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It's connected all the way through, you just have to look a little deeper :) it's there, believe me; I wrote it first with love in mind, then war.

:) When soldiers in WW2 sent letters back to their families, they didn't always have much room to write, so they used abbreviations that became common; "S.W.A.L.K." was one such, ...

Cic: yep, I know it's old and bad French; the point was something like the first line being a ridiculously cliche poetic line ('meeting someone under the clock tower') - ...

I find the last two lines of this stanza slightly confusing. If your lips are sealed, how are you "drinking life's lees"? Perhaps a few clarifying verbs? Here's my suggestion: ...

Thanks guys, I'll try and work in all suggestions in when I'm redrafting, they've been really helpful. Cic - the last bit was a reference to the famous Archimedes quote, ...

Well, I'd disagree with everything you said about philosophy books, but Sophie's World is indeed excellent.

We can leave it if you want: I don't really mind either way, to be honest. As for myself, you're absolutely right: I'm elitest in many ways, mostly to do ...

Worgs, I understand your unwillingness to shove 'good' and 'bad' poetry into boxes, but I'd have to disagree - there's an increasingly disturbing trend toward postmodernism in poetry, the belief ...

Nice to have feedback on feedback, as t'were; couple of thoughts: I've heard this defense used before: it's actually a very common one. People like to think that because it ...

I'm sure you must remember what it was like to post for the first time? Yep, no replies. By the time people got around to trashing my work, I was ...

Aye, we go for honest and work-oriented; like Gal says, I didn't mean to call you a plagerist, it was just a suggestion to help avoid others doing it in ...

Lexy, a note: please learn to know what you're talking about before you say it. Just because something works for the person who wrote it does not mean it works ...

Lies! I think it's just fine...

If only there were more who understood like you, Tim... naming no names >.

If you're thinking of writing such a novel (the kind of story which is, I believe, massively important to today's society) I would encourage you to read My Name is ...