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Re: His Shoes
Hi Via, I really enjoyed this. I'd put "have" before the first "gone by". I love the little images you use like the coin holder.I really love; "One dances a ...
Dec 17, 2009 -
Re: Emotionally Dead
Hi, The anger in this poem comes across strongly and it flows nicely. I think I'd try to make it more visual rather than internalizing it- maybe describe looking at ...
Dec 16, 2009 -
Re: A Vodka Tonic Promise
Hi, I thought that this was beautifully written.I love your imagery and use of language, and this flows well. I especially enjoyed; "Four walls and forty empty voices who will ...
Dec 15, 2009 -
Re: Someday
Hi, Welcome to Yws! I hope you like it here. I like the central image here. I especially liked; "Painted so beautifully Of dark concrete With shiny yellow paint", as ...
Dec 14, 2009 -
Re: The Girl On The Red Swing
Hi Jayden, Welcome to Yws! I thought that this was really lovely. The central image was strong and it ended nicely. After "like the night" and "like the stream" I'd ...
Dec 13, 2009 -
Re: tis the night of Halloween.
Hi, Welcome to YWS. I hope you like it here. I love your use of rhyme and how the story unfolds. This is a great idea and you express it ...
Dec 6, 2009 -
Re: L.A Hotel Room
Thanks a mil Kit. :) I'll think about expanding,and looking at re-wording how my characters are arranged around the room in the second stanza...mostly they were just tired, and too ...
Dec 6, 2009 -
Re: To a star
Hi, I really enjoyed this! I thought the rhythm was completely captivating, and that the rhyme was very effective. The poem as a whole flowed beautifully. I'd change the semi-colon ...
Dec 6, 2009 -
Re: The Life not Lived
Hi, This flows nicely. I love; "you can pull the blanket tighter, but this is the kind of cold that doesn’t really go away." I'd change; "looking outside, you feel ...
Dec 6, 2009 -
Re: L.A Hotel Room
After four hours' sleep and too much Chinese food (more than half of which now festers in a drawer), we fisherman-stare at the magical box which now spews entertainment news ...
Dec 5, 2009 -
Re: A Sound of the Wind
Hi, Welcome to YWS!I hope you like it here. I really enjoyed this. It's a lovely idea, and it's laid out very well and moves nicely from beginning to end.You ...
Dec 5, 2009 -
Re: I've discoverd something kind of bad...
"Twilight" and your story are love stories, and it's really hard to write a unique love story; the characters have to meet and fall in love, they inevitably encounter some ...
Nov 30, 2009 -
Re: Vulnerable
Hi Kat, Welcome to Yws! I hope you like it here. This was to the point, which was good. The first thing I noticed about this was the font-I felt ...
Nov 27, 2009 -
Re: You.
Hi, Welcome to YWS! I hope you like it here. This progresses nicely. There is a clear beginning, middle and end, and the rhythm is consistent and effective. Rather than ...
Nov 27, 2009 -
Re: Happiness
Hi Ash, First I'm going to talk about what you have here, and then I'm going to make suggestions for a possible rewrite. I think this flows nicely, and I ...
Nov 27, 2009
