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Cian Hywel

  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: That Day

    She takes a sip from her coffee, her sight cloudy from fatigue. It had been a year today, since the accident. Or was it today? What did it matter, what ...

    Apr 6, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: Words from my heart

    I like it. It's very simple, and yet elegant. But most of all, it's VULNERABLE. The poem feels intimate and "real," and I feel as if I've been given a ...

    Jul 13, 2008
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The Fair Goes By

    You pulled me in from the moment I read the title. And the poem more than lives up to the expectations I had when I saw the title. The words ...

    Jul 13, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: When I Was Young

    Yes, this poem is very disturbing, but mostly because it's real, whether it's how children can be cruel or how this cruelty grows up along with children. I was moved ...

    Jul 13, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Love is my season

    A year with you, a sigh from the ocean I don't know Sapphire, it sounds to me a lot like a wave crashing in, and pulling out. I think you ...

    Jul 13, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Love is my season

    I’ve never seen the summer plant, as much hope as you can sow. I think the comma here is a hindrance to the meaning. Without the comma, plant is more ...

    Jul 13, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Love is my season

    All I can say is ...wow. Beautiful, exquisitely beautiful.

    Jul 13, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: What Is Your Favorite Least Favorite Color!?

    Ochre. It looks like faded and decayed vomit. Disgusting.

    Jul 13, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Shadow

    If you ask me what is wrong I won't know what to say If you ask what I want, I will still meet you with silence. Not completely present, Not ...

    Jul 12, 2008
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: White Raven, beginning portion

    Hey, I really like the idea. This is a really good pioneering of the world of your story. I want to hear more about the raven without the power (what ...

    Jul 12, 2008


That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.
— Ramy (Babel by R. F. Kuang)