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Re: The Unsettled Lover
Hi, Welcome to YWS! I hope you like it here. I really like the form in the first two stanzas. It really compliments the content. I'd change the third line ...
Jul 31, 2010 -
Re: Wishing on Stars
Hi, You handle the form beautifully. "Wishing on stars for you" works nicely. I'd change "Hoping and praying" to something more visual. Show us how the speaker moves, acts,appears, while ...
Jul 30, 2010 -
Re: Parasite
Hi, Welcome to YWS! I hope you like it here. The rhythm of the first stanza is great and I really love the final decisive line. The imagery in the ...
Jul 27, 2010 -
Re: As I Close My Eyes
Hi, The rhythm is great and I really love the internal rhyme! I'd try to add more imagery, rather than stating outright what you want to convey. Especially since this ...
Jul 25, 2010 -
Re: Vultures
Hi, Welcome to YWS! I hope you like it here. This is an interesting subject and the imagery works well. The simplicity of the tone really accentuates the horror of ...
Jul 20, 2010 -
Re: Unbreakable
Hi, This wasn't at all what the title caused me to expect, and I thought that that was really great! I enjoyed your imagery, particularly in the second stanza, and ...
Jul 16, 2010 -
Re: Mine
Hi, I thought that this was really great. It flows nicely and your imagery is very effective. I especially enjoyed "shells of my fingers"-it's a great image. The opening lines ...
Jul 16, 2010 -
Re: Oh how I hate the stars
Hi, This was refreshing and flowed nicely. The last stanza was particularly powerful, and the tone of the speaker works very well. It develops smoothly from beginning to end, which ...
Jul 16, 2010 -
Re: Gathering at the Light
Hi, I think that this is a beautifully written flows nicely and the imagery is great. I especially enjoyed "chewed her nails" and "the rumpled sheets...mountains" and "linen land." I ...
Jul 16, 2010 -
Re: This House is NOT a Home
Hi, This is a powerful piece and the rhyme works well. I love how you go through all the different characters. There are some minor mistakes with spelling and punctuation. ...
Jul 14, 2010 -
Re: Boring Phone-Calls
Thanks guys! I'll take another look at this soon and see if I can fix it in accordance with your thoughts.:)
Jul 8, 2010 -
Re: Is It Heaven ?
Hi, I think the rhyming couplets work really nicely here. I love "Yellow flowers sleep in their beds." I'd change "White fluffy clouds" because that's an easy image. Is there ...
Jul 8, 2010 -
Re: Where?
Hi, The third and final stanzas are very good. They flow well, the voice of the speaker comes across strongly, I like the use of the question, and "when breathing ...
Jul 8, 2010 -
Re: Glass Tears (EDITED)
Hi, Your imagery is great and your last two lines are really beautiful. It flows very well. I'd cut the more abstract phrases, which focus on the speaker's internal reality, ...
Jul 8, 2010 -
Re: Through The Glass
Hi, The rhythm here is really great. I love the sound and flow of the piece, especially the half-rhyme in the first two lines. The last three lines are very ...
Jul 4, 2010
