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  • Poetry » Other, General 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
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General 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
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General 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
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General 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
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General 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
  • Poetry » Other, General 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
  • Poetry » Other, General 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
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General 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
  • Short Story » General, General 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
  • Poetry » Narrative, General 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
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General 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
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General 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
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General 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
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General 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
  • Short Story » General, General 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


Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
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