poem Title, you can view the poem that is associated with each Critique.


If you would like to view all of Joe Gustin's Poetry just Click Here.

Poetry Contests Online at The Poetic Link

Click HERE to return to ThePoeticLink.com Database Page!

Displaying Critiques 51 to 100 out of 270 Total Critiques.
Click one of the following to display the: First 50 ... Next 50 ... Previous 50 ... Last 50 Critiques.

Poem TitlePoet NameCritique Given by Joe GustinCritique Date
Ladeé’s Beat GoesLora SilveyShades of Edger Allen Poe with a little Stephen King thrown in for good measure. Such a picture painted here as this person is old awaiting medical help that will come too late to she save them. Chilling and very effective 2015-10-28 20:25:55
MirandaWanda S. ThibodeauxI love it. Very much in the classical style of poetry I grew up reading. I could totally see kids reading this one aloud around a camp fire on all Hollows eve. 2015-10-28 20:19:11
full-grown babycharles r pittsI would not want to be on your bad side. Pissing off an excellent poet would not be the way to go. As for the poem you draw some excellent parallels with newborns and older folk. They almost all the same features except of the innocence. A well directed poetic back hand to someone who must have richly deserved it. 2015-10-28 20:15:55
A Conscious FantasyDeniMari Z.If there was ever a poem that explains poets this would be the one. Especially how we are in many ways blessed to see beauty even in a world that your first stanza suggest. So many fantastic pictures you have painted here. My all time fav. being " trees casting mixed up shadows on white picket fences" WoW . You and words make excellent playmates.2015-10-23 13:43:57
form without substancecharles r pittsMy Lord, that was a excellent bit of writing. The metamorphoses from air to plastic to hollow words through jagged teeth is brilliant. Would not change a thing, it would be like drawing a moustache on a Mona Lisa 2015-10-23 13:35:12
Dear AnonymousLora SilveyWOW That was beautiful. Any poet so be so honoured as to have that worked penned about them. So many your references strike a cord with me. Esp the end stanza and the sadness I feel when a great poem ends. But as you say until I and your words meet again. :) 2015-10-23 13:19:18
A Novel SeasonDeniMari Z.Wow. I want to read this to a love one in fount of a roaring fire place, while roasting marshmallows and sipping hot chocolate, and deciding what sweater would best been worn for the day. A perfect autumn poem 2015-10-19 11:02:12
By The Grace Of GODMilton RobertsonYour poem of praise has a flow and a grace that even the most weary can get and take strength from. bravo 2015-10-19 10:31:34
THE DEAD.kevin DunnNice. the title could have easily been" Start Living " This poem is quick to the point and is not at all pretty and rosy. It is a plain as the dirt the fills in the grave. 2015-10-19 10:28:16
Drowing in TodayDeniMari Z.Your timing could not be better. Its good to know your not alone and this poem tells me I am not the only one going through a tough time./ You express it so well, beautifully in fact. Not once do you fall into the same old ways of expressing pain. This work is as original as the poet who is writing it. BTW your additional notes contains a poem within itself 2015-10-19 10:24:01
The Bard tells us,kevin DunnVery good. Impersonating the bard himself. Esp with the Canadian Election being today. I love old English, so much fun to read.2015-10-19 10:08:33
DEATH RIDES A PALE HORSE.kevin DunnCool Cool Cool. I so love a good cowboy story. Very descriptive, I had to wipe the sawdust from my screen. Who knew there was such a thing as a cowboy poem. 2015-10-16 16:21:04
Give GOD The GloryMilton RobertsonYour poem meets all the criteria of a good poem. It flows well. the rhyme scheme and flow also good. Your expression of what God means you perfect. 2015-10-16 16:14:31
holocaustMedard Louis Lefevre Jr.Bad things can only happen when good people see it and do nothing. This is why a Holocaust can happen. I think the work is stark and naked and posses no apologies. I believe the only way to get the masses to notice. 2015-10-16 16:07:41
Don't Think You KnowMilton RobertsonThank you for sharing your unwavering faith. I would like to see the work in a stanza form. I would help the flow of the read more effective for the reader. So much of what you speak of will sound familiar to those of us that have travelled your road, and let them no they are not alone. 2015-10-16 16:02:48
