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Re: Darkness' Release
Hi, I like the couplet structure here, it works really nicely. This is very internal so I'd try to turn it outwards. For example, it focuses a lot on what ...
Jun 1, 2010 -
Re: I Keep you - by Nicole B
Hi, Welcome to YWS! I hope you like it here. This is really lovely. I'd change the last line as it's a bit short. Maybe "keeping" should be changed to ...
Jun 1, 2010 -
Re: Finis. Exit.
Hi, I really enjoyed this. Your imagery is great. I especially liked the first stanza and; "where it smothered the marigold rising out of a sidewalk crack" and "knit myself ...
May 31, 2010 -
Re: I am Perfect
Hi, I love the contrast between the good qualities, the flaws, and the final line. I'd make them into stanzas, so the good qualities, the flaws and the last line ...
May 31, 2010 -
Re: Bloom and Die
Hi, I really enjoyed this. The form works really nicely and gives this a real energy. I love "spiral upward". I'd cut references to darkness, light and the soul and ...
May 31, 2010 -
Re: Happy Birthday, Nate!
Happy late birthday :)
May 31, 2010 -
Re: Summer Reading List?
Hmm... I like this list idea...let's see... Ok so this ended up like eighty-three books long, so I'm going to whittle it down... The Master Colm ToibĂn Mansfield Park Jane ...
May 30, 2010 -
Re: Andy Warhol
Hi, I thought the second stanza worked very well in terms of sound. This felt a bit disjointed to me. The repetition got monotonous and I don't think it really ...
May 28, 2010 -
Re: Aerolite
Laurel "There are other fairies in these parts, who we have been trying to converse with on urgent matters, but who constantly ignore us out of sheer rudeness. They mostly ...
May 25, 2010 -
Re: Drifting
Hi, Your imagery is really beautiful. I especially like "blue evening glow" and "listening to the sprinklers hit the tree trunks". I think the first stanza is really great. I'd ...
May 25, 2010 -
Re: I don't even know if I like this poem...
Hi, I like the contrast between "witching hour" and more familiar images like "I poured the lemonade and the vodka". I'd change "table made of wood" to "wooden table" because ...
May 25, 2010 -
Re: Touched
Hi, You create a very visual image. I'd change the layout of this to make it easier to read, for example; "Cold fingers traveled the length of her bronzed narrow ...
May 25, 2010 -
Re: Looking Glass
Hi, I like the idea here and the final image is great. I'd try rewriting this with less direct commentary, for example, instead of telling the reader "All I see ...
May 25, 2010 -
Re: [The Most Epic] Desert Island Discs Project
This is so brilliant! :)
May 24, 2010 -
Re: Elizabeth
Hi, I really enjoyed this, it's a great story, very well told and the form compliments it. I love "still as fallen snow" and the ending is brilliant-not at all ...
May 22, 2010
