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  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: A River

    It's simple, and not overly poetic, but it's true. can not be heard, It should be "cannot". It's one word. It happens again later too. The repetition of the first ...

    Aug 15, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Mercenary Wings

    Everyone has already hit on all the typos. I couldn't find any other ones. Two things that bothered me. But the figure closest to the ground made a movement with ...

    Aug 15, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: A Lascivious Pursuit

    I'll be honest--when I think of poetry, this is not what I imagine. But, as we all have different stories to tell, I shall try and critique this poem. The ...

    Aug 14, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Dream a Little Dream of Me

    Wow. This really got to me. Folded paper gently brushed against the palm of my hand Okay, so, when I reached this point, I was like--what? I, the reader, was ...

    Aug 11, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Three Black Fingers

    This is a nice piece. The only thing that threw me off was the use of past tense The past threw me off too. You should just keep it in ...

    Aug 11, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Requiem for a Massacre

    I can tell there's a lot of sincerity in this poem. I think that nearly very line is good, but there are a couple that I think could be better. ...

    Aug 10, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: philia

    I see that you've fixed the other typos, but here's a grammar mistake. No other love to who I might be turning, Oops! "who" should be "whom" because it is ...

    Aug 9, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Sarah's Toys

    Cool. This, like Poisoness said, is really well written. I just caution you one on using not using too many phrases in some of your sentences. They climbed up onto ...

    Aug 3, 2007
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: On the Way Back

    It's very simple, but I think it's pretty good. In the beginning, you keep saying Carlos, and then you suddenly remember there's such a thing as pronouns. You should mix ...

    Aug 3, 2007
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Inevitable

    I like this alot. The description is powerful; the story is sad. In a good way of course. he says every thing's fine should be "everything". It's one word. The ...

    Aug 2, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: The Shadow.

    There isn't a how lot for me to go on here (this is a short chapter), but I definitely think it has potential. Critiques--In the first paragraph, every sentence is ...

    Jul 31, 2007
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Chronicles of Narnia

    The Chronicles of Narnia are some of the best books I've ever read. I can reread them over and over and each time I get some more out of them. ...

    Jul 30, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Help Me

    There are some very nice emotions in this poem. The content is very real. But, as this is "dramatic" poetry, you may want to use some imagery, some visuals. Also, ...

    Jul 27, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Dawn killer

    Pretty much everything I could say has already been said. This poem is there, but it seems lack substance. It's a nice little narrative, but, of what, I don't know. ...

    Jul 27, 2007


If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?
— Joyce Carol Oates