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  • Other Poetry Re: What Am I?

    scribblingquill: Ha, ha. :D Yes, honesty would probably be my crutch. Well, originally it wasn't backwards, but I hoped forcing the reader to puzzle it out would make the poem ...

    Jul 16, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Fantasist

    Wow, this is so creative! Instead of pointing out typos or other mechanical errors, I'd like to offer a suggestion- Take it or leave it. :wink: I think you are ...

    Jul 16, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: In My Sweet Captivity

    You did a fantastic job creating suspense!! That's an honest to goodness skill. Still, if your writing doesn't have intention , the tension unravels and your audience gets lost. This ...

    Jul 16, 2009
  • Archive Re: Strys

    ANGEL "I can and I will. “Angel, I have seen the once great man you were. You don't need those potions. Look at yourself! I found you face down on ...

    Jul 16, 2009
  • Other Poetry Re: What Am I?

    Hello, I think the content is very good. But I wouldn't have thought it to be a human. That suspense, really held me. But being a human is what you ...

    Jul 16, 2009
  • Other Poetry Re: What Am I?

    What am I? I am a hardened lump of play-do- A fossilized handprint with tiny outstretched digits that will never grab or grow. I am a nightlight with a burned ...

    Jul 15, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: In the Boxes Under the Bed

    Heyro, Babs here. :D This is such a cool bit of writing. My interpretation: In the beginning the person is looking to the past- symbolized by photographs- and there is ...

    Jul 15, 2009
  • Other Poetry Re: Grave New World.

    I really, really like this piece. Despite what M. says, I do believe you are actually talking about flowers and not grapes; the first four lines are simply a long ...

    Jul 15, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Shiver

    I really only have one critique, which you've heard already- Colorful word usage. A sprinkling of suspense. An unpredictable punch in the gut. These are things that could improve this ...

    Jul 15, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Baptism of an Affair

    M. - I absolutely agree; "the" should be "this." Anticlimax? ...yeah. I suppose I let the poem end itself. After all, I wrote it in Algebra class. Who knew math ...

    Jul 15, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Ode to Neruda

    Hmm, I cannot be sure if this work is personal or if you are expressing despair at the current state of the world... provoking. :) The first stanza is clutching. ...

    Jul 15, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: 17

    M.: Thank you for your honest review! I see what you mean about the third and fourth stanzas clashing- it is a complete change in direction. In fact, now that ...

    Jul 15, 2009
  • Archive Re: Strys

    NORA “Might I join you?” I am startled by this new voice, and it is a moment before I realize the question was posed to both Lorcan and myself. With ...

    Jul 14, 2009
  • Archive Re: Strys

    ((Sorry I have not posted for Angel in so long. Frankly I haven't felt up to it…)) ((scd: I know in your post you said that Angel was on break, ...

    Jul 14, 2009
  • Narrative Poetry Re: SOS

    Ahhh. I should have known you would outsmart me.

    Jul 13, 2009


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