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  • Poetry » Other, General Re: gregor's peas

    Mostly I'm just absurdly excited that you wrote a poem about Gregor Mendel. You definitely have beautiful images, as has been mentioned, and I also loved many of the small ...

    Jan 17, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Anatomy of Love's First Kiss

    I love the way you said so much in so few words. It feels complete and doesn't force you to realize it's a haiku, it just kind of is. Does ...

    Jan 29, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Laudanum

    drag ravaged twilight behind my eyes. O sugar cube, "Oh sugar cube" jumped out at me as strange and out of place. It sounds like, I don't know, something sappy ...

    Jan 28, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Tim (Revised)

    Well, it is teen depression. But much prettier than most. And the last line (which I loved) seemed to make it something more... [admittedly fractal] is nicely worded but seems ...

    Jan 18, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Wordmaker

    Towards the end it started to sound like a cheerleader's chant. But maybe that's just me :) The 'no' questions got a little repetetive, but you do have some really ...

    Sep 12, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Mercy Merchant

    I loved this, especially Hush. Your wishes aren't true. and Hansel and Hitler start a coin collection in your footsteps, and whistle the candle black and plunge us all into ...

    Sep 2, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Lessons in Anatomy

    Wow. This has the most amazing imagery, dark and beautiful. Especially, don’t let me die in silence. cut me open, let the bright freshness of my blood submerge the white ...

    Aug 29, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Observation from the Back Stair

    I really like this. There's some really great descriptions, and you did a good job of describing your emotions without getting whiny or angsty. giving my tongue courage and my ...

    Aug 22, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Cinderella

    It was all an economy of thin. Nice opening. And a great line, even on its own. and forever leave me – broken to dust and ashes, I, to grind ...

    Aug 20, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: there is no such word as eachother.

    I really liked this. Reading it I got a sense of smething deeper kind of hiding underneath, that I could see now and again. Of course maybe it only seems ...

    Aug 20, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Shattered Illusions

    Afraid I will awake to find, the window open and my youth gone— stolen during the night. I love these lines. But the friends that replaced them— in reality, Remain ...

    Aug 14, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: A Matter of Endearments

    the only difference between love and obsession is the quality of the threads that hold dual world abreast - Awesome beginning, beautiful image. whether when struck they symphonically sing or ...

    Aug 12, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Bleet

    Wow. This is so amazingly apt and... good. I love the stark image and the deadpan tone of this. to drop bombs on breakfast tables I'd change 'to drop' to ...

    Aug 12, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: On Spiritos

    I liked this too. It's kind of... unpolished, and I mean that in the best possible way. It doesn't need to be amazingly poetical because it's so heartfelt and true. ...

    Aug 7, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: untranslatable

    Beautiful. I love the prose-ish quality of this, it flows so well and is very nice to read. And all your wonderful images... (not that it's always so beautiful) I'd ...

    Aug 4, 2006


If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
— Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"