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Your poem was very touching. as a writer revewer it is fun to write and read bad reveiws. And since this was one of those supercalafragilisticexpialadocious poems, there cant be ...

Yeah, I agree Vernon. You really need to let us know what the speaker is feeling like. It's too descriptive. Either get rid of it or keep it to the ...

Wow! Great, but like Suzanne said, either lose the first stanza or rework it. It's too much telling and not enough showing. Otherwise, this was faultless. Excellent. 9/10 :D :D ...

This is certainly a good start. Some of your imagery was really fresh; this was good to see. You use way too many italics. They're distracting. Get rid of them: ...

This question has been discussed since the words 'literature' and 'literary canon' came into existence. Various poets and authors have tried to present their own theories, such as Salman Rushdie ...

I really like the use of the extended metaphor; highly effective. As Vernon says, the ending leaves the piece on exactly the right note. One question: are there two speakers? ...

Poem There is nothing you can find in the claustrophobia of life that is so immortal, so invincible, so intimate, as the vault that veils the treasure of your imagination.

Prose poem?! Never heard of the term before... will look up... do you mean blank verse? Anyway, some really great images of entrapment and claustrophobia. Since I am unfamiliar with ...

There is a saying: "Forgiveness is the best revenge." However angry you may feel at a serial killer who has taken away your loved one, they must not be able ...

Agreed. If the Burmese junta won't allow aid in, however hard the West tries, so be it. It's their fault and thus their problem for not accepting the relief in ...

Yes, Rubric, you're absolutely right? Doesn't quality/standard of teaching have to do with the issue as well? Cynical teachers who keep undermining their students for their apparent "lack of intellige

Agreed, Brad. For goodness' sake, please someone lock this before we have more head-bashing and circular reasoning!!

Whatever the West does, it should not under any circumstances invade Burma. This would only be stooping down to the level of the country's authorities.

I would very much welcome a tickle to lighten my spirits. What would you do if you realised you were living your worst nightmare for real?

What do you mean, "anything worse than killing somebody?" This is too vague. W.H. Auden once said, "Those to whom evil is done do evil in return." It pretty much ...