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  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: My Romance with the Sky

    What follows is not a retaliation of any sort, just to clear things up. I genuinely didn't like this apart from the general sky imagery. I really thought the rhyming ...

    Dec 15, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: If Life is But a Dream

    I liked this, though thought it weakened as it went on. First and foremost I think the bulk of it is borderline over-analytical; it sounded as though some of the ...

    Dec 15, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Sorry dad

    I'm sorry dad that i couldn't be, (a comma before and after "dad" would work better for the rhythm) all that you expected out of me. ("out of me" doesn't ...

    Dec 15, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: No Better Sound

    I think I have mixed feelings about this piece. Nice and short, of course, but trying to figure out if it works this way or not. The overall impression I ...

    Dec 13, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: American Love

    Liked it :) the stanza about the Coke especially- very well described, made me thirsty. Wasn't too mad about the last line- comes across as very direct and basic. And ...

    Dec 10, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: I hate life

    A good old rant of a poem. Honestly it didn't do much for me, except for the last two stanzas; the image of drenching oneself in water is powerful. Sounds ...

    Dec 9, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Bleeding Rose

    You've got the bones of a good idea here but the way it's put forth comes across as trivial and insincere. Again the bleeding rose image i.e its transaction from ...

    Dec 9, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Where am I going?

    This gets better with every read. The use of equivocation gets across the truth about such relationships really well; it's never one constant emotion but that ever-changing "I love you/I ...

    Dec 9, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: A Way To Live

    The best I have read on this sight so far. Loved it, and related to it. Modern but not in-your-face or poor quality. It's very poignant and touches on existentialism ...

    Dec 9, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Voice in Our Heads

    Although I liked what this poem's about, I liked even more HOW it's about- if you get me. Basically wherever there was a hint of trivialism in the theme or ...

    Dec 9, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: 6

    I think this poem's strength is definitely within the first half of it, say the first five stanzas; there are some vivid images there and the poem says all it ...

    Dec 9, 2008


A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it.
— Roald Dahl