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  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: The Banners Torn

    Hi, I'm Grin, it's nice to meet you :D Okay, I really liked this. You've got some lovely imagery and there's a great little story in here. I think your ...

    Jan 8, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: You and I

    Hi, I'm Grin, your friendly neighbourhood reviewer :) I have to say, I'm with Katherine on this. It's sweet, but in a slightly scary way. If you cut down a ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Ode to Sunday Pancakes

    Hi, I'm Grin and I will be your reviewer for today :) I loved this. Sunday pancakes are the essence of life and are yet so often overlooked! I especially ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Distant Voice of Saron Rinii

    Hi Jon! Okay, straight to business. I liked it. You have some good ideas, and the flow isn't bad at all. Some of your rhyming seemed a little forced. If ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Housefly

    Hi, I'm Grin This was fantastic! I really enjoyed it. There's a great sense of humour running through this. I especially loved the ending. My only real nitpick is if ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Hear the Doldrums

    Hi, I'm Grin :) Okay. Looking at this, I'm wondering if you meant to put it into Lyrics? It sort of has a song-feel to it. But as it's here, ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: The Beach Man Blues

    Hi, I'm Grin. I liked this. Of course there's still work to do, if you're a new-found poet you won't be perfect first time, but this is very good indeed. ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: A Boy Named "He"

    Hi, I'm Grin. Okay, the idea behind this was excellent, and I love this thing you have that makes us think about how we refer to people. And I loved ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: maguindanao massacre

    Hi, I'm Grin. This is nothing like my usual forte, and, as always, I have my nitpicks, but there were things about it that I really liked. First of all, ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Nelson Mandela: The man made of peace

    Okay... I liked this. It could use some work, and your rhythm is a little hard to get into. But there's a great idea behind it, and Nelson Mandela is ...

    Jan 6, 2010
  • Lyrics » General, General Re: Cigarette

    I really enjoyed that, in a strange sort of way, because it doesn't seem to be the sort of song that you're supposed to enjoy. I think you could be ...

    Jan 6, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: And the Light Fades (chapter 1 part 1)

    I sit quietly, waiting for Sophia to speak. She doesn’t look at me, she is busy. Try "She doesn't look at me; she's much too busy to waste her precious ...

    Dec 18, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Window Curtain

    Well done, this is really good. I'm impressed with your description skills. Now you need to take it up to the next level and really make me see this scene. ...

    Sep 20, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: me, myself and I

    I really liked this, the imagery was great and the idea made perfect sense. You need to build up your confidence, because when you're unsure about yourself, it shows up ...

    Jul 27, 2009
  • Lyrics » General, General Re: a rap, based on society

    I thought that was great. Asides form a few grammatical things which have all already been corrected, I really liked the way you presented what's going on in the world ...

    Jul 18, 2009


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