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Re: Boring Phone-Calls
Very good. Really, its better than I could do, so I feel a little bad sayin that I have couple nitpicks. First, the middle section (5-10, approx.) was really nice. ...
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Re: Who am I?
You have a very good first verse here, and I'm going to have to agree with Evi in saying teenage angst/depression is a really hard poem to write because of ...
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Re: The Haunting Voice
I like how you chose to express yourself in this poem--audible instead of visual characteristics are a nice change. I'm going to go against the crowd and say that I ...
Jun 27, 2010 -
Re: Guidelines for Thought
I like the subject you're persuing in this poem, but I'm sorry to say the rhyme just does not work for me. First, this is too short a poem for ...
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Re: Don't Call Me James
This had a really great flow, and there aren't any grammer mistakes or typos that I see (gaureented, I'm writing this at midnight by the light of my laptop screen, ...
Jun 27, 2010 -
Re: A Promise is a Death Threat [edited]
This is my first fiction review, so please excuse me if I don't hit on something! Firstly, I found this interesting. Not perfect-- but interesting, so good job there. You ...
Jun 26, 2010 -
Re: Of A Rose
This is a good start, but the repition is really, really annoying (trust me, when I started writing poetry I did the exact same thing). Also, i will agree with ...
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Re: A Life I Didn't Need
This is too long. I sense the emotions coming through, but you've just got too much and it comes off as angsty rather than poignant. Cut out everything you don't ...
Jun 26, 2010 -
Re: With Eyes Alone
I will have to third that herky-jerky comment about the poem. Really, you need to condense some lines. This short stuff really says little, and all your doing is stretching ...
Jun 26, 2010 -
Re: The Young Mind
Well, you've certainly got better rythmn than I do, that's for sure. Really, good job on this. My only complaint is that the reader rather tumbles through it--slow down the ...
Jun 26, 2010 -
Re: Mary Ann
I like the voice in this poem. Its quirky, and slightly cynical, especially in the beginning. I wish that your last verses, whcih feel slightly stale and cardboard by comparison, ...
Jun 26, 2010 -
Re: Marked
This was a good poem already, but it feels heavy and bogged-down in the multitudes of disease/dirty images you're throwing at the reader. Does each line need to be so ...
Jun 26, 2010 -
Re: Breath me in
Quite honestly (and I really am sorry if this sounds cruel) I didn't feel much for this poem. There is nothing to hang on to--no metaphors, imagery, or really even ...
Jun 26, 2010 -
Re: It claws beneath my eyes
I like this poem at lot, actually (i was thinking I wouldn't from the title, but I was surprised). There were a few things that bugged me, though. First off, ...
Jun 26, 2010 -
Re: The Night Sky
I think you have a really good start here, but it could use some touching up. First off, I'm not sure I like that you have punctuation at the end ...
Jun 26, 2010
