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Re: Wandering River
Needs more concrete details. Give us a name/place/whatever. You should make it specific as humanly possible, then hack and slash things away. Throw in some (VERY few) words like love ...
May 14, 2008 -
Re: The edges of all things turn in
Having 0 reviews sucks, so here I am. Overall, I liked the the fact that you actual wrote a poem about something real and solid and concrete, not solely emotion ...
May 14, 2008 -
Re: The Logarithm of Love
Not saying I'm a poetry expert or anything, but going off the pros of the business, so yeah. I would focus more on the concrete. Showing us true blue images. ...
May 13, 2008 -
Re: Jane Toecup
I'm assuming I know what this is about. But being a dude, I'm not that up to hype on that sorta thing. I wouldn't use "Mary Rose" so much, give ...
May 13, 2008 -
Re: Happy Birthday
Nice, sarcasm in poetry, if I'm reading it right. Just on the general outline of the poem, I would mix the stanzas more, as it's two even ones at the ...
May 12, 2008 -
Re: In An Instant
Well it's late, but better late than never. And it's not even a real criticism because it's a skillfully done essay. My cousin went through a very similar experience, I ...
May 12, 2008 -
Re: Daydreams
I'm criticising with the assumption you aren't that experienced in poetry, like you said. I would look up some modern poetry to get a better grip on the subject as ...
May 12, 2008 -
Re: First Drink
Like the above person said, it's hard to catagorize this, and thus is hard to critique. It seems almost like venting, to someone, or maybe yourself. Could be someone you ...
May 12, 2008 -
Re: This is a Suicide Poem
The ending of the 3rd stanza is a little corny sounding, of course, it's hard to write a poem without a little cornballin'. But the whole 4th stanza is awesome. ...
May 11, 2008 -
Re: Ars Poetica?
I usually don't like criticizing poetry, but for my first YWS friend, anything. Usually when I write, I find the paper very rarely, if ever rustles. Rustling is for leaves ...
May 11, 2008 -
Re: Lonely Sounds of Mourning
Wow, I'm a major historical fiction fan to begin with, and this was quite skillfully done. As the person above said, need to get the comma thing down. And some ...
May 11, 2008 -
Re: Cancer
Very nice, I like the use of more simplistic language. Can't stand when people through huge words in there. I especially liked "because if you did not believe it, we ...
May 11, 2008 -
Re: Dreamed, Dreaming
Alot of nice poem language, patch, denim, slenderness, manic, for some reason all seem poetic to me. Liked the first two lines, why, I can't tell, most poetry is give ...
May 11, 2008 -
Re: The Shiner
My first "review" so I aint gotta get all into or anything, so yeah. Overall, I really liked the story. I usually don't read other amature writers, so i don't ...
May 11, 2008
