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  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Tybalt's Challenge

    You could make the three unrevealed letters into a neat sequence of poems, you know. Here are my suggestions: Then steal the unobliging host's fair child. How about a question ...

    Dec 6, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Butterfly Effect [The Underwing]

    First of all, Gum, this is a phenomenal poem. I am very impressed. I have some nit-picky things. Inksplats is the price to talk - but we barter nonetheless, for ...

    Nov 18, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Remember When....

    So I'm going to pull an Incandence and tell it like it is. This poem does little for me, and it sounds just like a conversation you had with your ...

    Nov 16, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: For You, I'll Speak French

    Well, this a few months behind the rest of the praise, but I thought I'd share a few thoughts: 'Meet me under the clock tower at one' she said, and ...

    Nov 16, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Solstice Insolence

    COaIF- First, of all, this is a great start for someone who claims poetry is not their thing. Secondly, it needs some work. The first thing I noticed is that ...

    Nov 15, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: laugh. shiver. choke. die.

    I like this poem a lot, Chevy! I think you have some clarifying to do, but it moves nicely away from angsty teen love poetry. I opened the car door ...

    Nov 15, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Cantilever

    Bob - This is a beautiful poem, it just needs some clarifying and tightening. Here are my suggestions: Life is the place you swing, not looking down, the earth god's ...

    Nov 11, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Fountain

    Precocious, aren't you? Read "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. I read it when I was about your age... it opened up a whole new world for me. It's about ...

    Nov 11, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: waiting (please bring gloves)

    OK, I've noticed a few things. First of all... your line breaks are a little funky. When you make a line break, you need to consider how much the breaks ...

    Nov 11, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: To Jennithith and Birth Marks

    XG - I LOVE, ADORE, and ADMIRE this poem immensely. It's one of the best I've read on this site. I even had my roommate read it and we both ...

    Aug 20, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: there is no such word as eachother.

    This is a lovely poem, Inertia, and I very much enjoyed the message of it. One critique - the transition between the first and second stanzas is very rough and ...

    Aug 19, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: The Umbrella (contest entry)

    An overly taught piece of night, Do you mean "taught" as in "He was taught math"? Or do you mean "taut" as in tight? it nurtured and protected. It nurtured ...

    Aug 10, 2006
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: The Siege

    To me this seems like it belongs as lore in an awesome fantasy novel. I have some suggestions, however: your refrain is repeated too often. Perhaps repeat it after every ...

    Aug 10, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: How Not To Make a Human

    I don't really like the title, Bob, mostly because even if that's not how to make a human, that's how all humans are still made. Maybe use a computer term ...

    Aug 9, 2006
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)

    A thought to add: I was talking to the clerk at the local bookstore about the books and he said that the reason there are just so damn many is ...

    Aug 9, 2006


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