Amice

Incandescence: I am definitely in favor of setting a high standard. To be honest, I haven't posted on YWS in quite a while. But I will say that I never ...

7/10 perhaps I enjoyed it, but it didn't make me want to go out and buy everything he's written.

I applaud the effort! There are several excellent points! But I felt it lacked rhythm... that comfortable swing. NOT saying it has to be sing-song! It moved from "ones core" ...

I guess I'm back :) I'm not sure how long it's been... but I really need to get busy here! Like the new look... kudos to Nate and peace to ...

Who are you? lol :D I vaguely remember you ... ;) My suggestion for this go-round is that you spend more time "rockin" in the literary forums (actually writing ) ...

Aren't haikus so much fun to write? :D Nicely done, Kay!! at first I wondered at the title, but I get it now! :roll: :)

envelops my heart with a bountiful love. IMO, this is going a little overboard. The rest I enjoyed! Would you happen to have anything creative on, say, lettuce sandwiches? :D

Great job on this one! It's rich, full poem -- I think you should develop it / make it longer. Bravo on the alliteration in the last line. Write some ...

Soft and gentle snow And bitterly gelid ice- Winter's sensations. Haiku : three unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, respectively. Haiku posted previously (by myself) in this forum: ...

(JUST MY PERSONAL HUMBLE OPINION) This started out great, but about halfway through I wish it'd stopped or went another direction. I like the use of some not-so-cliched words (scintillating ...

Oh, well excuse me, Firestarter :) I'm from Ohio, so I'm sorry for my Ohio-an critique :P -Amice-

This doesn't seem to have any coherent thought pattern or point. Wouldn't be too hard on a Novice (I'm not exactly a writer myself), but do try to determine a ...

Great poem! Just a couple notes... In the first stanza, you went from present tense to past tense, and in the second stanza, back to present. :?: "metacarpals"? :? I ...

hmm... not bad... The second stanza seems to be out of place here... * spell out the word four -Amice-

Without getting too detailed, I'll give you a couple of my first thoughts. (1) The whole thing is rushed. I know you probably write it and put it on the ...