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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
