Time and death—the devourer and the teeth. You capture it well in a sweeping swash of imagery and thought provoking allusions. Death's such a flirt though, she's come calling a few times, then stood me up; but, she sweetly whispered she'd be back. Well crafted—m.

Wow. Your talwent is really amazing. I love erudite poetry that includes quotes and allusions to other literature and rings with a faint touch of older works yet is refreshingly unique. Your language is absolutely beautiful, your imagery stunning. There is an air of melancholy bittersweetness about this poem that leaves one full of sadness and yearning. Again the dialogic structure with the lines in itlaics works really well. The end with its musical rhyme and rhythm is perfect, somehow had a Shakespearean ring to my mind, but then I am always finding analogies in everything. Great piece, I stand in awe.

Wow. Speechless... So much emotion, and the last line, "ashes to ashes, dust to dust, we are humans fade we must." That ended it perfectly. The only thing I think would help would be to change it from "The sea brings gossip from its distant deeps-" to "The sea brings gossip from the distant deep-." Then it would flow a little better with "I stand, an ivory statue refusing to weep-."

Ok, I'm not sure I understood everything about this poem, possibly because I'm not very familiar with Christian symbolism, but I know that I really, REALLY liked the first stanza. The imagery and similes and metaphors...wow. I love the comparison of hair to a dancer, that's really original.
Actually, I was looking back over the second stanza, and that's also really well written, but I think i just didn't click as well with it because I still don't understand all the symbolism. ^_^() Nevertheless, it's thought-provoking, and it has a nice mystical sound to it. Really good stuff.
I only have two minor gripes, and this is extreme nitpicking, so don't worry too much about it. One is that "distant deeps" doesn't make much grammatical sense...you're thinking of "depths", which doesn't work with the rhyme, so I'd just leave it as "the sea brings gossip from the distant deep."
The other problem is one that I would have made myself had I not learned in the last year or so that "from whence" is actually redundant and wrong, even though everyone uses it and it sounds neat. ^_^() It's just "whence" by itself, because the word means "from where."
Grammar lesson: over! Commence staring at beautiful rhyming! ^_^()

Oh wow. I loved this. It has a very tranquil feel to it, yet there's something deeper under the surface. Don't know if I'm making any sense here, but I really liked this.
"Time is a tricky thing to trust, hate can quickly turn to lust-
But as ashes to ashes, dust to dust, we are but human … fade we must."
I loved those last two lines. The different structure to the rest of the poem really set it apart, and really gave the poem a lasting immpression. Excellent job!

I love the depth and heights to your words. very well written. I'm adding this to my favorite stories...

Wow... this poem really touches you, and makes you think and see things in another way. This piece is so wonderful! I love all the vivid imagery and colourful descriptions you have in here - "Some tears were never meant to stray." was one of my favourites! ^_^ Its brilliant!
~ CoolBeans18s

Freaky. Trippy. In a good way.

awesome poem! wonderfully written, i love the diction and imagery, vivid and beatiful, you really have a way with words. nice rhyming and rhythm also. profound and insightful, i like this a lot. great job. keep writing!

I always love your work, Anjeni. It makes a person think.
This one is awesome. I absolutely love the last lines.

What to say... it didn't flow like many of your other poems, but this did not lesson the value, it's only an observation.
This was by far my favorite part:
"A kiss from a blade is sweeter than yours-
Yet the ends will remain the same forever"
Who thinks of that? It is just briliant! So... true! One of the best analogies I've ever read! Wonderful work!

OMG...well I'm totally mind-blown,...If I ever could write something like this I'd be...well...no words for it..as always I believe you must already be world-famous...you aren't Shakespeare re-incarnated are you? *suspicious*... anyway words can't explain how fantastic this is...Love, Mia

:O Your poem is so well-written and good! I really like the way you've written, which is completely redundant, but oh well. I love the last line. ^_^ Great job!