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  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Untitled

    Hi! This was a nice poem, and it was sad too. I'll say that while a lot of poems have an emotional center to them here on YWS, there are ...

    Mar 25, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: A Poem About Twilight

    Hehe, this was nice. I think you captured the style of a villanelle nicely, rhyming and repeating without it seeming too forced. It's not the greatest villanelle ever though, as ...

    Mar 25, 2010
  • Lyrics » General, General Re: The sky is just so blue.

    Hiya! First, songs about love have been done before. There are so many that it's practically its own genre, and a lot of it is unoriginal, like yours. What can ...

    Mar 25, 2010
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Sugar rush

    Heya. This needs some work. First off, you're switching tenses; it starts off in past and then goes to present, which is pretty confusing. I also didn't like the general ...

    Mar 25, 2010
  • Lyrics » General, General Re: this film is not yet rated

    Hi Zenjoy! This was nice, but I can't really imagine it as a song. It seemed a bit all over the place and there wasn't anything that could have me ...

    Mar 24, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: A true friend

    Hi there! I don't really think that the repetition of 'A true friend' suits the poem. Since it occurs on every (really short) line, it clogs down the flow and ...

    Mar 24, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Traveling Soldier Short Write

    Hey KitKat! The punctuation in your dialogue is also completely wrong, so look at that article Hannah gave you. This also needs to much longer; the piece is flat, the ...

    Mar 24, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Jumping

    Hi Aristotle! This was a pretty silly poem, but the rhythm felt really off. Like Hannah said, you're not limited to what you can write just because this came from ...

    Mar 24, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Mia: All Present and Correct

    Hi Stori. This seems like it needs a lot of work, and that it needs to be much, much longer. You've got so many ideas and interesting thoughts in the ...

    Mar 24, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Gabrielle

    Scarlett! I never knew that you were such a good poet. Everything is positively amazing in this poem-the imagery, the word choice, the flow, the theme. I'm sorry that I ...

    Mar 24, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Removed by author's request

    Hey Princess! I really liked this. It was catchy and original, a breath of fresh air from the other poems that I've been critiquing recently. However, I just wanted to ...

    Mar 23, 2010
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Frozen in Time

    Hi crescent! I just want to say that this was a nice piece, and I can tell that you put a lot of effort into it. Your imagery was simply ...

    Mar 23, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Life's Final Flicker

    Hey there! This was nice for a first attempt, but I wasn't quite sure what it was about! It seemed kind of vague, like you were just meshing words together ...

    Mar 23, 2010
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Ghosts?

    Hey there Nike. I just want to say that for the most part I agree with Ben. This reads like an incomplete thought or framework for something larger, not a ...

    Mar 23, 2010
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Gollum inside

    Hi Em! I didn't you know were a fan of Lord of the Rings! It's a pretty cool series, isn't it? Anyway, your poem. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't ...

    Mar 23, 2010


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