I applaud you here, since you have managed to weave four characters into such a remarkable poem. I am also impressed by metaphors such as "musical fire of her voice".

This is incredibly well-written and thought out. Beautiful.

"Raking nails on flesh to try and free the spirit within." - gorgeous imagery

"She bathes in blood and flame" - once again, stunning imagery

"their golden friend/Turned crimson" - wonderful use of color

"For difficulty comes in dancing" - nice use of personification

"those ruby-painted lips/Which twist into a cruel smile" - strong imagery and great verb usage

"musical fire of her voice" - perfect choice of words

I also enjoyed the repetition at the ends of stanzas. There were maybe a few images/metaphors that seemed either a little abstract or cliche, like "her heart of purest fire encased now in ice." Other than that, though, wonderful, well done work. Keep writing! :)

This is just a guess...but the first one is Cassandra of Troy and the third one is Anne Boleyn? I can't tell who the others are though..

Sorry, but I don't get it. Must be a girl thing (no offense, if you're the type who gets offended at that).

But I liked it! I liked the format and the tone and the rhyming schematic. I know a girl like the first and last, XD. They scare me.

sweet! This one goes on my favorites, although that is a sad little compliment that means nothing and does not do this poem justice

Excellent, im very impressed by that. I ended up taking alot from this, i read it and a bunch of things came to mind, i dont think ill bore you with all of them now though. I really liked the way you put together the long lines so fluntly. Nice work-Keith Andrew

awesome! I loved it. so well done, i can see these women jump out at me.

I really, really loved this - I had to read it twice. It's so honest and, sadly, I can relate to it a little. My favourite piece is: "Gorgeous and terrifying, captivating as a blaze./Her devotees would die for her more readily than they’d live for her,/For difficulty comes in dancing around so turbulent a queen" Really, really excellent.

Beautiful, Beautiful job. So going on my favorites..