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ZanyPlebeian

  • Lyric Poetry Re: Barbie Girl...

    Here, I've put my suggestions in bold and my [ comments ] in brackets: ~*~ Barbie Girl ~*~ Maybelline babies scream while mommy sings don't you wanna be pretty? Hold ...

    Mar 7, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Eyes--needs critiques

    I have some divided feelings over this poem. I like it; I'll say that much. You used some creative language and showed me something orginal while at the same time ...

    Mar 7, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: What is Normal?

    I've read versions of this poem a thousand times. "I'm different, why can't you just accept me for who I am." I'm not saying it shouldn't be said; it should ...

    Mar 7, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: More than Friends..

    Yeah, I felt this one attempted to have a rhythm but sort of stumbled over it at times. There were a few good word choices, such as "Painfull is to ...

    Mar 7, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Bubble Bath Surprises

    I love how open you are to suggestions...

    Mar 3, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Bubble Bath Surprises

    I enjoyed it. I have no significant contributions to make, but agree with Xanthan Gum. 8)

    Mar 3, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: On the Basis of Friendship

    A simple poem, but nice. I liked the way you wrote it, the voice was perfect. i don't know what the above posters mean by "poetic language" but I don't ...

    Mar 2, 2006
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Top 5 Best Books

    1. Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger 2. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway 3. Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 4. The Great Gatsby - F. ...

    Feb 28, 2006
  • Other Poetry Re: Song of Chief

    Song of Chief After seeing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Laughter is written on the windows—insanity drunk and swinging at night—ornaments on a sad tree—liquor in the hearts of ...

    Feb 28, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: I'm dating older from now on

    Very nice! I think the best part of this poem is the voice in it; I can tell you feel what you're saying. The only thing I would change are ...

    Feb 28, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Portrait of a Red-haired Woman

    Portrait of a Red-haired Woman Form based on "Portrait of a Lady" by William Carlos Williams Your hair is the spreading of Autumn whose crimson, crooked hand reaches through woods ...

    Feb 28, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Ridicule

    Ridicule “That’s ridiculous,” she said, and I am wont to agree. Ridicule of the peasant mother, hands grasping the doorframe, sheepishly peering out of her door at her husband and ...

    Feb 20, 2006
  • Narrative Poetry Re: drugs, crayon-blonde (Absinthian Dreams Part One of Two)

    Hmmm...I feel like I should comment on this since I somehow ended up in it... it's HIGHLY aggressive and comes off as overbearing at times. As sorry as I am, ...

    Feb 20, 2006
  • Other Poetry Re: Dancing Inside A Raindrop

    it's an interesting poem... "yet others sparkle, ‘n’ only one in a thousand, once a lifetime, shimmer. " That piece I found refreshing. "because I see an entire humanity enraptured ...

    Feb 20, 2006
  • Other Poetry Re: six billion victory cries in the silent, dead sky.

    Bravo! Easily the best poem of yours I've read. I think it started off a bit shaky; I was sort of annoyed by the repetition of "six billion." After the ...

    Feb 20, 2006


You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
— Madeleine L'Engle, Author