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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
