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Re: The Ballad of the Spindle
"The stars were alight," And such a beautiful night The glimmer the glamor Oh, the stars of the night!" But the stars of the night Were none to compare Oh, ...
Oct 30, 2007 -
Re: The Gummi Bear Poem
Cade basically said everything I wanted to say. Let's just remember: the best poems can be ont he simplest and most childish things. Just don't make them "cutsey". Overall good ...
Oct 30, 2007 -
Re: The Death of Pride
Wow, this IS a long poem. But you know onto the poetry! The first stanza's rhymes sound forced--somewhere between "time" and "rhyme" something needs to change. Also the stamping/squashing of ...
Oct 30, 2007 -
Re: Midnight Prayer
I'd consider revising the last two lines of the second stanza--the rhyme seems rather forced and choppy. Also I don't feel like the last to lines of the poem connect ...
Oct 30, 2007 -
Re: My Angel
Yes, it is rather vague, rather cliched, and not wholly original... I do like the beginning and I think you have a good thing going--it just takes more than twenty ...
Oct 30, 2007 -
Re: Fall of the Midnight Rain
A few punctuation errors that you should be able to find in a short runthrough. I'm also not quite sure how midnight rain is related to this kind of depressing ...
Oct 30, 2007 -
Re: Repunzal's Story
Haha. This is a cute poem. Cute being the operative word here. I would try on making the rhymes seem less forced, and smooth out the lines so it flows ...
Oct 30, 2007 -
Re: The Beast Within
L3 of S1 is rather long and awkwardish. "Fangs come out to taste" is a bit wordy--"Fangs out to taste" might be better. The last line also doesn't rhyme very ...
Oct 29, 2007 -
Re: Writer's Block
Ahhh, don't I know the feeling... :( For the poem itself: It falls into a repeated pattern that grows monotonous around "creativity has deserted me". Try to jumble it up ...
Oct 29, 2007 -
Re: Fooled By A Loved One
tricked and fooled lies and more Try to make the beginning less "grocery list" sounding: instead of ...and...and... try something that flows more how could it be so? we were ...
Oct 29, 2007 -
Re: The aftermath of earthquakes
1. We reach for one another - a dog barks in the darkness outside, a beat drops from a passing car, a door down the hall slams shut. We are ...
Oct 27, 2007 -
Re: A Prettier Fate
Oooh, nice! I love the pretty words, and what a striking beginning! That being said: I would dump S4 and S5, and come to think of it, the last stanza ...
Sep 28, 2007 -
Re: Dignity
In a world where my dignity lies ; Where the hardest part of all, Was watching it go. This seems incomplete. Do you want to link it to the beginning? ...
Sep 27, 2007 -
Re: Night Me
Oooh, this is not bad. I especially liked: there's a Pandora in your eyes there are ribbons of dynamite in your veins You beginning very strong, sort of Euclidean-like. Imagery ...
Sep 27, 2007 -
Re: A Friendship Lost
Oh, Swirl, do I know how you feel...I've changed schools almost eight times! :( but on to the poem! I feel like this is a list. You are writing your ...
Sep 27, 2007
