Received
The fee has landed and the piece is in hand.
Spoken word and poetry are not heard by a service at this table — they are heard by the house poet herself. Lin Daiyu, the voice of After Dark on Concrete Jungle Radio, keeps a desk of her own here: bring her a poem, and a poet does the listening.
A poet submits to Lin, not to a form. The piece is scored on the same lanes, under the same honesty — the fee buys the review, never the verdict — at the same $20, through the same doors: reviews@tunesreviews.com, or Cash App $siweltunes with your artist name and the title of the piece in the payment note. Say it is for the Poet’s Desk, and it goes to her ear first.
Three lanes, one table: records go to Baoyu’s pen · spoken word and poetry go to Lin’s desk · podcasts come to the table.
Spoken-word submissions go to the Poet’s Desk, where Lin Daiyu reviews them on the same four lanes — First 30 is your opening lines; Replay is whether it stays with the listener — or under the Podium Standard, on request. Score the piece, not the person: that is the whole product.
The full rubric — both standards, every lane, and the tier bands — is published at the Front Desk, before you pay a cent of the fee.
Lin’s seats travel the same four stages as every seat at the table, and the line is public — a piece marked for the Poet’s Desk goes to her first.
Her first seats are open.
At the Table
Under Lin’s ear — the full piece, heard whole.
Verdict Written
Scored lane by lane; the written card is drawn up.
On Air
Aired on Concrete Jungle Radio and posted as a written card.
Standing note: at this desk the ear for spoken word is Lin Daiyu, the house poet — spoken word and poetry are heard by her first, scored on the same lanes, under the same rule: the fee buys the review, never the verdict.
Email your piece to reviews@tunesreviews.com and say it is for the Poet’s Desk, or pay the $20 fee on Cash App — $siweltunes with your artist name and the title of the piece in the payment note.