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  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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 ...

    Jan 8, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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 ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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 ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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, ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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. ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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 ...

    Jan 6, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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


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