Cade

*labels with the big red EMO stamp* Originality. It's okay to write about death and despair and whatnot, but you've got to do it in a way that's new and ...

This poem suffers because of its rhyme scheme...it's a great thing to practice, but you don't want your poem to revolve around its structure. As Sydney pointed out, it seems ...

Ah, I remember when I used to get Stone Soup! Hmm...there's Teen Ink, though that's not very...high-quality. *cough* There's also this high school literary magazine in Montana that decided to ...

Read books. Write stuff to put on YWS. Stare at walls. Make cheesecake.

OMG I got that one too!

Sweeeeet.... Note to Suz: I hope the chihuahas that nibble my toes off puke up said toes on your pillow as you sleep.

Ooh, ouchie...hope you feel better soon! I've had the usual scrapes and falls...never broken a bone because I'm so lazy and not athletic...um, I burned my wrist on a cookie ...

Ooh...both the Tenth Muse and A Lesson in Semantics sound really cool...good luck with the contest!

I find that my life has been lost – all I recorded on sad scraps of hotel paper has found its home under Oxford-clad feet: between the rich and the ...

The problem here is that the poem's message is awfully tired. I think as writers we've heard all the dreamy idealistic stuff before..."Poetry is when you pour out your emotions ...

Formatting. The bolded words are not necessary...phrases that are meant to be emphasized should stand alone. Description versus message. The poem's main problem is that it's centered on description. T

This is not a poem, it is an outburst with line breaks. For all our sakes, keep it in your journal. Regarding swearing--"bitch" was only there for shock value, and ...

The decline of print journals really saddens me...there's something so much more authentic about having something tangible, there in your hands, as opposed to it being web-based. I want to ...

I definitely second Meep. Your basic emo poem. Next time, write about something you can really talk about, something you know and can discuss in a unique fashion. Please don't ...

If you were trying to write a 5-7-5 haiku, you might take note that your second line has, in fact, eight syllables. I agree with Via--it doesn't say much, but ...