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  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: I could talk to you forever

    Red things are either comments, something I've changed, or something I've added. “Then what’s this argument about?” Evelyn crossed her arms and leaned back as her mother struggled to remember ...

    Sep 9, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Shotgun

    A five shot Remington with pump action and a plastic magazine is my only companion in these halls. These concourses of rejection - Ad nauseum. Barrels the size of quarters ...

    Sep 8, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: she calls me beautiful

    the lipsticks’ smeared on the pig; The apostrophe in this line seems unneeded? Unless I am missing something... I'm not really sure what I think of this--because I'm not entirely ...

    Sep 8, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Preview from my novel; True secrets

    First, I'm going to move this to the fiction section, because that is where writing goes. ^^ As to the critique, this is really too short for us to give ...

    Sep 8, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Einstein

    hmmm I think the longer lines in S2 (L6 and L8) should be broken up--it's just odd to read short lines, than long lines. I think "Dr" in the last ...

    Sep 8, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Vampire

    This was OK. I don't like it because I feel like it's a real cheat off of The Raven with "[for] evermore" and "nevermore". You'll really want to change those ...

    Sep 8, 2007
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Why you should learn other languages.

    The penmanship of other languages is kind of fancy. the use of "kind of" makes this a really weak sentence. As an essay, this is OK. You seem to just ...

    Sep 7, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: My Marine

    For a poem with such a strong meaning behind it, this could potentially be something that makes the reader burst into tears. It's a great idea, but just needs to ...

    Sep 7, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Linger

    The largest problem I have is the lack of poetry. It's an interesting concept, but it needs more. On my first read, I didn't understand the idea behind it, and ...

    Sep 7, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Wandering

    Same smells still linger here, do you mean smell, as in the singular? If you want it plural, your tense is all off... This poem was... a little bit below ...

    Sep 7, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: An Ode to Me

    Hehe, you pull of navel gazing in a superb way, Sureal. I loved the allusion to Genesis, and the way the self centeredness was really a hiding place, almost. Or ...

    Sep 7, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: In a Dream

    hmmm on one hand this reminds me of some lyrics from a band I know. On the other, it doesn't work quite well as poetry. First off, on your stanzas: ...

    Sep 6, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: I am no poet

    I'm not entirely sure I liked this. I never have liked poems about writing or writing like subjects, you have to be really good to pull them off. They end ...

    Sep 6, 2007
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Africa.

    Aye. This isn't a story, and I'm pretty sure you're not looking for a critique. You have one of two options: 1) Make it longer and post it as an ...

    Sep 5, 2007
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Driving and utilizing the cell phone simultaneously.

    Do not repost things in other sections because they were locked by a moderator or an administrator. I know that Nate gave you reasons why you shouldn't have posted it ...

    Sep 5, 2007


Don't gobblefunk around with words.
— Roald Dahl