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Re: emo poetry
For me, right? You posted this for me, right? What a joke. Helpful + emo poetry = disaster. You are incapable of writing it. Enjambment seems to be your friend ...
Oct 18, 2010 -
Re: A Letter to Pedantic Americans
Dang it. Helpful got there before me. I was just about to point out that 'z' was how it was in England itself before . That said, I, living in ...
Oct 18, 2010 -
Re: Rubber Immortal, Part Four
Hey Hannah At last, the final part. I am entering this remembering the blackness at the end of part three – if not blackness, then a certain melancholic feel, a ...
Sep 29, 2010 -
Re: Suicide
Hi BlueAfrica - First comment: I vote for a title change. This piece is exceedingly enchanting and the blatantly obvious title you've got up there does it absolutely no justice ...
Sep 28, 2010 -
Re: The Fool
Hey Kyllorac – Before I tell you how this poem bored me, I shall enlighten you on how it interested me. King Lear – so many parallels. The Fool says, ...
Sep 28, 2010 -
Re: Rubber Immortal, Part Three
Hey Hannah – I must say, you timed your breaks rather artfully so that it could have quite easily ended on the second part – and even on this third. ...
Sep 27, 2010 -
Re: Bombshell
Hey antimelrose – Long time, no read. I think you need a less magical avatar, since it is so horribly distracting and beautiful when reading your poetry. Plus, I come ...
Sep 27, 2010 -
Re: XVI
Kyllorac - There's a good reason why I haven't reviewed this - you might call it somewhat irrational - but I prefer to review things where I can find at ...
Sep 26, 2010 -
Re: Addicts
Hey Halycon - You teeter between halfway decent imagery and clichés that will turn away any reader in disgust. Also - your structure is too clean-cut. Each paragraph is an ...
Sep 26, 2010 -
Re: Rubber Immortal, Part Two
Bonjour encore – I guess the trouble with writing something funny all the way is that you either (a) have to escalate the humour or (b) have little climaxes of ...
Sep 26, 2010 -
Re: Rubber Immortal, Part One
HANNAH Long time, no read . I am so glad you posted something. Can’t wait to see more. I will give you an overall impression first, having read both parts ...
Sep 26, 2010 -
Re: Discontinuance - A Fugue in Two Parts
Hey sarg - I'm sure I've seen you do this before, no? The tongue-in-cheek strict para-word-counts for the fun of it? Honestly, I don't know how bored you have to ...
Sep 26, 2010 -
Re: ...
blackbird - Ah, see, now this was really something. Forget theme for a moment. You mentioned to me that aesthetics aren't as great here - and I agree entirely. But. ...
Sep 26, 2010 -
Re: Expanding
Hi Kyladoot - Your aesthetics are working much better than the consistency of your content, so I feel tempted to ignore the content, somewhat. However, poetry isn't built on aesthetics ...
Sep 25, 2010 -
Re: ...
Hi blackbird - Clearly, you have a wide vocabulary. Now, it's just a matter of knowing when showing it off has impact, and when you have more impact in simplicity. ...
Sep 25, 2010
