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I write all the time...sometimes I'm more prolific in certain moods (love, particularly unrequited love, makes for the largest quantities of poetry rotting on my hard drive), but if you ...

Banned (read: quarantined indefinitely) for having the bird flu.

Male teachers tend to be "funner" in that they're more boisterous and more willing to go out on a limb when they teach. They're more likely to make jokes. Most ...

Hey lit chick! I noticed that you have two posts, but no reviews. YWS would normally like you to do two reviews before posting work of your own, so get ...

The style is interesting. I like the haphazard sort of construction and the mood that comes with it, but the poem still needs to be refined. Some things definitely ought ...

Meaning. What I'm still wondering after reading this poem is, "What makes this an ode to Constantinople?" The poem is all description, which doesn't take it far in the first ...

I think it's rather like a human body. Got the same bones in it whether it's dancing ballet or swing. I'm not really sure what to think of concrete art. ...

Glad I made my visit to Wellesley before this.

It's like drowning in a thesaurus. I prefer to have poetry slosh comfortably around my ankles, not bash me over the head with a vocabulary lesson. Even as a performance ...

I agree with Fand; this is babble. I don't care much for the cute twist at the end; it's a little too chick-flick for me. It has little depth beyond ...

Prucila - Welcome to YWS! Maybe you missed the Rules, so I'll just fill you in quickly. We ask that you do two critiques before posting work of your own, ...

Okay, Imp! *sings* For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow... On second thought, I'm not a very good singer. ...

I approve of both Suz's soapbox and Brad's critique. I think you would do well to get rid of a lot of what Brad called "tired platitudes about your heart", ...

YWS: Happy birthday, Nate! Nate: Whaaa? YWS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NATE! Nate: What's that, young whippersnappers? YWS: HAPPY FLIPPING BIRTHDAY, OKAY?! Nate: Hold on there, let me get my dentures in.... ...

YWS has now infiltrated the military. *checks off another box on Steps to World Domination* [s]Good[/s] Awesome luck. :D