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Leja

  • Lyrics » General, General Re: Racism

    I'm a bit confused. When you say "By my dad" do you mean that what follows was written by your dad, or do you mean that what follows is a ...

    Mar 22, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Goodbye

    Hello and welcome to YWS! We ask that people try to critique two pieces of someone else's work before submitting their own. If you have any questions, you might want ...

    Mar 17, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Play House [Part #01]

    [Part #01] Ooh! That means there'll be more, right? :D I like the title of "Play House"; I'm really excited to see what you do with it. At first, I ...

    Mar 13, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: All Eyes On Us [Edited on 3/18/08]

    What I noticed right off the bat is that almost every sentence begins with a pronoun and after a while, it really starts to weight the story down. the skin ...

    Mar 12, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: In My Room

    There's a lot of physical description here, which is fine, but for much of it, I don't see the point. I like the part about the mother's skin at the ...

    Mar 12, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Small Life, Empty Space

    Look first at just the first word of every line. Do you note how most of them are the same? Repetition can be a useful technique, but when used unconsciously, ...

    Mar 11, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Concerto for Flute

    You know she's a flutist I despise you now :P (kidding) I didn't like most of it. A lot of the phrases seemed written only to support the musical phrases ...

    Mar 11, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: blind eyes

    This is very nice, Gadi. It's a nice, unified image that continues throughout but also progresses. At first I was thinking, "Oh. Dear. I have to read a WHOLE poem ...

    Mar 8, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: El Camino A Casa

    Hello! Ooh, I'm so happy to see some Spanish around here ^_^ (by the way, don't feel like you have to translate everything. Some things just aren't as effective on ...

    Mar 8, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: e-mails

    No worries about font; personally, I only find it annoying if someone's used it when they don't have any format to preserve, but that is not the case here ^_^ ...

    Mar 8, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: The Party Killers [novel]

    Aloha, Suz! Chapter One (1) Does this have enough hook? It didn't, but then Agatha started talking about blood on the ceiling and how people were being killed without her ...

    Mar 8, 2008
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Give me that cigarette

    Give me that cigarette so that my lungs can turn as black as yours and I can have a reason to gasp. This is a nice intro to the rest ...

    Mar 8, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Mathew, please don't leave me

    This is the kind of poem that should have a lot of emotion behind it, but I don't find that to be true here. It's all actions and telling from ...

    Mar 8, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Society

    Gaze upon the sheep of Earth None of which have names. All numbered to be counted While our leaders slumber, tame. Granted, the image as a whole is rather obvious. ...

    Mar 8, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Kaleidoscope

    Within the first two lines, I could tell where the rest of the poem was going. This isn't so great because if I know the whole poem with just the ...

    Mar 8, 2008


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