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  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Behind Coffee Colored Lashes

    Sarah, I think I'm in love with this character. Those small instances of awkwardness and stumbling that clutter and color your work have never been more appropriate.... I want the ...

    Jul 22, 2005
  • Lyric Poetry Re: After You (over 13 - language)

    Do you really think so, about the language? I don't know, maybe I'm weird, but I've just never really found a problem with words like that in poetry, or in ...

    Apr 8, 2005
  • Lyric Poetry Re: After You (over 13 - language)

    I wasn’t looking for what I found Obviously, since what I found was you. Upon entering this new round I came into a better place, a better time. After you, ...

    Apr 8, 2005
  • Welcome Mat Re: I'm not an emo kid anymore. Seriously.

    Yeah, just a bit of one. Thanks for all your suggestions, and if anyone has anymore, I'll appreciate those as well. I'm finally going to have to read The Lord ...

    Apr 7, 2005
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: Opening to (hopefully) a novel

    Hi Sarah. I really like the overall ideas you're trying to get out with this. Your execution is superb, and I love how you word certain things. The only problem ...

    Apr 7, 2005
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Like the Wind

    I like what you are doing here. One suggestion I'll make is to change the line "Letting the wind beat me into submission." The line, and, more specifically, the word ...

    Apr 6, 2005
  • Other Poetry Re: Hero

    Since you're going for a poem with form, you might want to consider making the third line of the first four stanzas start with "My hero..." The final stanza using ...

    Apr 5, 2005
  • Welcome Mat Re: I'm not an emo kid anymore. Seriously.

    I'm not really all that particular about a genre. Most of what I've read and enjoyed in the past has been character-driven science fiction, but I'm really looking to expand ...

    Apr 5, 2005
  • Welcome Mat Re: I'm not an emo kid anymore. Seriously.

    Hi there. I've already posted a poem I wrote a few months ago, but I decided I might as well introduce myself before I head off to sleepy land on ...

    Apr 5, 2005
  • Other Poetry Re: Flotation Devices

    Hi, I'm new. Any constructive criticism would be appreciated. I'm not generally one to make excuses, but know that I've just started dabbling in poetry recently. The extent to which ...

    Apr 5, 2005


Memories, left untranslated, can be disowned; memories untranslatable can become someone else’s story.
— YiYun Li