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Re: What has this World Become?
Ah wow, I remember writing poems like this. Personally, I believe that political poetry is always difficult to pull off and I would suggest that this needs a little work. ...
Jan 11, 2007 -
Re: A Memoir
The rhyming in the first stanza was weak, but up until it got to the fourth line, I was very much so intrigued. A simpleton once tricked himself And thought ...
Jan 8, 2007 -
Re: In the photograph from 1943, for my grandfather
Hey Brad, I loved this. I think this poem is wonderful. From my understanding, the speaker is looking at old photographs, back when Grandma looked young and pretty. Grandpa's appearence ...
Oct 26, 2006 -
Re: Geo[graphy]metry
Reams of papers, covered in darkling texts, they scream. Shouldn't there have been a semi-colon after "texts?" Compared to some of your other recent works, I would have to say ...
Sep 5, 2006 -
Re: September Shadows
A cliche topic but not at all cliche in the way it was written A few dead spots here and there but enough good material to make up for it. ...
Sep 5, 2006 -
Re: The Stilleto Performance
I love the way this was written but it was kind of vague. I think if I understood what it was about I would have enjoyed it twice as much. ...
Sep 5, 2006 -
Re: Balloons in Winter C2 /P
The only problem I had with this...between Chapter One and Two is some of the one-word dialogue was somewhat blunt. And for me, it made it hard to follow at ...
Jul 26, 2006 -
Re: Don't you want to be pretty?
When I first started reading it, I was like "Oh God, here we go." But once you got to the dialogue I was immediately pulled in. I'm not sutre what ...
Jul 24, 2006 -
Re: my crimson tears
Yes, please stay away from the cliches. And don't be afraid to get out of the box...this was very restricting. Don't go by what some book or poem you read ...
Jul 24, 2006 -
Re: the beauty is in the tragedy
This reminds me of something that I wrote. I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not but I love the opening stanza/line/whatnot. Mostly because well, it seems true. It ...
Jul 24, 2006 -
Re: The Firefly's Glow
I agree with Jack..."bruises" was a bit blunt. However, I really loved the poem...I actually thought it picked up when you got to the last stanza, except for this part: ...
Jul 24, 2006 -
Re: Taste Revenge
"Sweet fountain splashing him He lip-folds me into corners Lashing, cat-like (tire like) This is anger Burned within his chest plate A knight in shining armor And a kingly second-rate" ...
Mar 21, 2006 -
Re: Charon's Mis-metered Limerick
I was loving it up until this: "howling into noon-time suns with unsharpened, unthrusted knives, getting roped, dragged off by a dusty Brain locked away, " I loved the imagery, ...
Mar 21, 2006 -
Re: Dry (2) /P
Oh God... those few minutes, I seriously fell in love with was like I knew him. Weird. And, I hate death..I really do, but I love the bitter sweet way ...
Mar 20, 2006 -
Re: Valentine's Day
I like the title, actually..cliche as it is. I really liked this though, I only wished it was longer. This sounded really emo: "In this life, I have accrued the ...
Feb 7, 2006
