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Virgil

Virgil

  • Official Polls Re: What's Your Favorite Part of April?

    Poetry for sure, it's always a nice time since it's spring and the scenery is good for inspiration.

    Apr 4, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: a bucolic meadow

    An Ashen Swan - Number Eleven An ashen swan wades in the lake where thick algae starts to cake. Mosquitoes beside her, striding upon the surface, gazing at the dappled ...

    Apr 4, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: a bucolic meadow

    Jaded - Number Ten The first signs of rain appear: upturned leaves and wet spots manifesting on the sidewalk. Betokening a storm is the low and throaty rumble of thunder, ...

    Apr 4, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: All I Want To Do Is See You Turn Into A Giant Woman.

    Smh Audy your title always has me singing the song and then it just gets stuck for like an hour and it won't come out.

    Apr 4, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: April Madness 2017

    My Submission: Infinitesimal The sea swelled beneath us, as you stood on the precipice of a cliff. Your pant legs were pulled up to your knees, shirt clinging to your ...

    Apr 3, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: [POLL] How long does it take you to write a poem?

    It takes me around an hour to write and edit through a poem, though I usually don't have a specific amount of time when I do that type of thing. ...

    Apr 3, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: a bucolic meadow

    Thank you!

    Apr 3, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: a bucolic meadow

    Usurpant - Number Nine A snake's venom is honey to a criminal, ecstacy at its finest. Dripped from its fangs, the reasons of doing so left subliminal and yet the ...

    Apr 3, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: a bucolic meadow

    Icarus - Number Eight Together we sat on that makeshift swingset made from rusted chains, wooden boards, and rope that gave our hands calluses for holding onto them too tightly. ...

    Apr 3, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: you know what is this Discussion

    Your first poem was fab, just saying.

    Apr 3, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: a bucolic meadow

    Mangrove Forest - Number Seven The lamented trees acted as an umbrella as you stumbled your way through the mangrove forest. Torpid leaves blanketed its floor, blades of grass up ...

    Apr 3, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: honeymoon vibes

    Your poetry is like, exactly what your title is. It gives me vibes of what a honeymoon would be and I like that you kind of have a theme throughout, ...

    Apr 3, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: gossamer.

    Macabre An angel descended down to the ballroom, stuck in a waltz with a macabre figure, who looked as if they came from a tomb, a flask in his back ...

    Apr 3, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: a bucolic meadow

    Infinitesimal - Number Six The sea swelled beneath us, as you stood on the precipice of a cliff. Your pant legs were pulled up to your knees, shirt clinging to ...

    Apr 2, 2017
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: a bucolic meadow

    Thanks! It means a lot that you liked it and thank you for the kind words. The repetition actually came from the fact that it was a ghazal, which involves ...

    Apr 2, 2017


No, it's not that you didn't succeed. You accomplished a lot, but, if you want to touch people, don't concentrate so much on rhyme and metre. Think more about what you want to say instead of how you're saying it.
— LCDR Geordi La Forge