Excerpt From a WarWanda S. ThibodeauxIT.S SO VERY NICE TO SEE YOUR BACK. This work is easy to follow and rivets the reader to the story your conveying. My Dad was in the war as well. In Europe. My mum was in England and went through the blitz. So your poem has a similar feel. The way you weave the work together with the letter and your mom,s story is the real prize of this effort. Thank you for posting 2015-10-16 15:47:17
Nature ClassDeniMari Z.This write compares so easily so human relationships I wonder if that was your intent. Either way it was beautiful and sad. But if we must love may it be as intense,if brief, while in flight. Bravo 2015-10-04 07:46:43
In the WakeJames C. HorakAhh Yes. Death by Capitalism. I like how you give blame a life of its own wondering around like a newly made orphan wondering where it should lay its head. Bravo 2015-09-27 08:08:54
The legend of All Dragon's Daykevin DunnWow that was quite a write, indeed. I never loss interest once, good imagery will do that. It was so easy to draw the pictures in my head. I really have nothing to add to this master-work I very much enjoined the royal read. 2015-09-27 07:55:52
ONE BY THE NAME.kevin DunnI know you style is too write as though from a hundred years ago but the poem spirit speaks to what is still happing today. Loss of job leads to loss of confidence, loss of heat, loss of food and home. And sadly the worst loss of all love. Bravo. An excellent write 2015-09-19 11:24:07
My lineMedard Louis Lefevre Jr.Its interesting how you can take such sadness and create such beauty. No cliques is on its own remarkable. The sadness is unmistakeable. It,s like reading about a beautiful flower that blooms in a place were no one can see. 2015-09-19 11:17:01
my crooked lineMedard Louis Lefevre Jr.Hi Mark. May I say your one of the few poets I know who can take pain and create something beautiful. Not once have you ever fallen into cliché or predictable. Your poem makes me care about what the author is giong through and that is a hallmark of any great poem. 2015-08-29 11:52:11
I circle no worldMedard Louis Lefevre Jr.Excellent work here. A examination of God, or a God, or you or me as God. Loads of food for thought. I circle no world seen from the ground, feels a bit like a riddle? I love the scientific references you use to fill out the poem 2015-08-22 11:19:48
Do We Not PonderJames C. HorakInteresting structure and flow to this poem. I like S1 L3 & 4 as well as, mother sister, brother author. 2015-08-22 11:07:13
Burning BabesDeniMari Z.Your opening lines are as original as it gets. Yet from that idyllic place you take me to city were the heat is as unforgiving as the cold of other's indifference to your burning babies. Just a coin or two stands in the way of some joy because so few really care. A very emotional piece articulated with a firm gentlness 2015-08-19 20:34:52
Ungracious CreationsDeniMari Z.One sole blade sounds like someone's careless statement. Hurtful words from people with no imagination. pushing your soul into a corner so small no movement other then escape is possible. And escape you did. I love how you plant your seed among "kindred charms". excellent use of words and good advice for this reader. Thank you. A beautiful write 2015-08-19 20:26:06
less well lovedMedard Louis Lefevre Jr.This poem has such a sad and almost hopeless tone to it. You describe the pain and frustration of a life that has not found it beauty or potential. It could easily be the lyrics for a blues song.2015-08-17 09:33:07
Don't You KnowJames C. HorakThe writers blends these shapes. Words, their only tools. How else do we see the dim light or shadows dropped by the moon. A beautiful poem Thank you2015-08-14 11:59:40
The Wordsmith.kevin DunnLOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT. Such an excellent work. I could find no fault. A clever write, an easy read. Again I think this poem would make a great children's book complete with illustrations. Bravo 2015-08-14 11:53:30
THE ALTERNATIVE THEORY.kevin DunnLove it. So cute and utterly entertaining. Should line one be was a time? That aside this is such a creative bit of writing. I kept picturing the aliens to be like the seven dwarfs. I would love to think that might be the way we all stared out. I also keep thinking that this poem could easily be expanded into a children's book 2015-08-14 11:24:14
We Have MomentsJames C. HorakLOve it. Esp. lines 5 & 6.The ending lines made me think of String Theroy. What if, indeed. Thanks again for a thought provoking poem. 2015-08-14 11:15:24
