Incandescence

Worgs, There's a wonderful sentiment behind this, and I think we've all shared it at some point. The problem is that the poem as it stands is simply far too ...

Hi Worgs, I do not know where this has been successful, other than perhaps in sympathetic circles. For this reader, however, it is awful. It's a self-absorbed, privately coded tour ...

Sureal, I feel like I've seen this poem, with its lists of small events and items, and its trigger to a flashback, hundreds of times before. I expect I'll see ...

Worgs, The piece seems intent on plowing the same patch of ground until the reader "gets it." This didactic approach and the shift from "he" to "you" runs counter to ...

Guys, Let's try to keep this on topic. Thanks. Worgs, I am going to respond here to your PM, since this is a more suitable place for discussions of attempts ...

Lexy, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Ani, Same to you. xanthan_gum, I understand that it is confusing, but I do not know that I agree with "unclear." To brush one's ...

Hi all, The only issue here is that we are assuming Kim Jong Il is rational, stable, etc. What I mean is, as a communist leader bred of Soviet influences, ...

Jiggity, I see a dignified attempt to create something. What?--I'm not certain it's complete, but at present it's an idea that has been rehashed a few times too many to ...

Bjorn, I'm afraid that your ideas of Stalinism and Nazism are off. For a Marxist, I think you will appreciate the following remarks, which have been limited to a specific ...

Hi Myth, In general, I would say it depends on how futuristic it is. Every five hundred years or so, we've seen revolutions in (at least) the English language. The ...

Hi all, Indeed, is this the status quo we wish to maintain? An entire population suffering from malnutrition? I say we pull the plug and remind them how much they ...

Misty, This poem is overrun with grammatical havoc. The idea is laudable, but I don't feel like the means were correctly executed. In fact, it was so poorly delivered, I'm ...

Welcome Worgs, We always enjoy a new read. The only above comment worth saving is backgroundbob's. This is too politically motivated for me to empathize with you. Subtlety is the ...

Guys, Again. The Pledge is not to anything but America--not the administration in office, not God, not anything BUT America. And, more than that, it is a pledge to the ...

Lama, My statement was a generalization that, in honesty, predated yours, if you'll look back to the News section. However, it's silly to argue about such things. More to the ...