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  • Poetry » Lyrical, Realistic Re: Night Studio

    This is incredible! it has the rhythm of a nursery rhyme, short and rolling, yet such un-nursery-rhyme-like content. The language is eloquent and has a good array of "poetic" words ...

    Jan 16, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: breathing easy

    Very mysterious and engaging with a deep meaning I'm too uneducated to grasp. The first line is very good, nice sibilance and it was clever to substitute bin for basin/bath. ...

    Jan 16, 2013
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Ten Negative Signs That You're A Writer

    This is an interesting article with many truths so I enjoyed it because of that. However personally I don't agree with a few, especially 3,7,9,10. This doesn't mean they're not ...

    Jan 15, 2013
  • Novel / Chapter » Realistic, Dramatic Re: Just Another Girl-Chapter 1

    If this is the whole first chapter then I don't think it's enough. There is not enough here to draw us in. You have just described a few mundane events ...

    Jan 15, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Metaphors

    This is incredible! I have recently read "1984" so this is clicking with many similar themes as I read. You describe such a mysterious, horrifying version of reality, and I ...

    Jan 15, 2013
  • Article / Essay » Culture, Realistic Re: The World?

    I loved this! This is the sort of piece I've been looking to read for a while. Simply put, cleverly explored, it has the sort of ideas that i would ...

    Jan 6, 2013
  • Poetry » Dramatic, Other Re: Wrap Me in Your Words

    After the first line I was already formulating the brilliant review I was going to write for this (Brilliant as in the poem is brilliant not the review :P). The ...

    Jan 6, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Change--A Senryu

    Hi! Ive only ever tried my hand at haikus and senryus a few times so I am not very knowledgeable about them but I enjoyed this very much. This is ...

    Dec 17, 2012
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Salt on Tiger's Tail

    I have just finished reading "life of Pi" and it now holds the place as my favourite book. Coincidently, I have not been on YWS for about 8 months and ...

    Dec 16, 2012
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Where Elephants Go to Die

    Apart from the grammatical and structural mistakes other commenters have made I wouldnt change anything. This reminds me of the scene in "The Lion King" with the elephants graveyard actually. ...

    Aug 7, 2012
  • Poetry » Realistic, Narrative Re: Tree Resurrected

    Very beautiful language. I love your imagery in the first stanza and the contrasting colours sets up a powerful mental image of the scene. The whole execution of the poem ...

    Aug 7, 2012
  • Article / Essay » Literature, Humor Re: The Toilet and I: Kindred Spirits

    Very funny. I loved it. I would love to see some sort of news-paper made purely to be a collection of funny yet insightful pieces like this. I adds a ...

    Mar 13, 2012
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Coming Home

    This is going to be my first review in a while so i apologise if it isnt very helpful. I'll try my best. I really like this poem. To me ...

    Mar 13, 2012
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Autumn Poem-Autumn Leaves

    I dont have time right now to do a long review but there are a few things. I love it!!!!!! I love the language and the structure. Because you haven't ...

    Nov 23, 2011
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Black Feathers

    This is so fantastic. It is officially my favourite poem on this site and in my top three favourite poems ever along with "The white knights song" and "Do not ...

    Nov 15, 2011


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