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  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Sisters

    While I realize that the sun and moon were meant to parallel the two "sisters," the jump between the two topics was so sudden, and really not justified. Such a ...

    Mar 7, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Ever Never Over, Ever Never Begun

    Ink - I don't think shadowstorm meant to rhyme. Beauty and eternity don't rhyme. This poem is very pretty-sounding, but it's too flat and straightforward. What exactly is being described ...

    Mar 4, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Human Trafficking

    Thanks for the crit on Yellow Pages, and now I shall comment on your piece. I certainly had a lot of trouble understanding it. I think I was on my ...

    Mar 4, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Monotony

    This is interesting, but I think you could pull it off better if you wrote it from a more personal point of view. This poem is told from the viewpoint ...

    Mar 3, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Here I'll Always Be

    While I applaud the effort you must have put into this poem, it didn't really impress me. The phrases were so general. I couldn't visualize much. Pain is immense as ...

    Mar 3, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General 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
  • Poetry » Other, General 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
  • Poetry » Other, General 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
  • Poetry » Other, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Philosophical Musings on Daytime TV

    Fascinating stuff! I love how the characters can talk about something as deep as God and still have interesting, realistic dialogue. Now, normally I'm all for nice short prose pieces ...

    Feb 25, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: The Fall of Potential

    I agree with Claudette in that is isn't much. What should I, the reader, take away from this poem? Who is the speaker addressing? What happens? Does the subject die? ...

    Feb 25, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Unspoken

    Would he understand love once more, its wraith-like fingers around your throat? "Your"? Who is the speaker addressing? That was sudden and out of place. small knife sounds I bet ...

    Feb 25, 2007
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Equilibrium Questioned

    I'm not really connecting all of these things. Where do all these images go? What am I supposed to see? I wasn't able to visualize anything beyond the curtains. A ...

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Think of me

    Well the actual story behind this is that it is what a person who's dying of a disease is saying to their partner. Basically they don't want their partner to ...

    Feb 24, 2007


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