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  • Poetry » Other, General Re: sadness

    It's nice enough in its sentimentality but it doesnt really offer anything new because it sort of builds upon the "if you cry, I cry" version of love, without offering ...

    Mar 29, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Fruitful Songs

    The song composed by the watermelon pips that rained upon the sopping dirt was a lie. Now this first part come over a bit randomly to me. If there was ...

    Mar 29, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Words of the Wise

    So boy, you're going to that party on Friday night? Oh yes dad, it's gonna be a rockin' sight! Good first two lines, I can quite clearly determine between the ...

    Mar 29, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: You've Got Back Bone, But Don't Use That Tone

    It's an unusual piece, I don't normally see poems with lines so long. Don't give any lip, don't be a smart aleck. In this opening line I don't think smart ...

    Mar 28, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Drunk Punks, Cigarettes & Gin

    Don't waste away, life's not going out of style I think you need to find a different way of phrasing this line, "style" sticks out and doesn't feel like it ...

    Mar 27, 2007
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Fugitive

    The choice of words, as people have already said, is very good. Nicely chosen descriptive words which create a vivid image. Now, commas, someone else has already commented on this ...

    Mar 27, 2007
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Untitled

    It's an intriguing story, but some of the writing just needs to be touched up a bit. At times sentences are too short or some elaboration is needed on certain ...

    Mar 27, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Black Water

    It's a nice piece and creates some very strong visual images. The first stanza does that very well, one problem I spotted in it was I sink, nor swim, in ...

    Mar 27, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: New Life

    It's a pretty good poem. The punctuation is good (something some people tend to leave out when posting here). First verse is very nice, repetition of "The" at the start ...

    Mar 26, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Oak Tree

    The rhythm for the poem isn't great. The lines start out much longer and then get much shorter as the poem continues. While a few short lines here and there ...

    Mar 26, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Invisible

    Invisibility The cloak of humility You do as they tell you Always helping out Considered great by those you assist But you are not so wonderful inside. Inside you are ...

    Mar 26, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Dorson's Girl

    First of all, what Skell said was right, you need to do more showing and less telling. (I feel a bit hypocritical saying that, I always tell instead of show ...

    Mar 25, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Friendship.

    Nice poem ANI. Does the line spacing mean something? I thought it was a very pretty poem, makes me want to go out and see my friends right now. My ...

    Mar 25, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Fear/Love

    It's all broken, you need to add punctuation and run some lines onto each other. I don’t fear you I love you These can be nice and short, add some ...

    Mar 25, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Full Circle

    It has an interesting start, which is quite unusual. A family of doctors who have little chemical naming competitions. Not something I've ever seen before. It's very original. The writing ...

    Mar 25, 2007


I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.
— Alexander Pushkin