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Re: I know what smiley we need!
... YES. SO MUCH.
Sep 16, 2007 -
Re: Thinking of Things Unsaid
I'm with Gummy, Clau, euclidean, and Adam here. This looks like you just threw a few abstract, fragmented phrases together and said, "Ah! Poetry!" But poetry is about communication; can ...
Sep 16, 2007 -
Re: Wanna be a mentor?
I would like very much to be a mentor. Sign me up.
Sep 16, 2007 -
Re: Why Did You Register?
No one else told me about the site; I was searching for a forum for young writers because I desperately wanted something like this, or a writer pen pal, or ...
Sep 16, 2007 -
Re: Rhyme...all the time!
Thanks, dear. Yes, my first attempts at poetry went a lot like this: Birthdays are a happy time. I don't like it when all the food tastes the same. Yup.
Sep 15, 2007 -
Re: Shattered Glass
I most certainly agree with the others; it felt very clunky, as if you weren't making the most out of the space you allowed yourself. Metaphor. I understand the allegory ...
Sep 15, 2007 -
Re: A Farewell To All
I agree with the others. You'd be better off scrapping this and starting over again, and next time, tell us why we care. No one wants to listen to what ...
Sep 14, 2007 -
Re: "I am ..." poetry - help!
Well, there's always the "I am from" poem. You could try that. It would still fit the assignment, no?
Sep 14, 2007 -
Re: The Broken Window
WCW annoys me, but that's beside the point. Short structure does not have to equal lack of meaning. You fit a story into very few words, so congratulations. Now work ...
Sep 14, 2007 -
Re: MTV is coming to my high school...fascinating.
Hahaha. I'd never try out. People I know are already planning (jokingly) about how to get on. I haven't heard anyone seriously talking about it yet, but I suppose people ...
Sep 13, 2007 -
Re: "I am ..." poetry - help!
Write an "I am annoyed with creative writing assignments in non-creative writing classes" poem. You may not get the best grade, unless your teacher has a sense of humor, but ...
Sep 13, 2007 -
Re: 9/11 Coincidence?
My full name has eighteen letters in it. So clearly, I will die when I'm eighteen. Or eighty-one. Or one + eight, which equals nine, in which case I should ...
Sep 13, 2007 -
Re: MTV is coming to my high school...fascinating.
So, this morning on the announcements, we learned that the MTV show "Made" is holding open casting at my high school. I know what the show is about; I've seen ...
Sep 12, 2007 -
Re: Rhyme...all the time!
Of all the elements of poetry, rhyme is one of the most difficult, and one of the most essential, for a poet to master. There are some painful mistakes that ...
Sep 12, 2007 -
Re: Until I find the Shirt you gave Me
I found this poem a little wordy for my taste; it's drowning in its own vocabulary and getting tangled in its own abstract metaphors. Each part of this is beautiful; ...
Sep 11, 2007
