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Maximilia

  • Poetry » Realistic, Lyrical Re: Hart

    It's been a while since I was an active member here...i think i might have forgotten how to review. This is kind of surreal, lol. Um, but anyways -- this ...

    Jun 19, 2014
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Newsflash: falling in love is (almost) synonymous to having gum wrappers attack you from within

    I've read this repeatedly: both with enthusiasm and intrigue. This is a strikingly unconventional piece -- the abundant but effective use of parentheses, alongside the thematic motif: gum wrappers. If

    Jan 26, 2014
  • Poetry » Horror, Mystery / Suspense Re: The Monsters in the Closet

    I really dug this. I dug the dictation of the cycle of "monsterhood"; the evolution of the narrator from tormented child into the very thing which had tormented him/her in ...

    Jan 23, 2014
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Threatened by the dragon, saved by the snake

    Heya, Syntax! Got that review for ya: To begin, I'll refute the first reviews claim that this isn't poetry. I heartily disagree. There is such thing as a prose poem ...

    Jan 22, 2014
  • Short Story » Realistic, Literature Re: The Year of Ice

    So, if I were reviewing for a magazine/newspaper: "...this is a piece that comes alive with its deadness. We as readers are dropped into a world frost bitten and quietly ...

    Jan 20, 2014
  • Poetry » General, General Re: A Happy Place (prose poem)

    Hey, Katherine:) Here's a hopefully sufficient review for you: Alrighty. Right off the bat, I noticed there was a very developed mood throughout out the piece: lethargy; tranquility. All simulated ...

    Dec 18, 2013
  • Short Story » Realistic, Literature Re: I Survive

    Wow. Hey, Life. You hit really hard, writing this. I can very deeply relate to this, when it comes to the depression -- however, that's where my experience and personal ...

    Dec 17, 2013
  • Poetry » Literature, General Re: He Will Not Yield Today

    Hey, Farah. Yeah, actually, I thought this was a fairly vivid piece. Personally, I've always found that great poetry is the kind which expresses itself not with an explicitness of ...

    Dec 15, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Relapse

    So, I think it's obvious I was scouring through your stuff...hehe. Back again! Except I think we're both under the bed, now -- this is an incredibly gritty poem. Mostly ...

    Dec 12, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: ..

    Hey there, Monster! What are you doing away from beneath my bed? (...that was really hard to phrase for some reason...) Oooh man, I really like this poem, here. My ...

    Dec 12, 2013
  • Poetry » Narrative, Dramatic Re: I Dream

    Hiya, my wyrdsista! I had the immense pleasure of reading this at 4a.m today and, now, here is my review for you -- poppin' fresh out the oven. So, this ...

    Dec 11, 2013
  • Novel / Chapter » Narrative, General Re: Reality.

    Hey, Prince:) Cheetah is right: this is interesting. I'd love to see how all this about thought and perception tie into this, I'm assuming, romantic experience, and how you'll do ...

    Nov 29, 2013
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, Dramatic Re: Would you like to know how you died?

    I have absolutely no footing in science fiction. First statement. Second: This piece has some very provocative elements and ideas (the title the giveaway after being, first, the bait) and ...

    Nov 26, 2013
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Moths and Butterflies

    Dear MysteryMe, So. It really is odd writing a letter -- awkward even. But I find the most difficulty with the typical anxiety of reviewing and finding the proper angle ...

    Nov 7, 2013
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Take our bones, make us new

    This is the stuff I subconsciously look for in any form of literature; the stark imagery. Bleak abstractions. Petals of raw emotion, beautiful in their simple honesty. This is truly ...

    Oct 10, 2013


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