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Re: More Than One
I like it. It's got a powerful voice, and is about an interesting topic. You should proofread it a few more times, though - I noticed a few errors in ...
Mar 21, 2007 -
Re: The Beauty of her Body
For her the mortal men will strive, To far greater deeds than before, For her the Greater Gods will strive, To create things of beauty more. The rhythm's off here ...
Mar 20, 2007 -
Re: Holocaust
This poem was ineffective and boring to me for a number of reasons. 1) It wasn't addressed to me. You're right, there are far too many Holocaust deniers. But most ...
Mar 20, 2007 -
Re: What Held It All Together: A Metered Poem
This has a nice rhythm to it the whole way through, which makes it enjoyable to read. The last stanza seemed to break the flow though - the internal rhyme ...
Mar 20, 2007 -
Re: The Trucker Diaries
This is really powerful. I love the idea of trucker diaries - truckers are a much underrepresented group. I thought you got the different characters of each one down pat, ...
Mar 6, 2007 -
Re: Smoke
This is good. It flowed well, your descriptions were wonderfully realistic and not too cliche. I loved the last line of the ending. The only thing I thought was wrong ...
Mar 5, 2007 -
Re: Catharsis
This reads like you had an idea for an essay, but didn't want to spend the time working within the structure, composing full sentences and what not, so you thought ...
Mar 5, 2007 -
Re: Embers
This was good, great if it was your first poem. I liked the way you shied away from cliches without making it too obvious that that was what you were ...
Mar 5, 2007 -
Re: Window Washing
I liked the topic and I thought some of the phrases and images you used to describe it were good, but it was too wordy and didn't develop enough. Trying ...
Mar 4, 2007 -
Re: darkness
My only real complaint about this poem is that it doesn't mean anything to me. The topic is cliche and overused, and for all that, it doesn't even have a ...
Feb 15, 2007 -
Re: The Cadaver
Oooh, I see... now that I read it through with that in mind, it makes a lot of sense. I really like it - especially the ending, and the bit ...
Feb 15, 2007 -
Re: Too Late
I wasn't sure what the crimson light could be, and I thought it was just not going to make sense, but then when I read the roses part I liked ...
Feb 15, 2007 -
Re: Another Valentine's Day
I like it. I especially like the finality of the last lines of both stanzas. I like the images, too - particularly the image of someone dancing with a ball ...
Feb 15, 2007 -
Re: For Me
Hmm. I'm not crazy about the message. And I really didn't like the second-to-last stanza, with all the questions in it. But the beginning was good, though I'm not sure ...
Feb 14, 2007 -
Re: Pink bow
Limericks really have to be very witty, and this one is just nonsensical. For a nonsense poem it's fine, but for anything else it just sounds silly. It would be ...
Feb 14, 2007
