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Re: My Lover's Dance
Hi. This flows well. I think that the second stanza is much stronger than the first. I really like; "Day disappears and as night creeps closer, We fall into a ...
Aug 29, 2009 -
Re: Water
Hi. You make some interesting associations with water here. My favourite is; "A mother’s grief; how she lost her child." In itself, I can't really see anything wrong with this, ...
Aug 29, 2009 -
Re: The Stranger is Watching
This flows well as a whole and progresses nicely from beginning to end. I think the constant repetition is too much- it gets wearisome and doesn't really add anything to ...
Aug 26, 2009 -
Re: walking bodies
I love this. The first sentence is great. I love; "their red fissure breaking bare" and "ripen into carcasses". It flows very well and the end is powerful. My only ...
Aug 26, 2009 -
Re: Genetics
Hi. I really like; "Half him and half her course through my veins They are there My hair, my blood, my short fingernails They are me." After this point, I ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: I Am
Hi. Congrats on your first poem! I hope you keep it up. You stuck closely to the form- I believe that any lack of elaboration, or any tendancy towards repetition ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: Summer in its 30s
Hi. I love and adore this. It flows perfectly, and your language and imagery is beautiful. I especially liked; "newborn rainbow", "dirt from dying things" and "blissful drunken season". I ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: My notebook
Hi June. I really enjoyed this. Your imagery's lovely. I especially liked; "In a flurry of pages". Stanza two is perfect- the flow is flawless, and again the imagery is ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: Me and you
Hi again, Critique number two, as per your request. I think it's much better now. I have two final tips for you; the first is to kepe to one tense. ...
Aug 25, 2009 -
Re: Tom Marvolo Riddle's First Wand
Hi. This is a fresh and interesting piece. I'd begin it earlier, at least with Tom's entrance into the shop and his impression of it, if not before then. As ...
Jul 12, 2009 -
Re: My Mother and I
Hi Clau. I really shouldn't attempt to critique your poetry as I always love it too much. Oh well. I'll give it a shot... I love the first stanza. The ...
Jul 12, 2009 -
Re: Scribbles in Concrete
Yay! A new poem by Matt! I love your poetry! This begins well. I'd add some sort of punctuation after "concrete." I love; "Scuffed footprints." It's a great image. I ...
Jul 12, 2009 -
Re: What a Wonderful World
Hi. I think that the interspersing of the song was a tad bizarre. The contrast of the slow song and Jack's running is a bit strange. If you have a ...
Jul 6, 2009 -
Re: Friends
Hi. This flows well and you handle the rhyme scheme well. The first "your" should be "you're". If you're ever uncertain, stop and ask yourself if it would make more ...
Jul 4, 2009 -
Re: Me and you
Hi. You're right, I think this needs to be longer, but I'll get to that in a minute, after I look at what you have already. To be brutally honest ...
Jul 4, 2009
