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JimmyTheMighty

  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: I hate my father

    I know the context of this - and you know I like it! Well done Bella, I've read it before obviously, but I do like this :D

    Sep 20, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Pretty Girl

    This is really gorgeous! I love the short, sweet lines - some other dramatic poetry seems to make everything so long and confused, wheras this is very fresh, and also ...

    Sep 20, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: Secrets

    Ooh, I really liked this! It feels almost like a haiku, if you get what I mean, especially the beginning, and I really enjoyed it for that. It's obviously simple, ...

    Sep 20, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Thirteen

    I felt that some parts of it were very lyrical, but others were too jolty - they didn't flow enough: I liked the first stanza, it was interesting, fairly basic, ...

    Sep 20, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Do not fear (9.11)

    Wonderful! I'm a New Zealander, so 9.11 hasn't really affected me in the awful way it has for America, but this really made me feel the pain this has caused ...

    Sep 19, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Through the Window

    That's gorgeous, just gorgeous! I apologise, when I saw what you said about it being about starting high school I wasn't impressed - but within the first stanza I was ...

    Sep 19, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Destruction

    Nice! Very short, yes, but in a way it adds to the overally effect - in some ways grief can be very simple - I look forward to seeing more ...

    Sep 19, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Sweet Dark Stardust

    This does have a backstory, If anyone is interested, but I'm loath to post it here, because it's fairly complicated. If you want it, just ask in the reviews :D ...

    Sep 19, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: White Blood Cells

    Well shadowhunter, you know how much I like science! I like how fast this is - it's cute and quick, and just generally fun - I enjoyed reading it. I ...

    Sep 19, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: nelipot

    This is stunning - absolutely stunning You have amazing skill, even though you use no rhyme, it's very flowing, almost lyrical - and the way you wrote it felt like ...

    Sep 19, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Cain and Abel

    I love this. I truly love this! As I don't really have any complaints, let me tell you how I liked it, and why. The title: Going down the list ...

    Sep 19, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: Cold

    I love the repetition - the last line is what really captured me and made me want to read it again. I like the simplicity - it's not too crowded ...

    Sep 19, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: 500 Words

    Wow. Despite what some other reviewers have said, I think this is wonderful. Just the quality of your descriptive language is exquisite! I couldn't skip a word, I was so ...

    Jan 17, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Ashes To Ashes

    Meh my first review just disapeared :( Oh well, i'll do my best! I absolutely adore the descriptive language used in this piece! Segments like echoing in my ears and ...

    Jan 17, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Funerals

    Fire. Its all I remember about that day, that and the hot burning pain that shot through me, that and the ice that was hammered through my heart. Because I ...

    Dec 23, 2010


The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
— Edward Hirsch