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  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Crash

    Last line: "peace" :) Your main mistake is that each line is a seperate sentence; because not only are they all different syllable lengths (and therefore your rhythm is off) ...

    Mar 7, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Barbie Girl...

    Hola, SeƱorita. Firstly, some of the imagery was exceptional. The "project ceramic" line in particular caught my eye, but it was very good as a whole. Problems: rhythm. There were ...

    Mar 7, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: all about me

    Alright, I'm going to try and keep this short, because I know I have a tendancy to rant/ramble. Poetry is, in its most basic concept - and with a few ...

    Mar 6, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: What is Normal?

    Firstly, double posting is bad form - after a long time with no comments isn't too bad, but half-an-hour later isn't really acceptable. Now, onto the poem: your main problem ...

    Mar 6, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Sick Day

    My head's spinning a little bit unhealthily at the moment, so I'll make this quick and come back to it: my first impression says very, very good poem (making pain/anger/etc ...

    Mar 4, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: My Poem

    Interesting, interesting. Firstly, the rhyme; you've not done too badly, I think - there are parts where it seems a little forced and like you've struggled to fit the poem ...

    Mar 4, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Roses

    Interesting; short but sweet, as they say. It's a little hard to critique a piece that's got so little to write about, but that's alright :) all pieces have their ...

    Mar 3, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Windmill and Smile

    Windmill is definitely my favourite out of the two: I didn't entirely get what it was about (well, I may have done, but I'm not sure...) but I loved how ...

    Mar 2, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Holding On (a Shakespearean sonnet)

    You've got the structure of a SS very well; major kudos, you don't get a lot of strongly structured poetry around anymore. The only point you've slightly fallen off the ...

    Mar 2, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: I'm dating older from now on

    Yep, I'm loving this to pieces. Only criticism - you seem a little stray on the punctuation, sometimes - ends of verses don't have full-stops where they should, there are ...

    Mar 1, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: On the Basis of Friendship

    Good, though I'm with Jack in general :) your old ones were more classically poetic. One thing - I think the rhythm in the first stanza could do with some ...

    Feb 27, 2006
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Whispers in the Dark - Updated and Revised Edition

    OK, just one thing for now - every single sentance is a simple one. "This this this this this" or "this this this, this this this." It gets slow, it ...

    Feb 27, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: For Papa

    Eep, no! Keep the worthless information, it's the whole *point* of the thing, it's who he is. OK, I liked this - I'll pick out my critiques, now :) there ...

    Feb 27, 2006
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Counting Lovely Words

    Get a room, as we Mancunians would say. Anywho! It started with one word; hello I'm thinking a semi-colon should be turning into a colon right about now. You also ...

    Feb 27, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: My Labour of Love

    Yeah, bless. ... ^o) Anyway: critique. When I first read this, I was a little unsure about how much I liked it, but I think I've fallen over to the ...

    Feb 26, 2006


As a former (and rather excellent) liar herself, Aru knew that, sometimes, speaking the truth felt like wrenching a thorn out of your side. But doing the opposite meant pretending it wasn't there. And that made every single step ache. It was no way to live.
— Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality