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Leja

  • Poetry Discussion Re: how do you write a haiku?

    Hi tori, A lot of haikus traditionally describe some aspect of nature, but some of my favorites aren't really about anything at all. Take this famous one, for example: "Haiku ...

    Mar 12, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Life at its Best

    I really like the form you picked here; the structure and heraldry is cool to introduce a new baby, but keep up the same energy throughout the poem. I like ...

    Mar 12, 2010
  • Art & Photography Re: Guess Who! (PG?)

    I really like the second one for the shading around the eyes and nose!

    Dec 2, 2009
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Big changes to topics

    Sweetness!

    Dec 2, 2009
  • NovMo Archives Re: Have a NaNoWriMo.org account? (08)

    I'm Settie (again) =) And I'm definitely going to need people yelling at me to not fall behind! (p.s. the yws thread of the nano site isn't working; it says ...

    Oct 14, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Sol Invictus on Trial

    I have a confession to make. I was going to be a bad reader and skim through the first stanza and not comment, but then I actually started reading, and ...

    Jul 19, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Delusion

    I'm confused. I feel like I'm playing connect the dots when I should be painting by numbers. That is, you as the writer should make the initial connections between ideas, ...

    Jul 19, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: plowing through the night

    on fires, and glowing orange fibers dance across your fingers like elastic bands, like lovelovelovelove. I'm sorry, that's not a very helpful way to start a review. But it's just ...

    Jul 19, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Miss-placed Affection

    First, a brief non-critique: I think that part of why this hasn't gotten many responses is because you began by telling us that it's written to work out some feelings. ...

    Jul 19, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: boy prodigy crushed by reality

    As a whole, I think you have a really good start here, it just needs a little solidifying. This could totally just be me, but I can't stand the word ...

    Jul 19, 2009
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: How Far Did You Get?

    I think I was on April 27th or so before I stopped. So close, yet so far! Then again, there were definitely days when I was writing [s]multiple[/s] makeup poems ...

    May 5, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: The YWS Map: 2008 v. 2009

    That's so cool!

    Apr 26, 2009
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: tinbrick alley -- leja's thread

    25. a poem in five parts i. We all head down to the shore looking for some waves and places to forget all our blue book lore smart water knows ...

    Apr 25, 2009
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: tinbrick alley -- leja's thread

    20. the wizard of oz lost dorothy somewhere in the middle of spring semester Wind caught us up in a cycolone is unfortunate, flying around the world whether it wants ...

    Apr 24, 2009
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: tinbrick alley -- leja's thread

    april the eighteenth Today I am a jenny Gen Y artist in a graphic print dress and an apron, walking around barefoot washing dishes and listening to hipster music, a ...

    Apr 19, 2009


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