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Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony
Oct 20, 2025 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Reading the Room

She was saying goodbye
with her blue and walk-away eyes.

It should have been clear
she was already gone.

It took me a while to get there.
It was just that my timing was bad.

— Michael Anthony, Oct 20, 2025

About This Poem

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Region, Country: San Francisco Bay Area - USA, USA

Favorite Poets: Bukowski, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, Haiku & Harvey Kurtzman (a visual poet, of sorts)

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Critiques

Candlewitch

Candlewitch

7 months 1 week ago

Dear Michael,

I really like the brevity of this poem...it accentuates every word in every line. short and sweet. I would love to see works/thoughts of yours more often.

 

most fondly, Cat (the candlewitch) 

Lavender

Lavender

7 months 1 week ago

Reading the Room

Hello, Michael,

I can feel the silence within this, the heavy realization after the fact.

Thank you,

L