Incandescence

If you love implicit differentiation, just wait until the miracle of partial differentiation. (Seriously). ^_^

Audy, Via is quite right, and I'd like to emphasize that the stereotyping she mentions is even less valid for highly gifted individuals than for "normal' people. Quirks, personality ticks ...

Removed.

Thanks Via. I have been toying with ending S3 on "leave" instead of "go". I think it would push the reader into the next strophe without it being so clumsy. ...

Thanks all! For me, the last stanza also brings back the image of the dying tree that returns, plus what Colleen has pointed out. The "violence" in the first stanza ...

Via-- The linebreak was intentional (Suz's catch wasn't), but I suppose if its intent wasn't obvious, it isn't working, and something needs to be reworked. Best, Brad

All, Let me assuage any concerns you may have about the quality of the writing: I am quite pleased with the array of submissions we received (many people submitted multiple ...

The others choose to patronize those restaurants. Laws are not passed for others' convenience. When a restaurant is owned by a private individual, it is NOT the government's right to ...

I'm going to assume you mean illegal immigration since you mentioned immigration laws. Denouement, Maybe in England people not from England have a "right" to be there. But in America, ...

Update: 20 November 2007 Previously: Bethlehem was rejected by HBO--going to set it aside for a while and return after next May. Currently: Potato in the Orchard is coming along ...

The only thing illegal that occurred was Megan committed suicide. If the parents feel like they can "without a doubt" prove that the adults behind the instigation intended for Megan ...

Before I get flooded with emails, Nate sent me a bunch of submissions later this evening, which I have not had time to review. If you have not heard from ...

jacqueliemi, The whole thing feels like a big gimmick. The one-word lines aren't doing anything but annoying your readers and taking away from the poem. I can see what you're ...

Maki-Chan, You have collected a bunch of words that mean basically nothing and called it a poem. It's like you walked into Hallmark, picked up a few cards, and jotted ...

spiritblackwolf2705, This suffers the same problem as your last piece: irrelevance to anything, even within the poem itself. Some lines present an image that just disappears altogether, never to retur