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  • Dramatic Poetry Re: [removed]

    Hello there! Ego said it; in this poem, you risk turning your poem into a cliche by using cliches. It's not a crime to use cliches, but the only harm ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Deleted

    Makar, This wasn't bad. As I read through this (bearing in mind that I read this a few times and let it sit before I chose to critique it), I ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Toujours

    Hello there! :) Interesting rhyme scheme you have here. I can't tell if the usage of slants and imperfects was intended here, dear, but read this over -- the scheme ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Together Forever

    Hey there, As Ego mentioned, the idea behind this isn't particularly original, and in it being such a common theme, it gets a bit boring. The suicidal love theme of ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Red Chrysanthemums

    Ergo Sum Novus, I found this poem enjoyable in its simplicity. For it being placed in Lyric Poetry, I felt that a bit of the narrative could be trimmed out ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Last Words (Glosa)

    Samasaurus, I loved this. It's not often that I come across a piece of poetry, especially guided ones, and find that I can enjoy it. You wrote this excellently, and ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: The Table

    Hey there, Ollie! [Bear with me, it's terribly late and I'm deprived of sleep :P] This is start with potential! To begin, you see the artistic foot you started us ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: My Sweet, My Silent, My love

    Hey there; June here, Do pay attention to what Sunny was kind enough to point out -- punctuation plays a rather important role in poetry, especially in poems such as ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: The Test

    Lily, Not bad -- I do tend to enjoy poetry more when it has trifold meanings to it, but nonetheless, this is fair. Good use of onomatopoeia, though I'm not ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Never Won

    Hey Jynx, This is a pretty fair beginning. I like the fact that you have a consistent rhyme scheme that you were able to maintain until the end. I often ...

    Dec 19, 2009
  • Art & Photography Re: Ink on Lined Paper

    Jentura! I'm pleasantly impressed! These are really good. I can't offer you much help on these at all. My favorite is the colored in one -- it's pretty and dramatic. ...

    Dec 18, 2009
  • Art & Photography Re: Love

    Classeh -- I'll do a better critique on this when I have my computer back, haha. I need to draw lines on this and such to better instruct what I'm ...

    Dec 18, 2009
  • Art & Photography Re: A Little of Everything!! Points Up For Gabs

    You expected someone to guess, Mademoiselle? ... I'm still unsure what I should say to that. :P My favorite of these is the second of the statue -- it looks ...

    Dec 18, 2009
  • Art & Photography Re: Snowcovered amazingland (Updated 12/17)

    Irish! I actually like this one more! Despite the fact that we still don't have a designated focus, this is easier to look at because the ones at the top ...

    Dec 18, 2009
  • Other Poetry Re: teens

    Hey there! As Classy and Juliet pretty much both said without actually saying it, there's not much meat or fat to eat off of here. To me, this sounded more ...

    Dec 18, 2009


That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.
— Ramy (Babel by R. F. Kuang)