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Riedawriter23

  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Bones Outside A Townhouse

    Your imagery is really beautiful. I felt like I was looking at the scene. Then a tear extinguished it, and the steam tapped the glass politely, whispering, “Do not escape ...

    Feb 10, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Massacre of White Oak

    Hello! :) We killed the town together. One by one they went down and the eulogy for each was short and sweet. Something none of them had ever experienced before. ...

    Feb 10, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: echo bubbles

    I really liked this. At first I think that the format sort of took away from the beauty of the poem but then I just sort of forgot about the ...

    Feb 6, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Everytime....

    Firstly, Welcome to YWS! :) Now for the critique. The first thing that I noticed what that you had absolutely no format. You must have at least some flow and ...

    Jan 28, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: My true friend(WARNING: you may cry.......)

    I agree with the above comments. It's a good idea, but it's been done too many times before. Add yourself into it. We want to know what you feel, not ...

    Jan 27, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Tribute to Breathing

    Hello! Welcome to YWS! :) Checking out of routine I postpone the hour to dream. **I don't think that this was forced. It looks like is should be but once ...

    Jan 27, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Green Eyes

    Hello! :) I'm going to review this with Via's punctuation corrections to make it easier. Don't you realize you're my hero? Can't you see why I love you so? **These ...

    Jan 27, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Around This Wooden Table

    This was good...though we actually do have a song lyrics forum here and that's where this poem belongs. The rating is G. I'll contact a poetry mod for you so ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Eating You Alive

    Welcome to YWS! :) Okay, the first think I realized about this poem is that...though the contents suggest dramatic poetry the whole style and flow say lyric poetry. I was ...

    Jan 23, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: psychoneurosis

    I actually like your choppy style. I get a lot of different emotions from this and even though I have to reread it to interpret what it almost seems right ...

    Jan 18, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Enchanting Voice

    Hello welcome to the site! :) I thought your english was pretty good. The poem was wonderful, especially the ending. I'll make corrections as needed: Could you hear the voice ...

    Jan 11, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Drowning

    The first thing that I noticed was that it felt like you were talking moreso than the words flowing. Instead try to show us what you're talking about. Also, as ...

    Jan 2, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: ripped in two.

    Okay. Yes. It is true what the other have said. But I really want to rewrite this just to see what it looks like and then correct it? I'm sure ...

    Dec 31, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Night

    First thing first, you need punctuation. Right in the beginning I was gasping for breath. Just to make the overall poem flow better, you have to have more than just ...

    Dec 31, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Chapter 1. No title yet.

    Cold winds attacked her in all directions as she made a slow attempt to get home. Her long, brown hair whipped around and hit her face. She wished that she ...

    Dec 18, 2007


The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
— Edward Hirsch