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Useful Resources : Poetry Critiques
Get a feel for the decisions that must be made as a poem is hewn from experience, then see how the information found in Literary Contest Insider, our online guide, can help you choose contests to your advantage.
2012
Jan: "Words" by Shirani Rajapakse
Feb: "Katie" by L. Kerr
Mar: "That Great Baseball Summer of 1982" by Isa "Kitty" Mady
Apr: "Life" by Wesley Dale Willis
May: "Tar Sticks to Everything" by Allen Gray
Jun: "After" by Joem D. Phillips
Jul: "Gotham City" by Charles Kasler
Aug: "Three-Petaled Love Ghazal" by Karen Winterburn
Sep: "Cupid" by Jean Wilson and "And Speaking of Strategic Planning" by Lisa Badner
Oct: "Again Guernica" and "Lesson at MOMA" by Lou Barrett
Nov: "Sea Constellations of the Northern Sky Offer No Consolation" by Rich Hoeckh
Dec: Critique Corner Finale - Our Best Advice for Poets
2011
Jan: "3:48am, The Real Reason Sharing a Bed with Your Baby Is Highly Unadvisable; or, Mama's Little Heartbreaker" by Jenny Sanders
Feb: "Jubilate Agno" by Jack Goodman
Mar: "Concerto of Snow" by Ryan Sauers and "Pelagic Zone" by Joan L. Cannon
Apr: "Night of Sky" and "East vs. West" by Changming Yuan
May: "Coal Country" by Christina Lovin
Jun: "Breakfast's Lust" by Amber Davis
Jul: "Meanings" and "A Winter's Night" by Norman William Kearney
Aug: "The Crossing" by Sandy Longley
Sep: "Three Poems" by Tim Young
Oct: "Garden" by Kelechi Aguocha
Nov: "Whispers" by Vea A. Glenn
Dec: A Selection of Fine Poems from the Winning Writers Community: What Makes Them Great
2010
Jan: "Growing Up Once More" by Gargi Saha
Feb: "You Are" by Prasenjit Maiti and "The Second Million Times" by Larry Pontius
Mar: "Flaming Comforter" and "American Charybdis" by Airlie Sattler Rose
Apr: Understanding Modern English-Language Haiku
May: "Sky" by Charlotte Mandel and "Rain Sestina" by Chuck Levenstein
Jun: "No Salvage" by Barb McMakin
Jul: "Fishing" by Hank Rodgers
Aug: "Marry Me" and "Praise for Wyatt" by Bob Bradshaw
Sep: "Kansas" by Ken Martin
Oct: "Brotherly Love" by Ellaraine Lockie and "Stamens and Pistils" by Margaret Sherman
Nov: "Lost" by Maggi Roark
Dec: How To Respond To Criticism of Your Poetry
2009
Jan: "Emulation" by Hann-Shuin Yew
Feb: "Reseau" by Ellyn Scott
Mar: "What Is There?" by Robert J. Frankland
Apr: "Roster Forever" by Ryan K. Sauers
May: "Songs and Metaphors" by Akpoteheri Godfrey Amromare
Jun: "Pouring Shade" by Hzal
Jul: "Lantana Camara, Spreading Sunset" by Delia Corrigan
Aug: "And While the Beast Was on the Prowl" by Ned Condini
Sep: Untitled ("mother's now...") by Hugh Hodge
Oct: "Note to Van Helsing" by Brian Donaghy
Nov: "Design" by Janet Butler
Dec: "On Battery Hill" by Niki Nymark
2008
Jan: "Entropy Road" by Thom Adams
Feb: "The Fox Woman" by Liz Davies
Mar: "Flood Sacrifice" by Janice Lamberg
Apr: "The Mirror" by Neville Klaric
May: "Plodding Though His Own Death" by Emmanuel Samson
Jun: "It's Not About Sharks" by Renee Palmer
Jul: "On My Father's Dashed Hopes of Returning to Normandy Fifty Years Later" by Michael P. Riley
Aug: "Whisper Without Words" by Akpoteheri Godfrey Amromare
Sep: "The Trees Stand Watch" by S.E. Ingraham
Oct: "Riddle" by Alegria Imperial
Nov: "Note to Self III" by A.J.R. Hewitt
Dec: "In Break Formation" by Donal Mahoney
2007
Jan: "From the Album" by Hank Rodgers
Feb: "The Telepathic Bruise" by Belinda Smith
Mar: "Corpus Christi" by William "Wild Bill" Taylor
Apr: "Bruno Was From Brazil: A Prose Poem" by Judy Juanita
May: "Stillborn" by Obed Dolo
Jun: "The Garden" by Joleen Leo
Jul: "The Wild" by Tabitha Wood
Aug: "Kari" by Kim Mayhall
Sep: "Silence" by Jessica Keeslar
Oct: "Unbroken Awareness" by Tendai R. Mwanaka
Nov: "Call Out of Exile" by Karen Winterburn
Dec: "Anne Boleyn" by Babs Halton
2006
Jan: "Anthem for the Official Rhode Island State Shellfish" by Matthew Farrell
Feb: "No RSVP" by Ron Dean
Mar: "Persistent Armageddon" by Charlet C. Estes
Apr: "People Like Me" by J. Malcolm Browne
May: "Geoffrey and Margot, After the Breakup" by Gene Dixon
Jun: "A Day in the War" by Mike Scheidemann
Jul: "The Sport of Kings" by Barclay Franklin
Aug: "Ground Zero" by Shaun Hull
Sep: "The Clash of Life" by John R. Sabine
Oct: "Cold Turkey" by Susan Tearoe
Nov: "The Popsicle Planet" by Katherine Fleissner
Dec: "Light as Magic" by Alegria Imperial
2005
Jan: "New World" by Martin Steele
Feb: Wergle Flomp Entries by B.F. Texino, Rebecca Sutton and "Chick L Scott"
Mar: Wergle Flomp Entries by Anthony McMillan, Maria St. Clair and Mark Stevick
Apr: "Inspired by Starlight" by Dana Bailey
May: "South of Presidio" by Ron Wertheim
Jun: "Trapped in New Mexico" by Lana Loga
Jul: A Dialogue Between Jendi Reiter and Bruce Wilkerson
Aug: "At First Light" by John Alexanderson
Sep: "Under the Arbor" by J.T. Milford
Oct: "Fire Sale" by
William J. Duvall
Nov: "Zoonotic" by
Walter Bargen
Dec: "The Third Millennium" by
Joan Blake
2004
Jan: "Vietnamese Reds" by S.K. Duff
Feb: "Letter from Dhahran" by Heather McGehee
Mar: "Shark Bait" by Ellia Bisker
Apr: "Three Declarations" by Beth Partin
May: "Whiteout" by Laura Van Prooyen
Jun: "Bluebeard's Closet" by Monica Jenny Sharma
Jul: No critique
Aug: "Saving Grace" by Laurie J. Ward
Sep: "It Wasn't Poetry" by Lisa Suhair Majaj
Oct: "The Unraveling" by Lou Barrett
Nov: "Dusty Pearl" by Ellen Morgan
Dec: "Antarctica" by Freddy Fonseca
2003
Aug: "Little Demi-God" by Natasha Sutherland
Sep: "Set Free" by Barry Goode
Oct: "Crows" by Becky Dennison Sakellariou
Nov: "Blackened" by Laurie J. Ward
Dec: "Guiding Light" by Sherry Eubank
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