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  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Ladders

    if you ask me. Having this line all by itself as a stanza really separates it from the entire poem, and in a bad way. It puts what feels like ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Story of a Stereotype

    Well, this review is probably more than a little late to help with the final project bit, but here I am to review, nonetheless. Hopefully you'll be able to apply ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Poet

    like 100ft rubies or giant rings, It would be best to write out 100ft as words. After all, your readers can't read your mind, and they won't know if you ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Seagulls on a Rock

    I... am not sure what to make of this poem to be quite honest. It's certainly unique, though I'm not sure that's a good thing in this case. There are ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Seperate

    When one refuses to abide Abide what? Don't leave your readers hanging like this. It's like carving a gorge right in the middle of their path and neglecting to build ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Watch people.

    Good people breath, and bad people breath. I think you meant "breathe". I must admit though, the thought of good people breath is pretty funny because then you've got good ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Solzhenitsyn’s Reverie

    A fuzzy grey rabbit lopes down by the banking And here I got the image of a fuzzy grey rabbit going to the rabbit bank to make a withdrawal or ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: I don't want to be a flying mermaid

    That I can breathe. The "that" here is rather unnecessary. It might not seem like much, but filler words like "that" can really weaken your poem, and "that" really weakens ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Awaken

    Broken only by the gentle snores. "The gentle snores" feels strangely definite. The gentle snores of what? Why is it significant that the snores are the gentle snores? Personally, I'm ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Two Doves

    One day I saw two doves, (6) the male was expressing his love. (8) But the female just flew away (8) the male was left to sorrow another day. (11) ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Wrapped Up

    The one thing you have going for you in this piece is flow. There really weren't any issues with it at all, which is always a pleasure to read. That ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Polaroid

    The line breaks, they are so abrupt it is jarring to read them. Especially in the first stanza, though the second stanza suffers this, to a lesser extent. The line ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: You Take My Soul

    Your first stanza was quite nice. It flowed and rhymed rather well. Your second stanza, on the other hand... Everything fell apart there -- the flow, the rhythm, the rhyme. ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: She, the Moon

    The moon. they say, will never care Why is there a period here? The moon, always there in the sky The wording here is quite awkward to say. Switching the ...

    May 24, 2012
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Painting the Clouds

    with our hands twined Should be "entwined". Not only does it sound a little better, but it also makes more sense. To twine something is to wrap it in twine, ...

    May 24, 2012


Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.
— Jamie Anderson