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  • Other Poetry Re: A September Siken Thread

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    Sep 1, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: Undertows

    Since I'm on a bit of a dissection roll tonight, I might as well continue. religion I actually used this one to help unlock the other two. Maybe I was ...

    Aug 31, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: Undertows

    Okay, yes. I'm back. plums (this fell sergeant) Your titles are really something. 'Sergeant' - I want to know what this is referring to. This poem seems even more fleeting ...

    Aug 31, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: Undertows

    Hey Kylan - Feels like it's been a long time, no read. And it interests me how you have grouped these according to theme - something even larger to unravel, ...

    Aug 31, 2010
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    Aug 30, 2010
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Meter

    I went off rhyming poetry a while back, so rhythm went out the window with it too. I find that in general, rhythm probably hinders the flow more than anything ...

    Aug 28, 2010
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Help Deciding

    Firstly, I have no issue with a poem being a rehash of a short story. I've done it enough times myself - mixed and merged ideas, drawn from my poetry ...

    Aug 28, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Miss Nostalgia

    Hey writtenacrossmysoul (what may I call you that is shorter?!) - Your phrasing and juxtaposition of ideas reminded me a lot of one of my favourite poets, Richard Siken. And ...

    Aug 26, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: A Gesture Among Five Strangers

    Hey sarg - It has indeed taken me some time to get here, but I am here. (You know, I read everything you write :)). And I must say that ...

    Aug 25, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Your opinion on poetry.

    What do you mean, 'love' doesn't rhyme prettily? Anyway - Siken is all about terrible beauty in incompleteness and all; a master of the free verse. I don't see what ...

    Aug 24, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: Winsomeness

    Hi Hibiscus - So, something more graceful here, I see. Well, more interesting than the last I reviewed at any rate, and like one of your other ones, this had ...

    Aug 23, 2010
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Writers' Crusade (Against Typo Demons)

    Hey Kyllorac - Fitting that you should post this just as I was childishly falling in love with an old favourite rhyming poem. I will tell you this first off ...

    Aug 23, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Ain't ya, kid

    Hey Attolia - Long time, no read for sure. Firstly, I want to say that I love experimentation in style and voice - I think it's important to be reasonably ...

    Aug 22, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Accents

    NZ accent - usually. It's hideous. 'Seven' = 'Seevin,' 'Bed' = 'Beed,' 'Red' = 'Reed'. However, I talk in a mixture of the British/American/Indian accent at home so that my ...

    Aug 22, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Kisses

    Hey Hibiscus - Can't say I enjoyed this poem. Neither the subject matter struck me as particularly inventive, nor the way you addressed it. Mainly, whatever effect you wanted to ...

    Aug 22, 2010


Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
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