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Re: Of Angels
Azila. I love this. Everything about it and more. I feel like a lot of writing that I read--even really famous writing by amazing, amazing authors--isn't able to emote as ...
Jan 20, 2012 -
Re: Just because I didn't cry for you
I definitely feel a sense of really, really strong emotion. Especially here: I wish I didn’t I really wish that I could Brush you off Forget you But I can't. ...
May 17, 2011 -
Re: Once Again
This piece felt so tragic. But that word is too blunt... I felt like it was complex, in a simple way--powerfully allegorical... You can really build up tension during your ...
Feb 1, 2011 -
Re: Letting Go and Remembering
I agree that this was immensely powerful. I don't want to echo the others, but I felt like this did come from your heart of hearts--and it was as emotionally ...
Dec 23, 2010 -
Re: trans-neptunian
As usual, tremendous imagery, and an almost methodical lyrical-iness. Each image, when read as an autonomous piece of writing, sizzled into my brain. However, this poem is just that--a collection ...
Feb 28, 2010 -
Re: Notes on a Plane Crash
This is not your best, for several reasons. It's very repetitious, and although it works in some poems, this one just smacks of redundancy. The most explicit phrase is "trickle ...
Nov 19, 2009 -
Re: Pretty Polly
topography The word does not fit. Why, godssakes, in Missouri it's practically a sport! This sentence sort of shrugs off the seriousness of the paragraph. I read that paragraph as ...
Sep 19, 2009 -
Re: To Be Like Jesus
Hey luv2write42!!! I definitely enjoy reading rhyming poetry once in a while, so the rhyming here was pretty sweet. I have no general disagreement with any specific choice of words ...
Aug 27, 2009 -
Re: I am I am I am I am
Hey Suze! I like it! It has a lot of you in it. It's modern, as someone above me said, which kind of makes it somewhat unique, somewhat. Line by ...
Mar 12, 2009 -
Re: First Shakespearean Sonnet Attempt - No Title Yet
Tell you the truth, I really love your style but I felt like this poem rambled... just about everywhere. Sometimes you would say something about a crank boyfriend, then something ...
Mar 11, 2009 -
Re: Burn The Books
So let's see... It's quite an intriguing poem. I like the short lines--very potent. It's also quite a short poem, which I think serves it quite well. I have a ...
Mar 11, 2009 -
Re: Worst Book You've Ever Read
ANCIENTS: The Odyssey = minor death. MODERN/ANCIENT: Great Expectations. Every time I see those two words next to a picture of Barack Obama on a magazine cover I want to ...
Jan 19, 2009 -
Re: Abkhazia, Resolute (2)
Um, Sam, I’m with Jared. So disappointed in you. WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME ABOUT THIS??? Okay. From the B-G-ning. John Lennon quote = love and peace. Amazingness. FOUR ...
Nov 6, 2008 -
Re: Fitzgerald's Brains
This poem is really hilarious. It feels like it’s half political commentary, half poem. It’s a unique style that I have never read before, somewhat cynical and dark, pessimistic almost, ...
Sep 28, 2008 -
Re: The murderous suicide
I didn't like this poem. There's a reason, too. You need to show. Not tell. And honestly, I could not find one place in the whole poem where you showed ...
Sep 21, 2008
