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  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    Ooooh, Les Miserables... :D I'm reading Flame by Hilary Bell It's a strange storyline... and more than a little confusing, but the author is so effective with her short, almost ...

    Mar 21, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: later days..

    The rhyming did seem a little forced at times, but there were also times when I thought it flowed perfectly. I see potential here, but much room for improvement life's ...

    Mar 21, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Rose petals just as red when wet

    I thought this was very well done, especially your 2nd stanza and ending. The 1st stanza was alright, but didn't catch me as much as your second two stanzas did. ...

    Mar 18, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Empty kisses

    As ZanyPlebeain stated, she subject was quite typicel, but I did like this. You're really improving. I still think if you used some stronger verbs, you might have some brilliant ...

    Mar 18, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: boy friend girl friend

    As xanthan stated, your rhymes are forced and it doesn't work. Your 3rd line was out of rhyme scheme and you tried to make up for it by rhyming the ...

    Mar 11, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Roping Dolls

    Okay, I wrote a really long, detailed critique for this and then accidentally deleted it. :x But thankfully, I remembered most of the points I made, so wrote as many ...

    Mar 10, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: More than Friends..

    My thoughts on this poem echo those above. You have a decent start and I liked the form in which you wrote, but your rhythm was choppy, some of lines ...

    Mar 7, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: hells desire

    I agree with all the comments above. There is potential here, but you need to work on not forcing your rhyming. I felt like you were trying to hard to ...

    Feb 25, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: The suicide speaks

    Firstly, I'd like to forewarn you that I have a bias against suicide poems. Okay, now, this seemed really... normal, resembling all the other suicide poems I've read. You didn't ...

    Feb 25, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The One in the Shadows

    I thought this was very good, very honest as Reichieru said. I just noticed that a few of the lines seemed out of rhythm so just read it over and ...

    Feb 23, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: baby troll , angry at the world.

    :( I didn't like this; you didn't tie the scene together to make a powerful point; you just stated your point at the end and left it dangling. The main ...

    Feb 21, 2006
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The still of night

    Every other stanza rhyming bothered me at first, but after reading it a few times, I guess it was alright. It's very different, but not bad. I thought you had ...

    Feb 20, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: In my tied chair

    The rhyming was really forced and it seriously detracted from the poem. I'm not saying you should avoid rhyming altogether, but if the rhyming is forced, you shouldn't use it. ...

    Feb 19, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Dive into life

    I agree with everything Bob said above. Work on structure. Your rhyme was great. I just noticed a few other things... Taste the sweetness of the juciest fruit It's spelled ...

    Feb 19, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Loneliness

    Short, but powerful. Not astounding, but very nice rhyming and beautiful word choice. There was only one thing that bothered me. it hits like sorrow, guilt, and pain, and drives ...

    Feb 19, 2006


Besides, if you want perfection, write a haiku. Anything longer is bound to have some passages that don't work as well as they might.
— Philip Pullman