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  • Poetry » Romantic, General Re: Spring Rose

    This felt underwhelming for me and maybe that's just because most romance poems aren't really my cup of tea. Nevertheless, I feel like this particular take on beauty (comparing the ...

    Apr 4, 2015
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Bus Ride Home

    This reminds me of tumblr poetry -- both good and bad things, in my opinion. Your writing is clearly emotive but conveys it using subtle passion and frustration; balancing that ...

    Apr 4, 2015
  • Poetry » Realistic, Romantic Re: Never Forget--Always Remember

    Hallo, I'm Sherlock. I liked this poem, the rhythm and the emotions behind it, but it's not perfect. I'll try to rectify most of your mistakes below. The following stanza: ...

    Feb 24, 2013
  • Short Story » Romantic, Teen Fiction Re: Our Love Story

    First off, I'd like to say that I didn't really like the way you spin your story because, here's the thing--you don't spin it. You tell us what's happening, and ...

    Feb 19, 2013
  • Short Story » Narrative, General Re: Shapeshifter

    This piece, my friend, is extremely well written. I'm half asleep, and I'll come back later to give a proper review, but, for now, know this: you are amazing. The ...

    Feb 15, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Just one part.

    All the grammatical mistakes here have, probably, already been rectified, and I'm just here to give you my two cents. "We all have a story, a girl in a tower, ...

    Jan 27, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Fragments

    The poem is structured really well, but I thought the writing was very stilted in certain places; this part particularly: "I give them lame                        ...

    Jan 27, 2013
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Chasing Midnight

    The rhythm, the flow of this poem was really good. I don't know what you meant it to be about, but for me as a reader, I saw it as ...

    Jan 27, 2013
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: Abuse

    I will admit I was expecting something that was utter rubbish. Instead, you gave me something, that is really, quite hilarious. The first two paragraphs were a bit draggy, and ...

    Jan 27, 2013
  • Poetry » Romantic, General Re: Amour

    First off, I'd like to say that this poem didn't really do it for me. Not to say that you're not a talented writer, because the writing isn't bad, it's ...

    Jan 27, 2013
  • Poetry » Humor, General Re: The Ballad of Smeeglibob

    This is really amusing. I find that, what with my extremely horrid writing skills, I can't really write funny poetry. I just want to hug this poem, because it reminds ...

    Jan 27, 2013
  • Poetry » Lyrical, Dramatic Re: For the boy who loved...

    You've got a really nice theme going on. The writing really conveys the haunting, and nostalgic quality of the writer's thoughts. I really liked the fact that you didn't resort ...

    Jan 27, 2013
  • Poetry » Other, Narrative Re: Red Coats

    This. Just. Asdfghjkl. I loved this so very much, mostly because I'm a sucker for poems that tell us a story through conversation. I remember telling you about the unnecessary ...

    Jan 26, 2013
  • Poetry » Realistic, Lyrical Re: Pangs of past

    I think you've got the premise of the poem really strongly set up. It flows well and everything. Now we get to the bad parts. The rhyming-- It was cliched, ...

    Jan 25, 2013
  • Poetry » Humor, Lyrical Re: Bites

    This was a really silly poem, and you know what? I liked it. It was whimsical and fun, so why not? This poem is a little repetitive, but since it ...

    Jan 23, 2013


No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
— John Donne