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Juniper

  • Poetry » General, Literature Re: Sonnet Lover

    Hello there! I'm June! I adore the fact that instead of romancing a person, you romance the sonnet itself in this poem. Your rhyme scheme throughout the poem is nice; ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Narrative, Other Re: Paradoxical Roots

    Hey there, I'm June, To me, this poem is perfect. It's so simple but says so much in its short life that I can't help but deeply appreciate it. The ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Fallen Star

    Hey, Tteele, I think you did well capturing the essence of a depressed person in this poem. It seems other reviewers have given you valuable feedback, so it doesn't make ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Romantic, Narrative Re: I'm magic.

    Hey, Sherlock, June here, You have a lot of potential here, and I think where it disappoints is largely due to structural things like line breaks, punctuation, etc. I think ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: She Waved Goodbye

    Hey there, Emmy! It's nice to see how much your poetry has improved through the ages. This poem is very well done -- it cleanly tells a story and introduces ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Nostalgia (Childhood)

    Sollllllll, In the spirit of review day, I am dredging up a somewhat-dated piece of yours to comment on (not because I'm riffling through your portfolio or anything; the forums ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Narrative, Other Re: The Fabric of Me

    Hey Catnip, June here, I think it's very brave of you to summarize yourself into a poem and put it on display for the world to see -- I'm not ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Dramatic, Romantic Re: Delusion

    Hey Catnip! June here, I think this poem has a lot of potential. Let's have a stab, shall we? :) We're wingless in this aimless flight Armless in this bitter ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Little Turtle Blue.

    Hey there! I'm June, I usually find repetition in poetry disagreeable, but here I found it quite the opposite. I liked the way you structured it and incorporated a rhyming ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Humor, Romantic Re: Underdog

    Hey there, Flamingo! I'm June, For someone who claims to not do poetry, you did rather well here. You painted an image excellently, and you successfully conveyed the giddy humorousness ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Dramatic, Culture Re: You Were Young

    Hallo, Misstoria! I'm a big fan of the Killers song, so just knowing that it helped inspire this in some way makes me like this piece that much more. I ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Mystery / Suspense, Other Re: Inquisitive

    Hey there! June here! (go team, right?) I think you did an excellent job here balancing a rhyme scheme with a meaningful poem that felt neither forced or uneven for ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Pet pan. (A broken bird)

    Hey there and welcome to YWS! I'm June, It seems as if you've gotten several valuable critiques on this already, so to save being redundant, I'll keep this brief. My ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Horizons

    Hey there, I'm June, I concur with the previous reviewers when they say that the simplicity of this poem is strongly appreciated. I have a little bit of a qualm ...

    May 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: love like summer

    Heya, Niteowl, June here again, I thoroughly enjoyed this piece for being everything I love about poetry -- it evokes a vivid image that we can picture for ourselves while ...

    May 26, 2013


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