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Re: The Pirate Ship
This doesn't go anywhere. There is a very limited amount of interest that someone can afford to a description of ships. A story about ships fighting? Yes sure. An interesting ...
May 22, 2008 -
Re: Echoes
This seems to be mainly a nostalgic recollection. There isn't much in terms of emotive description. I mean, what is there in this that makes me care about this? Or ...
May 21, 2008 -
Re: Two for joy
Abstract, thunderous creatures of tempestuous oceans and stinging fires intertwined To start off, here, I think your somewhat too wordy and I'm not so sure as to whether you're generalizing ...
May 21, 2008 -
Re: How the Silver Wears
It's original which for me practically ensures some level of enjoyment. Okay to start: two grammatical things. With a knife I can peal skin, remove veins, Should that be "peel". ...
May 19, 2008 -
Re: Questions Arise! (edit)
I don't know. I'm not inspired or even really questioning. Entitled "Questions Arise!" I expected the questions which were to arise would either be more reader accessible or the poem ...
May 19, 2008 -
Re: The View From A Hot Air Balloon
It was pretty and pretty good. I just felt it was lacking a really effective ending. ‘Come with me, love- come with me!’ " 'Come with me, love' " I ...
May 18, 2008 -
Re: After Midnight
It's an interesting style and I like it. However, it comes across somewhat like an acrostic. A is for ... B is for ... Maybe mix it up a bit ...
May 18, 2008 -
Re: Scattered, Shattered, and Whole
It's nicely simple and what's said is nicely expressed but well, is much being said? It comes across as a simple retelling. I hurt you, I don't regret it, I've ...
May 18, 2008 -
Re: My Own Worst Enemy
I remember the day perfectly. I was sitting in my biology class, half listening to Mrs. Colons speak. Basically I was just writing song lyrics in the margin of my ...
May 18, 2008 -
Re: Budding love
An overlooked small seed at best, planted subtlety in my chest, slowly growing, I not knowing. I'd suggest some sort of stronger punctuation before "I not knowing", make it more ...
May 18, 2008 -
Re: lustrous mortal
I agree with what Vernon said. Consider narrowing your focus here - you seem to be saying so much about so many things that, well, I get lost in what ...
May 17, 2008 -
Re: Eighteen Falling Stars
I think you need to consider more carefully what it is that you are trying to convey in your poem. The first line for example, The night of 18 falling ...
May 17, 2008 -
Re: Ice Cold Rain Drops on Failure
The problem with having a poem completely rhyming and more so in rhyming couplets is that you are often forced to forsake meaning in the search for something that rhymes. ...
May 16, 2008 -
Re: Broken Monotones
It was pretty good - some of the imagery was nice and the ending provided a good finish. swirling around me in a crescendo of greys and faded greens, lifting ...
May 16, 2008 -
Re: Silent River
It was a peaceful, silent, autumn day. The leaves were abandoning their homes and gently gliding to the ground. The birds were chirping as they left their nests to fly ...
May 15, 2008
