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  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Old Clown

    thinking lotta how to be known That line doesn't make any sense at all to me. I had to read the poem a few times to really even understand what ...

    Oct 15, 2007
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: A Fleeting Universe

    I agree with Suzanne. You have really good imagery, but it doesn't really tie together or convey a meaning to me. The beginning is strong and so is the ending, ...

    Oct 13, 2007
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Forever and always.

    i didnt read the first one =] Prom night, Jack thought, she’s either going to kill me, or say yes. I hope she says yes. For a first sentence, it ...

    Oct 13, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Bleeding for you

    I found it a little bit boring, to be honest. It's just kind of plain and simple...which can work, but I guess it just didn't here. And the word choice ...

    Oct 13, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: The Girl I Wish I Wasn't

    I personally LOVE repetition, but it felt like you had maybe just a teensy bit much. Also the ending was...I guess disappointing? I don't know, I just wanted the girl ...

    Oct 13, 2007
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: A Love That Could Never Be

    I pretty much agree with what everyone else. Flesh it out some, baby! You can make cliche work if you really want, just express it in a new way. Just ...

    Oct 13, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Rain Dance.

    I'd stand in the downpour, Until twilight if you asked. Heavy drops of inky-coloured rain, Soaking me to the skin; I should've worn a coat. i kind of want to ...

    Oct 13, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Dyed Red

    I feel like you rely on a lot of pretty words in the first two stanzas, rather than conveying a clear and strong message. Pretty words are good, but maybe ...

    Oct 12, 2007
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Please be Seated

    What is a chair? A relaxing seat? A dining place? I'm not too sure about the questions, it seems you could use images to demonstrate that you are puzzling over ...

    Oct 12, 2007


It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats—the hobbit was fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill —The Hill, as all the people for many miles round called it—and many little round doors opened out of it, first on one side and then on another.
— JRR Tolkien