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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


The best speculative fiction peels your mind and shows you the familiar from a direction you have not looked in before
— Neil Gaiman