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Re: My Father
Hey hey! Welcome to YWS and thanks for posting this emotionally raw and honest poem. What I loved: the journey from childhood admiration to disappointment and emotional distance is well ...
Aug 12 -
Re: Yet, When, If
Hey there, JMBM back with a mini-review. So, your poem, the way I understand it, is about your desire for pregnancy with the accompanying fear that surfaces on that last ...
Aug 11 -
Re: ,,Please, make it go away''
Hi, JMBM here, hiding under my blanket and reading your story. I never try to review an entire piece at once cuz that's scary; I'll always feel like I missed ...
Jul 24 -
Re: highway hypnosis
Afternoon! JMBM here with a mini review. First impressions. Cool format! On the first read, seeing that 'RED' interrupt the first stanza was hyper effective because it wasn't immediately obvious ...
Jun 10 -
Re: american dust and other silent killers
Hi, Mini Review on this lovely sunday morning! I'm using Cherie's fruit-themed template today. Skin - Initial Observations The title. It was intriguing. Once I'd read the work I saw ...
Jun 7 -
Re: Child in the 21st century.
Best parts: "The street lights you used to follow home are broken / And now we stumble through the darkness" - This is beautifully concrete imagery that carries the weight ...
May 12 -
Re: The Divided House
Wow, that's really hard, I sympathise. Just know that seriously every day you get up and go out there into the big wide world without assassinating anyone? You're doing more ...
May 12 -
Re: carry it like a madwoman
Omg your title is insane! I love that line. It's so powerful. ok mini review today! One thing I loved: the italicized part. 'You're a special flavour of undoing', that's ...
May 10 -
Re: Disconnected-early draft
Okay so I just read through your draft and honestly? It's pretty cool. Like the whole waking-up-and-not-being-able-to-see-yourself thing is genuinely creepy and I was immediately hooked. That's a soli
May 10 -
Re: ars (ours) poetica
Really enjoyed this one! The opening immediately grabbed me - there's something about the casual way you mention almost getting hit by a truck that feels very real and modern. ...
May 4 -
Re: “Infinite Scroll, Finite Mind”
Mini review here on this lovely summer morning! Which, by the way, I know we all love YWS but- as this poem is telling us - maybe it's time to ...
May 4 -
Re: The Funeral
Hi! You're my second mini-review of the day, so again, mini reviews do NOT list everything that's good about your poem, and this is not all the attention your striking ...
Apr 22 -
Re: What does it mean to be Asian?
Hi, I'm here for a mini-review. Just a heads-up, my mini-reviews definitely do not list all the things I liked about a poem, just what struck me most on first ...
Apr 22 -
Re: my sad isn't picturesque
You referencing Edgar Allen Poe's 'The raven'? ('Nevermore') I love that poem! Now onto the mini - review. What I loved: This. it's laughable you're happy are you happy because ...
Apr 16 -
Re: Rio
Your poem is short but sharp. I like how you opened with the sensory details of touch and taste as opposed to the more conventional sight. It brings us right ...
Apr 16
