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  • Other Poetry Re: Thou Art is needed; Thou Art Shall Be There

    Hi, Circle! I don't think I've read anything by you before :) Wherever Thee be, Thou art shall be there; I was a bit confused by this. Doesn't "thou art" ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Crying Softly

    Hi Wranna! Welcome to the YWS! :) Because I was crying, crying softly While you sang for one last time What does the "because" belong with? Because there's a reason, ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: On the Wind

    Hi, Scarlett! I agree with the previous reviewer that this created a sort of peaceful mood. However, I'm not sure if that was your intention, with the hops and skips ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Waves of Death (see spoiler)

    Hi, Xreigon! I highly recommend giving this a some kind of title. If you don't like what you previously had, use it anyway and change it later -- you're much ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: Are You Listening?

    Hi, Creativityrules! I must say I didn't like the repetition all that much. All the "shh"ing and "ing"ing actually made my head ache a little bit. I do like the ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: A Ronson Kiss

    Hello Lumos! I think this poem was rather lovely. I liked the eyelashes, shoe laces, striped tie, a bakery in St. Louis and much more. It's lovely, but it's not ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Seeking

    Hi there, Idraax, Flem, Gatherer, and Daughter! Wow, first off, let me say that I've never read a collaboration between more than two people! I was thinking to myself that ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: Potpourri for the Heart

    Hi there SmylinG! :) First off, let me say that I love the title of this "collection". I picked this one to read mostly because it had fewer comments than ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Self-Portrait

    Hi there, Storyweaver! Just flecks, spots - Lines, lines, lines. This feels much too abrupt. I liked the rhythm in the rest of the stanza, but the last lines are ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Lady No Soul (2)

    Twit. Twiiiiit. Twit twit. I feel a surge of frustration. I can’t seem to win against these rules—they slip and slide in my grasp like a bar of soap. Usually, ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Old Man

    Hi there, Joshua! Here as you requested :). I killed a lamb last week. I loooove this opening sentence. Love it. Creepy as it may be. You know you can’t ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Never Ever

    Hi Sionarama! Finally, eh? “Peter Pan was always fickle. You would never know what he would do next. That just added to the excitement, the attraction, I suppose. He had ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: My First Date... (A Contest Entry)

    Hi there, Horus! Sorry for keeping you waiting for so long. :o There probably won’t be much point behind it, but I presume that it might evoke some feelings in ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Written In This Skin

    Hi Gal! Here I finally am, sorry for being so slow. That ... I I really like the rhythm and the rhymes of this stanza. It seems to flow off ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: I will always love you.

    Hello, Kagi! Finally! The disgust that framed, almost glowed in every neighbour as they walked by me killed my mother. Framed what? It's a nice word, but if you're not ...

    Aug 28, 2011


One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.
— Aldous Huxley, Brave New World