THE QUEST.kevin DunnA unusual poem to be be. Your were 62 when you discovered the answer to your quest was always in front of you. What I like about this poem is that it took me several reads to truly get iy. How this work seems at times to have been written in a much earlier time. Like the 1800's. A very entertaining poem 2015-08-14 11:11:04
Jonny Clem Dummer Boykevin DunnA most interesting read. I am a history buff myself and know well the battle of Shiloh. CHICKAMAUGA CREEK is unknown to me. Also that they use soldiers as young as ten is incredible and unthinkable today. Thank you for so teaching me something new about the American Civil War. I enjoy how your work flows so easily. 2015-08-14 10:52:08
ListenDeniMari Z.Very interesting framing of images in the poem. The stand out for me is S1. And S2 contains a very universal truth. And the premise of the poem is thought provoking, and well said. 2015-08-02 12:07:33
ExhaleLora SilveyWow. So powerful and delicate at the same time. So many excellent lines and i esp love the mirror reference being that is how you tell if someone is still breathing. Exhale being the last breath. I can't say enough about this work. Brilliant 2015-07-25 11:13:39
AssonateJames C. HorakI love it. Esp the dictionary getting thin part. Well done. The images a crisp as crisp can be.2015-07-20 10:16:45
what is (a poet)Mark Steven SchefferBrilliant. Never thought to see the art in that particular way. 2015-07-18 13:06:44
BullfightMark Steven SchefferLove it. Esp the red of the confederate flag being the red that sets everyone a charging. Yet your poems talks about the entities that let it be. See this flag but why not the others. So many flags waved but yet by one hand. Brilliant. I think your best yet. 2015-07-10 23:34:54
The Black RobesMark Steven SchefferI will freely admit this poem has me stumped as to its meaning. I have read it several times and still not a clue. However it is not to say that I did not enjoy the imagery.Dreams can be filled with such interesting symbols, being one thing meaning another 2015-07-02 22:59:05
DahliaWanda S. ThibodeauxI can understand the publishing part of this work. All that beauty, yet for not. The tragedy being a woman of her own mind was stuffed out to begin with 2015-06-26 22:59:32
Hijacked "LOVE"James C. HorakI was raised in the age of Dr Spock and thank god Mr. Spock. So I get the references. Well played dear sir, well played2015-06-26 22:56:35
The Poet as GaugeJames C. HorakI think it all depends on who you are reading. You for instance are always challenging always pushing the limits of polite poetry. Your works makes me think of new directions all the time.2015-06-26 22:54:37
One WishWanda S. ThibodeauxA wonderful poetic examination of love and loss. Of pain and pleasant memories. You bring the reader into your rainy world and yet you show us some points of light. This must have been hard to write but thank you for doing so and sharing it with us. Well done2015-06-13 17:10:23
Requiem for TokiMark Andrew HislopIf ever the was poem that could move me to tears it would be this one. When you express loss you bring loss back to the reader. Thier loss yet your poem helps them navigate the pain2015-06-06 21:04:11
The OmenJames C. HorakI wonder why priest would choose that name, when what they were doing was about discovery. I would guess that is the point of your poem2015-06-06 20:59:10
Ancient ResponsesMark Steven SchefferI love how you blend love and hate and philosophy. Just brilliant. 2015-06-06 20:55:30
A Bumblebee at the GardenMark Steven SchefferSo beyond wow. You are lighting a newer path for poets like i to follow.. Bravo 2015-06-06 20:51:02
Two ReligionsMark Steven SchefferOK WoW. Talk about a poets ending. Pretty much speehless 2015-06-06 20:49:18
Edgewood, 1974Mark Steven SchefferIt was so easy for me to stand there and see the body in the foyer, hide from the patrol car. Then take another drag. Innocence however strange,loss. A very interesting poem. Took several reads but worth the effort. Thanks for trip 2015-05-15 15:48:32
hollowMedard Louis Lefevre Jr.I could feel the vastness of the emptiness you describe. I found it quite interesting how the form of the poem diminished with the poet feelings. The ultimate duet. 2015-05-15 15:40:05
Poem TitlePoet NameCritique Given by Joe GustinCritique Date

Displaying Critiques 51 to 100 out of 270 Total Critiques.
Click one of the following to display the: First 50 ... Next 50 ... Previous 50 ... Last 50 Critiques.

If you would like to view all of Joe Gustin's Poetry just Click Here.

Poetry Contests Online at The Poetic Link

Click HERE to return to ThePoeticLink.com Database Page!