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Re: Horror Stories
Hi there, fort! Here for the poetry exchange! I really liked that you ended with the first line. It was interesting to me-- I've done it before, but this poem ...
May 31, 2014 -
Re: Mirror Image
Hi there! I'm glad that the narrator found that she was beautiful. What I think needs some work in this piece is how the narrator figures out that she is ...
May 28, 2014 -
Re: Is it because?
Hi Tessu! Here is my honest opinion. It's filled with good intentions. All right, so you have questions for this mysterious You. This isn't really poetry, it's questions to no ...
May 28, 2014 -
Re: The Only One
Hi there! I like the imagery that you use in this poem. I think, though, that it needs a bit of reworking. The language is quite out of date, and ...
May 27, 2014 -
Re: Okay, I'm going to be honest to the nerds out there
Hello, Cats! I'm here to critique your piece! Yeah! Go nerds! I'm glad you're not ashamed to be who you are! But put a sport in front of me and ...
May 27, 2014 -
Re: Therapy
Hi there, feversinmirrors! Welcome to YWS! It's great to see some new faces around! So I really liked this poem. You give images, and you have a consistent tone. And ...
May 27, 2014 -
Re: Saffron
Hello, Laure! This is supposed to be about a character that you made up, yes? I'm assuming so, and if I'm wrong, I'd clarify your author's note at the beginning. ...
May 27, 2014 -
Re: Hope... I *will* fight
Hi there! Here is my honest opinion. It's filled with good intentions. Does this switch between two people talking? If so, you need to make that clearer. As it is, ...
May 26, 2014 -
Re: To Contend with the Devil
Hi there! For a first poem, this is pretty good! I'll take an in depth look at it, as you request in your introduction. First of all, I suggest that ...
May 26, 2014 -
Re: Get Off The Stage, Sweetheart
Hi there! Here is my honest opinion. It's filled with good intentions. I found this poem contradictory to itself. The narrator says in the first stanza that "we don't care." ...
May 26, 2014 -
Re: Dear Disney
Hi there, disco! Ah, slam poetry. I love a good slam poem. contradictory messages Since this is so early in the poem, it makes me think that you are going ...
May 26, 2014 -
Re: you will not win tonight
Wooow, niteowl, this is great! I looked at the original, and this is an improvement. I didn't see the italics as switching POV as much as the narrator hearing what ...
May 25, 2014 -
Re: Relief
Hi there, Moo, beautiful person! I think this is lovely, and it's hard to imagine that this is a first draft. I agree with Stella in that I think you ...
May 25, 2014 -
Re: shooting stars
Hi, Nightcrawler! Wow, the imagery in this is beautiful! It takes me into swirls of dust motes and stardust, and it's really stunning. Now, this imagery does have a bit ...
May 25, 2014 -
Re: Life Is Suffering
Hay gurlfraaaaand~ I'm not used to this frankly talking to the reader thing, but I kind of like it. Poems sometimes not to be poems, but paintings, but this poem ...
May 25, 2014
