Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The Pusher Comments

Rating: 4.5

One strand in a tangled web of addiction
Maybe he's clean, and strictly greedy
Likely he's driven by his own addiction
Always in need of a fix, and the money to buy it
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Frank James Ryan Jr...fjr 09 August 2016

P.S....Your title took me back some 45+ years to a song by the mid 60's to mid 70's hard Rock band, Steppenwolf who had a 19 min. LP track by the same name....I believe it took up the entire Side 2 of the LP Vinyl...Can't think of the dang flippin' name of the LP.... fjr

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Frank James Ryan Jr...fjr 09 August 2016

Very well done, Ray...Your 2nd stanzas structural movement is virtually flawless as your syllabic measure ranges tightly between 8-10 per line, no more, no less. Solid crafting ~FjR-'16~

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Raymond Farrell 12 August 2016

Thanks for taking to read the poem Frank. I hope you are doing well.

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Raymond Farrell

Perth, Ontario
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