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Matt Bellamy

  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Over the Nights and Morns

    I really like this. I think the theme you have running through it - things being gone by morning, and I like the way you managed to express this in ...

    Jun 9, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Poem by me (inspiring)

    In general, I liked the concept of this poem. However, I found it a little hard to read in places, simply because of the length of some of the lines. ...

    Jun 9, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Rain Drop

    Very cute! I think it would look nicer if there were some capitalization, though. And I don't like that it dies, I would prefer it if it perhaps, rested on ...

    Apr 18, 2008
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Gay Teenage Romance Story

    Hey, firstly, welcome to the site. Here at YWS we do ask that you review two pieces of work before submitting your own, so you might want to take a ...

    Apr 17, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Possession

    This was pretty good. A few things though: First you say you taste blood, and that he has hit your cheek, but then you say "he won't, he can't" as ...

    Apr 10, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: It Started Off

    I didn't find it confusing at all. However, it is a little cliché in places. I think you should add a little more to it to make it more personal ...

    Apr 10, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: thanks again

    This sounds angry, and, while I know it sounds angry, it doesn't make me feel angry too, and really good poetry should do that. Your line breaks are strange, especially ...

    Apr 9, 2008
  • Lyrics » General, General Re: Mama's Smile

    I have never critiqued lyrics before. I used to write them, when I was all teen angsty at fourteen, and they were very, very bad! But I'll do my best ...

    Apr 9, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Food

    This is hard to critique! xD I like the shortness of the first line, setting the scene for the rest of the poem. Perched in the air...kind of makes me ...

    Apr 9, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Epiphany

    I was once a follower Who just wanted to fit in A fool caught up with everyone’s thoughts A tiny change, but I'd put a full stop at the end ...

    Mar 25, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: The Fall

    "Friction loses its mighty grip, as gravity drags me down to bitter ice." ^^ This stanza made me smile. I don't know if you wanted it to be amusing, but ...

    Mar 25, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Alive but Dying

    Hmm. I do like the theme of this poem; that throughout you are describing everything that is wrong, and then the last line that turns it around. However, just by ...

    Feb 12, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Meeting Place

    Just gonna go through this line by line: Where will you go, When it gets too much to bear? And I will try to meet you there.

    Feb 12, 2008
  • Lyrics » General, General Re: I'd Like To Stay, But It Can't Be This Way

    I liked the similes you used, but it seemed a little...unfinished. I was waiting for one more line, to rhyme with your last one, to just kind of round it ...

    Feb 3, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Everything's Gonna Be Alright.

    Welcome to YWS :) I'd like to point out that we use a 2:1 ratio here; that is, for every piece of work you post, you need to critique two ...

    Jan 31, 2008


Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.
— Elias Root Beadle