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Re: A maiden's woe
Reminds me of these really old fairy tales I'm reading. They're the Grimm's versions of them, which makes them as close to the original as you're apt to get. Both ...
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Re: Hiding The Cracks
Interesting. A common topic, but an interesting metaphor. One that could be made all the better with a little strengthening. You lay down the foundation (so to speak) of the ...
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Re: Four Roses
Aw, cute! I remember a long, long time ago hearing about the roses, and I think yellow meant something too, but for the life of me, I can't remember. It's ...
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Re: The White One
Good structure, good concept, but a little too jumpy for me. You gor from one area of the jungle to the other before we even have time to look around, ...
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Re: Mastering an Art
Yikes, rhyming. Rhyming isn't a bad thing, far from it. It does pose some challenges, however. Once you settle on a rhyme scheme, you often feel the need to stick ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: A Change
Poems and death go as far back as religion, where, before written language was a common form of communication, people told stories in poem-format to make it easier to remember. ...
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Re: ode to an alienated lover
Interesting poem. Actually reminds me of someone else's summer love. It actually matched emotion for emotion pretty well. Except, their's ended happily and is still going on, I think. So ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: deleted
Nice poem. Good imagery. Particularly like the line, "The slither of a belly on the moss" because of how clearly it conveys the image you are trying to describe. It ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: The Sharpest Blade
Opening scene: a teenager whose heart has just been broke (we assume) and who is now contemplating suicide (again, an assumption, but this time reinforced by the title). Cut to ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: She
She could not scratch nor could she bite, 8 syllables here For the chains of responsibility towards his family bound her with might. 19 here She huffed and puffed and ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: Removed #8
Goodness, AM. 0.o Pretty poem! But a little on the boring side. It doesn't appear to convey any message right off the bat and seems to have descriptive words running ...
Jan 6, 2010 -
Re: The Raid on Fort Pierce
Love the choppiness here! Works very well with the subject at hand, as does the repetition. However, the part where you repeat but not really, where he comes to life ...
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Re: Nelson Mandela: The man made of peace
I don't mind the extra spaces between the words, personally. It all depends on the feel you're trying to give your readers. I put a very very slight mental paus ...
Jan 6, 2010 -
Re: Removed #8
Technically, Snow doesn't turn read with blood unless there's heaps and heaps of it in one single spot. But seeing as these things tend to spread out, unless she gutted ...
Jan 6, 2010 -
Re: the walrus sings at midnight
That is a weeeeird poem. But very poetic. I have no idea what it's about, and it does sound rather whimsical, but wow. Very interesting. It might be just the ...
Jan 6, 2010
