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  • Poetry » Realistic, Dramatic Re: Malice

    567, Although I did enjoy reading this, it took awhile for me to actually get to the enjoyable part! I think the biggest issue I had with it was really ...

    Apr 12, 2012
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Who am I?

    Hi Rascal, Interesting read. Here are a few thoughts: Watch your tense: L2: surroundING, L3: plunderED. Make sure you pick one tense and stick to it throughout the entire piece! ...

    Nov 7, 2011
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Sincerely Yours, Hand

    rememberme- This was actually kind of funny, as MamaLala said, because it's a rather unique view. I lot of times, the best poetry has a subject that is always overlooked ...

    Jul 12, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Perfect

    Jenny-- The message behind this is nice. It's strong, it's very teenage-angst-fighting-y. Which is good for this site and the people who are most likely going to read it. However. ...

    Jan 31, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Eulogy

    Eric-- I actually quite like this! I like that it's not completely broken, but isn't exactly complete sentences. The imagery is great. Too often we see poems that don't do ...

    Jan 21, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Last Ride

    Miral-- I think this is a good start to a possible poem. However, it's really not dramatic poetry--it's really just dramatic. There is such a thing as prose poetry, but ...

    Dec 17, 2009
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: striving to know me.

    striving-- I like the concreteness of these poem. The small-big-small structure is kind of a cool idea. However, variety is sometimes your friend. There are a lot of "I hate ...

    Nov 11, 2009
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Racism.

    Hi Tim, I think that the idea behind this poem is inspirational, but maybe a little lost in the style. To me, this reads more like a rant that coincidentally ...

    Jun 6, 2009
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Rooftops

    Hi katie-- Although I get that you were attempting to be blunt and vague, that's fine. However, this this poem being four lines long about such a subject, the reader ...

    Oct 22, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Owens Allegory

    Hi theae-- This is certainly an interesting piece of writing, and welcome to YWS! We hope you're finding your way around okay! Now onto the poem: I honestly have no ...

    Oct 22, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: It is love

    Hi Grace-- There are a few things that are desperately needed before this powm can really be considered. Firstly, and certainly one of the most important, is punctuation. The way ...

    Oct 22, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Rain Drop

    Well this has pretty much been covered. Especially the punctuation and such...though this isn't in need of it as much as some other are. I wouldn't completely hate it if ...

    Apr 16, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Five Bars in Rome: Letter to an American Soldier

    Thank you Ari. This was beautiful. How dare she tell everyone? She didn’t know you or the two men in your convoy. How dare they show pictures of you—large images ...

    Apr 15, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: vals

    Hi Valarie-- Please do not put your full name on the internet! These pages are viewable by anyone, and anyone can steal your name and look you up! We wouldn't ...

    Apr 7, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: A broken heart.

    Hi Monstrar- Welcome to YWS! Please take a moment to look at the Rules & Guides . We do ask that you make two reviews of others work before posting ...

    Feb 15, 2008


Sometimes I'm terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts.
— Poe