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  • Poetry » General, General Re: The Age-Old Traveler

    Hey PrincessInk! I'm really happy with the word choice and flow of this poem. Word choice can be really hard to get right, but I love that you worked through ...

    Feb 20, 2017
  • Poetry » Realistic, Narrative Re: As I Am

    Hey Biluata! I'm personally not one who likes to consider reviews that are "harsh" good, but at the same time, I've been considered a "harsh" critic with some of my ...

    Feb 5, 2017
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Portrait of a Shawl

    Hey Fort! It's been a long time since I've read your poetry, so I was really excited to get into this one when I saw it only had one review. ...

    Jan 29, 2017
  • Poetry » General, Realistic Re: You are your hope

    Hello AgyeiJohnson20, First off, I have to say that I like what you're trying to do here with the end rhyme. It feels like you're trying to make a poem ...

    Jan 29, 2017
  • Poetry » Lyrical, Dramatic Re: The Bully

    Hey Ghost223, I have to say that I think for an emotional situation [bullying] you've handled spelling out your feelings about it well. I can completely understand the indecision about ...

    Jan 27, 2017
  • Short Story » General, Dramatic Re: Al and Gerald

    Hey Tigeraye! First thing first, I have to say that when I started reading, I did not expect the ending. I will say that the drama in this made me ...

    Jan 17, 2017
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Relativity

    Hello TheStormAroundMe, I really like this poem. This is something I've felt myself before, so I think I connected with it because of that mostly. Like, I could totally imagine ...

    Jan 16, 2017
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: dawn

    This is exactly the idea I was looking for! I think you're still getting a little tripped up though. I don't like the fourth to last stanza "yesterday, you closed ...

    Dec 27, 2016
  • Poetry » Lyrical, Narrative Re: withershins

    Hey Apricity, Overall I didn't really like this poem, honestly. It felt a bit forced for me. I do think that your stanza breaks are good, and your line breaks ...

    Dec 23, 2016
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Memoir

    Hey Carethersr, My name's Aley and I'm going to be giving you a short review. First off, welcome to YWS! It's really great to see new faces! I'm super excited ...

    Dec 23, 2016
  • Poetry » Romantic, General Re: Spectacles

    Hey dystopianmonkey01, I was really happy to see you reviewing, so I decided to come give you a review! That being said, I'm going to be following the YWS Critiquing ...

    Dec 13, 2016
  • Article / Essay » Culture, Other Re: Untitled - purposely

    Hey LittleMiracle, This is a hard one to review! Mostly I'm caught up between the beautiful way this sounds and acts like poetry with the flow of the meter and ...

    Nov 27, 2016
  • Poetry » Lyrical, Romantic Re: Deleted 71

    Hey Lumi, here for your challenge. First off I have to say that I like the shape of this poem because it reminds me of the motion of a hummingbird's ...

    Nov 27, 2016
  • Short Story » Mystery / Suspense, Dramatic Re: Killer Beauty - PT II

    Hello Scribblekins! First off, I want to say that you have a wonderful way with writing Lily's internal thoughts in the second half of this story. I really like that ...

    Nov 27, 2016
  • Poetry » Realistic, Spiritual Re: Knowledge villanelle (with brief intro.)

    Hello beccalicious94, I'm really happy to see that you wrote a villanelle. I think the structures are really underutilized. That being said, I'm super happy to see how well you ...

    Nov 22, 2016


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