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  • Short Story » General, General Re: How to Kill a Baby

    This piece lacked action, but this turned out to be an advantage for something that tackles such a tricky issue. You didn't make it too emotionally charged. You could improve ...

    Feb 22, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Photograph

    Apart from the occasional spelling/punctuation errors, this story has potential. You could do with substituting 'red' for synonyms such as 'crimson' or 'burgundy,' while still keeping the repetition,

    Feb 20, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Kidnapped

    This is a great poem. You managed to find a decent rhyme scheme, which always livens up my day. Punctuation was inconsistent in places, but this is a small aside ...

    Feb 20, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Seasons

    The only thing I really liked about this poem was the comparison to life. Otherwise it seemed a little ordinary. Find something much more powerful to express in just so ...

    Feb 20, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: I am Sixteen

    This story didn't really grip me. I was expecting more action - I like openings to hit the ground running. But I do see the mysterious quality in your buildup. ...

    Feb 11, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Massacre of White Oak

    The best bit about this piece is the ending. It's chilling and leaves a sour taste in your mouth. The main problem for me is that there's too much description ...

    Feb 10, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: For Mathew Brady

    This is powerful stuff. I love the way you evoke the artistry of Brady's work so beautifully and with such respect for him and those he documented. The piece could ...

    Feb 10, 2008
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Persuasive essay for my English class

    What this essay lacks is COHESION and STRUCTURE. At the moment, it feels like you're jumping around from one point to the next - it's too disjointed. Like some other ...

    Feb 4, 2008
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Public Speech: School Shootings, Part II

    Maybe not "the well-televised Columbine massacre that I would like to tell you about," but "Take the well-televised Columbine massacre." This would sound more natural and less stilted. "Bullying" as ...

    Feb 4, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Diamond Ground

    The ending's abrupt and effective. This piece would really benefit from better spacing and a syntax/punctuation clean-up. I agree with Sleeping Valour in that 'murder' seems like the wrong word ...

    Jan 30, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: I hate...

    Agreed. This poem seems too artificial and forced. Don't use too much anaphora (starting with the same phrase over and over and over again). Use it sparingly, to spice up ...

    Jan 30, 2008
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Trail Mix

    I love its subtlety and delicacy. I think enjambement would work better rather than the dash: "If you can't see The forest for the fleas?" The entire piece seems symbolic, ...

    Jan 30, 2008
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Villains Never Win

    This is one of the better poems I have read. Well done. The first line has too many full stops. I like the end-stopped sentences in the rest of the ...

    Jan 30, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Awakening

    As other reviewers have pointed out, you need to clean up your punctuation. Tbh, I didn't care much for Yuki. As readers, we need to be immediately enchanted by your ...

    Jan 29, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: My heart

    The first two sentences were definitely the best; they encapsulated the whole piece beautifully. Your writing is very emotional, we can see that, but the passage is finished before the ...

    Jan 29, 2008


Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.
— Mark Strand