CatSamuelson

This is fascinating. I like it because it's quirky and different. You're not going off on some crazy grand theme (I mean, poems that do that are great, but variety ...

I think this is an excellent start. You clearly have a solid theme and message that you want to communicate, and the theme by itself is powerful. You have a ...

I was definitely feeling it. Partly, it's because I can sympathize--my sister's one of my best friends now, but for a long time I struggled trying to measure up to ...

This was a really good piece, I vastly enjoyed reading it. Two thoughts as far as critique: 1. The nitpicky details - the word "risking" in paragraph 6 seemed to ...

Hey, great job! I really liked the raw, but controlled emotion in the poem. You do the stream-of-consciousness thing well and I can tell you've been writing for awhile. There ...

I really do like this. The imagery is beautiful and the way you cast your subject matter is haunting. I also like the way you repeat the title phrase, it ...

The short version is that the first stanza needs work, but the second and third stanzas are really quite good. I'm really quite impressed, actually, by how strongly you came ...

Wow. First of all, can I just say how underqualified I feel to even review this? This was amazing. The descriptions and tone are perfect. You nailed the voice of ...

Great job! There was something in this I found captivating. The critique: The other reviewers were correct in that it would be a lot stronger if it were less general. ...

I absolutely love the imagery here. It did take me a couple reads to get it (I had to connect "ink" to "black" before I understood the line about the ...

Mmm, I really like the theme and your use of a conceit (an extended metaphor in poetry, just so I don't confuse anyone). Setting a hopeful relationship in fairytale-land where ...

Wow - the raw emotional intensity of your poem is fantastic. It swiftly and effectively brings me back to the moment my last ex-boyfriend left me--being able to not only ...

Wow. You really have a talent for poetry. Your free verse has almost flawless flow. Some nitpicky things--a lot of your lines need commas or periods at the end. A ...

Hey. :) First of all, fantastic job. I really enjoyed it. It's beautiful and illuminates truth, while telling a story. Doing all this well is a difficult job for any ...

Overall, I like it. It's an interesting commentary on the human condition and overall I feel it works well. As a whole though, I feel like this type of poem ...