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Kafkaescence

  • Welcome Mat Re: Hello

    Hey, Amy! Glad you came across this site. You'll find that it is addicting, somewhat maddening, and just a pinch of strange. Perfect ingredients, no? Actually, I hardly found your ...

    Jan 27, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Silent Sentinel

    Cold , alone, she stood like a silent sentinel. Superb imagery. Unwavering, she looked at them as they left her. You started off the last line with the exact same ...

    Jan 27, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: It's Missing You

    This heartache is just long past due Not sure why you need the "just" here. My mind goes insane with every thought of you "Insane" is so cliched. Think of ...

    Jan 27, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Harp String

    A nudge, a fatal blow foretold by the soft note of the harp strings that sleep beneath your fingers; these are the birds’ melodies, dissected and thrown away, into the ...

    Jan 27, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Ramblings of a dead heart.

    Fear? Who is afraid? It's only in my head . I don't understand what this line is trying to say. What's to fear? I f you're stone cold , buried ...

    Jan 26, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Waiting

    Solitude is the single note stung from your violin, long and quavering I just love these first two lines. Great to start out with something as compelling as this. This ...

    Jan 26, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: The Garden of Your Heart

    Your name rolls off my tongue, Gliding gracefully into the air , I don't know about this line. How about putting a semicolon instead of a comma on the line ...

    Jan 26, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Soundscape

    Hey Ear! Yeah, I could tell that inspiration wasn't really with you when you wrote this. It does not sound quite as flowing, as natural, as other pieces by you. ...

    Jan 26, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: September 2010 Stats

    Yeah! Go Portland! Whoo!

    Jan 25, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Vision- Chapter One: An Old Maid

    Looking good!I can't wait to hear more of this story. It will be interesting seeing how you craft the story from this blind girl's point of view. It is very ...

    Jan 25, 2011
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Girl I Hate

    I hate her. I hate the girl staring at me. Her eyes are ugly, brown, and small. The moles that dot her face look like marks where I’d love to ...

    Jan 25, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: What Matters

    [b]There’s a distance in the way she moves, with her simple, awkward swagger. I love these first two lines. Her silence speaks a million words Your use of "a million" ...

    Jan 25, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: A Needle in the Haystack

    [size=130]The hay of a million wordless experiences Not sure I like "wordless." Presents itself to your fingertips, As you gradually unpick your way. Interesting. Its golden streaks obstruct your forf

    Jan 25, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Regress

    The fools, strengthened by swords and the lies of the genocide; they are the first to enter the storm, the first to die in it. Lick up this insanity, it ...

    Jan 25, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: For Love

    I concede to be what you need from me; Spectacular opening line! Silent even though my lips still quiver. I don't particularly like your use of "even though." I think ...

    Jan 25, 2011


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