It's interesting why the words "Divine Comedy" come after Dante's Inferno. Not sure why, but what I am sure is that this is not your run of the mill "hell" poem. The language here you use to express these macabe ideas is breath-taking. Great job, all around.

Wow that is really good, it has a definate air of Inferno

hey there... nice... my only complaint is that you put this under fiction when it's really poetry. and good poetry at that. i would know- i write quite a bit and i also read + review some very nice pieces. good job...

Wow, what a poem. I liked all the imagery you used and I was so interested to see if you were as good a poet as you are an author. To regular readers of yours this doesn't disappoint in the slightest. I would be interested in reading more dark poems like this one so if you have any ideas please publish them.

Very nice, good imagery.

I have read dark poems before, but this one is by far the best I have read anywhere. I love the imagery!! Please keep up the good work!!

It's so nice to see a dark poem that is actually dark and not full of melodramatic crap. A poem like this is hard to come by, again I am amazed by your descriptiveness.

Loved the title, to start with.
I liked the mingling of different mythologies, as with the coins for the ferryman and the "king of flies".
I also enjoyed the graphic imagery, (ie the "lake of **") although I did not find it disturbing, but again I've written similar descriptions, hehe. Although the repetition of this particular image was rather disturbing in the sense that I felt it was done more for shoking purposes than adding to the atmosphere of the poem. But that might be just a personal thing, so feel free to ignore that comment.
Over all, I found this to be a dark poem after my own heart. Good work. And thanks for the reviews.

you have very powerful imagery, i'll give you that. and you also have vocabulary which is a rarity here on fictionpress sometimes.
you said dante. i assume that would be dante's inferno am i right?

Hey, this is Colonel Ketchup from FF.
Cool, I'm into Greek mythology too. I like the way you described hell/hades. Depressing though, but I still like the dark style. I'm not good at much poetry (other than haiku).

Damn, that was really good. Quite sadistic and disturbing but that's the way I like it. The first two stanzas were very good. Awesome job, keep it up.
~Luthien~

Hello Nick-
Well damn. What a disturbing, but great poem. It was disturbing because of what what they were submerged it. Geez, thats just nasty, but creative.
All in all, great poem.

ok. yeah. you should write poems more often. this has great vocabulary and rythm, just one thing--what does the summary mean? anyway this poem has such good imagery i think you can build a story off of this. great job and keep it up.
r/r me ~~sg