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Re: Beauty, as it Begins
Oh, lament, for we are hapless And made to repeat. You have a waxwork daughter, Come and make her sit before the fire Watch if it will make her grow ...
Mar 9, 2010 -
Re: Oxford on a Sunday
Oh my, yes, so lovely. Quite a vibrant picture, and peaceful and rarefied, the way the ancient universities are always portrayed. I like the first long stanza very much. wonderful ...
Mar 8, 2010 -
Re: And Then, Our Endeavour
I find myself rather confused, I'm afraid. This is one of the most literal poems I've ever written, based entirely of of things that actually happened to me. A very ...
Jan 4, 2010 -
Re: the End of All Things [pt1 chp1]
This is only the first section of the first chapter -- I favour longer chapters -- but there was a natural pause after this point and a longer post seemed ...
Jan 1, 2010 -
Re: My Funny Friend and Me
ah, this is quite sweet and lovely :) It's got good rhythm and a nice rhyming scheme that sounds natural and not at all forced. I like poems like this ...
Dec 31, 2009 -
Re: a little dream in abstract
while this poem has some quite lovely lines in it, like this: "you may find the lion who speaks in the flowers" and this "or keep wisdom in your pocket ...
Dec 30, 2009 -
Re: Portrait of His Funeral (reviews please?)
absolutely gorgeous! concise and dreamy and melancholy. I especially liked this bit: "ending with a listless turn away, the silent sound of dress shoes . treading upon the vibrant, living ...
Dec 29, 2009 -
Re: And Then, Our Endeavour
A few months ago I wrote a poem called 'miss-placed affection''on a subject of great interest to me, but the poem itself was so unsatisfying that I started again from ...
Dec 29, 2009 -
Re: Lightening In The Common Room
I have to say this is one of the more clever poems i've seen on this forum. I'm a little surprised at the obtuseness of the previous reviewers. I especially ...
Dec 29, 2009 -
Re: Miss-placed Affection
removed the intro as per reccommendation, not sure about any furhter editing yet, I almost think this whole poem would be better off scrapped, what do you think? It's just ...
Jul 30, 2009 -
Re: What Are You Writing Now?
I'm slowly picking away at a novel... thing. Main character's father has just died. She comes back home to tie up loose ends, and in the middle of the reception ...
Jul 15, 2009 -
Re: Miss-placed Affection
* I had a dream, I held your hand in it, Curled to your side, Such a feeling of desperate tenderness Binding down my ribs. I shifted my had against ...
Jul 11, 2009 -
Re: A common thing really
This is really lovely. You've got a good rhythm and rhymes that seem effortless enough that I didn't entirely notice them until the second time through. I really like the ...
Jul 11, 2009 -
Re: In Fond Regret
Memorize a box of pictures Polaroids, ill exposed Dated haircuts and specks of sunlight Captured in tender observation. I read the first three lines, pleased but not too impressed, and ...
Jun 7, 2009 -
Re: In Fond Regret
Hey Sabine! ^^ Don't think I've seen you around before. I'm Evi, nice to meet you, and I wanted you to know that I really enjoyed your poem. I'll just ...
Jun 7, 2009
