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Hannah

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  • Poetry » Narrative, Culture Re: Stolen Fathers

    This poem has a super enticing first line; it works for people who know where their daddies are, 'cause then they wonder who is missing one and why, and it ...

    Jan 4, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Flutter

    hey there, shina! long time no see~ first, we've got some big pieces of advice for you to take action on if you want to get toward a good edit. ...

    Jan 1, 2013
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: Remembering Dana

    Hey, Hymar. Have you tried using the preview feature? Do you copy your work straight in from a word processing program? I heard the new posting code is supposed to ...

    Jan 1, 2013
  • Other » General, Dramatic Re:

    hey, ash. I will lose the weight I want to, even when it gets rough. after all the other resolutions centering around personality traits and all that other good, MEANINGFUL ...

    Jan 1, 2013
  • Poetry » Dramatic, Realistic Re: Cut Deep

    number one: the sudden change from a third-person vantage point to being directly spoken to is jarring and feels cheap. besides that, it makes me think, "hey wait, you're the ...

    Jan 1, 2013
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: The Status Quo

    "a nice, silent day", is a very very strong line in this, but Charissa, you are letting yourself be hampered by attempting to rhyme. i don't know if you read ...

    Jan 1, 2013
  • Short Story » Humor, General Re: A Test Day

    Hey. This is an exercise in voice, and I absolutely RESPECT and ENCOURAGE you for that, but yes, you have to realize the audience you're writing to. We, like your ...

    Dec 31, 2012
  • Poetry » Romantic, Narrative Re: A Little Shop of Hearts

    I am fairly sure, from the strength of your last line, that the rhyming ruined what would have been an immensely engaging poem. I was about ready to dismiss it ...

    Dec 30, 2012
  • Poetry » Dramatic, Other Re: The Kiss of my Life

    Okay, up front i want to say that i really like the concept of this poem and the vengeance in the speakers voice, the way we don't know her intent ...

    Dec 30, 2012
  • Short Story » Dramatic, Romantic Re: #23

    hey girl, lemme gitchu a review up in here! It's magical. The overall effect is Narnia-like. Anything could happen. take this out and let your piece live and breathe in ...

    Dec 30, 2012
  • Poetry » General, Realistic Re: A quivering heart

    no no no no no no! no, i am sorry, but no! you cannot just use every big, romantic sounding word you know and try to call it poetry! i ...

    Dec 30, 2012
  • Article / Essay » Narrative, Spiritual Re: Opiate

    This is the beginning. This is the start of what will be a powerful non-fiction piece, but you MUST dig further. You MUST find the meat of this. Firstly, you ...

    Dec 30, 2012
  • Poetry » General, General Re: gone

    youuu drew me in immediately with aquarius. as your face when I told that you're like when i told you that you're like is what i think you meant. and ...

    Dec 30, 2012
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Deleted 33

    woo, you were pushing this far too hard, lumi. some of it is brilliant and clear, but some of it is way too heavy handed and went beyond your reach. ...

    Dec 30, 2012
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: An Oxymoron in The Rational

    Heyyy, GeeLyria. I know you worked hard on this, and you did a good job of finding opposites or related phrases and pairing them all together in a line, and ...

    Dec 30, 2012


The day, which was one of the first of spring, cheered even me by the loveliness of its sunshine and the balminess of the air. I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy.
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein