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  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Eating Worms

    I looked at this from a Gregory Corso point of view - and his poems are often long and meaningless and rambling, much like life itself, so I'd have to ...

    May 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Crumpets and Jam

    Forget technique for a moment - this is one of the rare few poems on here that can take me through from start to finish, interest me the whole time, ...

    May 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: To my best friend, it's ok to be a sunflower

    'It's okay to be a sunflower' is certainly an intriguing title, I must say. And, while a title doesn't have to define the quality and uniqueness of a poem, it ...

    May 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: To The Late

    There is something classically 'direct' and nonchalant about this; as if you're speaking to us, but couldn't give a damn what we think. I liked this obvious tone, this sense ...

    May 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: R.I.P. Pretty green leaf

    I enjoy poems with a good dose of science, so it's nice to see the odd scientific poem crop up in these forums. But when you put that disclaimer at ...

    May 3, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Don't Count on It

    To be perfectly honest, I've really had enough of reading stories about people that've just woken up. I swear that in the past few days, that's the majority of what ...

    May 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Mom is Cooking Again. (a childrens poem)

    Although I'm not a big fan of rhyming poems, I'd say that this is the perfect form for a bute, cuddly poem like this about a childhood story to avoid ...

    May 3, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Characterizaton Assignment

    So. It's rarely that I'll see something written well-enough to catch my attention like this did, and to string me along for the ride from start to finish. And of ...

    May 3, 2010
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Her Last Drink Is Coffee; one

    I've already said that I didn't really understand the overall idea behind this as I was reading it - and I have read it several times - but I'll admit ...

    May 2, 2010
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Industrial Visit Report.

    Same goes for me - flick me a PM when you've used Snoink's advice and spruced it up a bit! And it's SO GOOD to see someone actively taking people's ...

    May 1, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: I am not a duck

    Good title, but I had little idea what on earth was going on. The first few lines were not particularly grabbing - The love pond is vast and wide and ...

    May 1, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Whole Face Genocide

    This was exceptionally clever and I enjoyed it. However, it doesn't read like a poem as such, so I'd recommend putting it in 'Other Fiction' as well as trying to ...

    May 1, 2010
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Life

    Firstly, just thought to mention that the title annoyed me. 'Life' is not particularly inventive, and it does your poem no good to be summarised in that one word - ...

    May 1, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Spring Nights

    Firstly, I'd like to say that I enjoy reading about such topics - spring nights, sunsets, love, quirky characters and all - they are an easy and effortless thing to ...

    May 1, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Fourty Nine Pennies Sat on the Dining Room Table

    Firstly, the title hooked me in - 'forty nine pennies sat on the dining room table' - certainly intriguing. Questions it immediately raised: why? and where? and who? However, it ...

    May 1, 2010


Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield.
— Billy Collins