I love how you picked a form that went along with the content of the poem as well. A Palindrome reflects what the first stanza says as its second.. wonderful choice with that.

"portrayed artfully"
`Artistically maybe? Although that may be a little more 'wordy' but I dont know.. when I read artfully it just didnt seem normal, maybe just cause its not a word you normally hear used often?

Other than that minor thing, I thought you did absolutely amazing at this.. I find the Palindrome to be pretty difficult, cause you have to write a stanza that will sound just as good backwards.. [when reflected.]

Well done.. very impressive Joe

5/5

Temps

I'm really familiar with Palindromes, this was my name and also a name I use a lot of the time. I think that this poem is a little hard to understand. I know that it's a double meaning. It's a reflection of you looking into yourself, but also a poem that's reflected.

The poems flow is really good(it should be cause of the style).

I think that the poem is hard to read into and a lot of the time the meaning escapes me. I liked the poem and enjoy how you always tell a little bit enough to keep the reader continueing, yet you never tell them deeply about yourself.

You reflect in a lot of your poems and express what you cannot in words, in your poetry.

I think that this poem is very well done, I would have liked to seen it done longer though.

Racecar!

I really liked this one Joe. The idea behind is very cool and I thought you used very vivid words. This isn't my favorite from you, but I still liked it. I'm glad that you use other forms of writing poetry. Keep it up. :) Nik

Beautiful, Joe :)

This is a very impressive piece, I have not yet tried the palindrome, but it seems like a challenging and difficult format to write in. Wonderful wording and I love reading poems with so much meaning. Good work, keep it up! 5/5 from me, take care..

~MaryAnne