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Re: Haikus
I'm all for haiku! I think you've done a good job with what is considered a normal haiku. They usually describe things, especially in nature. One rather large problem: Magic, ...
Feb 28, 2007 -
Re: Corrupt a Wish
Granted, you can afford the computer, but you spend the money on lottery tickets and they're all losers. :( I wish I had a doggy.
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Corrupt a Wish
Granted, but you end up hating it. I wish I could find the match to this earring.
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: "Emo" Poetry vs. Good Poetry
Emo poetry is to preoccupied with being "emo". While the point of poetry is to present emotion, it has to be done subtly and in a way that makes the ...
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Spanish Streetlight
Oooh, yeah, that's a good idea! Or maybe names of places or made-up street names that sound Castilian. I love it when poems sound like they've just fallen out of ...
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Euthanasia
There are three cases, I guess, in which animals are euthanized: 1. Old age and sickness are painful for the animal. Yes. Why make the poor animal (usually a dog) ...
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Corrupt a Wish
Granted, but you accidentally Apparate to Voldy's lair and he kills you. Avada Kedavra! I wish I knew which outline I'm supposed to do for social studies.
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Make Your Readers Feel
Oh, yeah, it's huge in poetry! It has a lot to do with showing vs. telling. Telling is like saying, "I am sad," which doesn't do much for the reader ...
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Life by Haiku
I miss the old house and the way the night air smelled out of the city.
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Corrupt a Wish
Granted, but you crash it. I wish the bowling season hadn't just ended. *cries*
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Guidelines for Posting in the Poetry Forums
Great tips, Brad! I do hope that people read this. Colleen
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Spanish Streetlight
Mmm, nice. in with cinnamon and skirts flutter in the absence of crows, What does the absence of crows have to do with anything? I suppose that crows symbolize darkness ...
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Sound of a nightmare.
Ah, Lord of the Flies! Wait, I just remembered, I hated that book. The poem kind of failed to draw me in because it's just a list of images. It's ...
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Down.
The second stanza was definitely the best. The first was a little bland, a little too straightforward, but the language and imagery in the second really struck me, especially that ...
Feb 27, 2007 -
Re: Run Rabbit
That's morbid. I thought after the first stanza that it would just be a cute little bunny. Bunny go bye-bye, darn it. I think the repetition of "Run rabbit" in ...
Feb 27, 2007
