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  • Poetry » Science, Other
    Re: the facts of orbiting

    Alliyah! I'm looking more at format than content, partly because I have a hard time following with the text moving and disappearing - but maybe that's also a limitation of ...

    Feb 21, 2024


  • Alliyah omg. I love this so much. I will say that I prefer the text version vs. the web version you posted, but that's partly because I often find concrete/visual ...

    Apr 30, 2023


  • Alliyah! I loved the version you posted for NaPo, but since you have this posted here I'll nit-pick. As always, take with however many grains of salt you need ^^ ...

    Apr 29, 2023

  • Poetry » Lyrical, Dramatic
    Re: in the mirror i saw my life’s erosion

    Tae! So basically I love this, and all I really have are some nitpicks because dang. Talk about scathing (and I love your tag to this, too). Last two lines ...

    Mar 26, 2023


  • Hi! Here as threatened :) I love your last line. The stanza above that I think is your strongest - it's definitely the tightest, though you still have moments of ...

    Mar 25, 2023

  • Poetry » Realistic, Romantic
    Re: skydiving as a metaphor for love

    So I don't know if this will manage to be an actual review, but. Yes. This. (I'm old and still trying to find the line, on both counts). But, this ...

    Jan 8, 2021

  • Poetry » Narrative, Realistic
    Re: sinking

    YOU.

    Jul 30, 2020

  • Poetry » Lyrical, Other
    Re: teach me how to tell the time

    Hello! I'll focus on rhythm/meter, since that's what you asked about, though I'll touch on all three, since they're interconnected ^^ In the first stanza, you have two points that ...

    Apr 26, 2020

  • Poetry » Realistic, General
    Re: everything i brought from home

    Alliyah!

    Apr 26, 2020

  • Poetry » General, General
    Re: napo2020 #1

    Hi, Blue! First, I absolutely love your last line, but it comes out of nowhere. There isn't any lead up to it, and the effect is a bit like a ...

    Apr 25, 2020

  • Poetry » Narrative, General
    Re: I Drank in the Dark That Day

    Hi! Just a couple comments, here: there's a couple spots where I think you're overdoing your repetition - "the day you told me," for instance, roughly in the middle and ...

    Sep 19, 2018


  • Fooooort. So I saw your plea on your wall and then scifi and Lauren said it was good and she's so right. I don't entirely know how to review fiction, ...

    Jul 24, 2018

  • Novel / Chapter » Supernatural, Other
    Re: Own My Soul - Chapter Two

    Hi Scar! So, I have no earthly idea how to review prose/novels, so forgive me :P So, question: cat sith? I skimmed through your LMS thread, and don't see an ...

    Jul 18, 2018

  • Poetry » Lyrical, Realistic
    Re: Summer Dissonance

    Aley! Just a couple of nit-picks, here, really: one, I don't think you need "anyways" in your second to last line - it feels off rhythmically, and it gives almost ...

    Jul 1, 2018

  • Poetry » Science Fiction, General
    Re: inhaling the cosmos

    Hi Hattable! Your words sound pretty, but (and I fully admit to quickly reading through the reviews below) I do think if you're going for publication you need a bit ...

    Jun 9, 2018


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