blackbird12

I think with this latest poem, you are now beginning to liberate yourself from the creative struggles you were having earlier with trying to cover new ground, illuminate unseen facets ...

I haven't written an official critique in ages, so forgive me if this isn't up to par, as I'm rather rusty. For the most part, I will forgo a focus ...

Hey, Calligraphy! Here as requested. I think this poem could use some punctuation, but I won't go through the entire piece and find every single time there should be a ...

Hey, retrodisco! For the most part, I enjoyed. I especially liked how the mood of this piece is almost a paradox in and of itself: your tone and theme conjure ...

Hi there. The title of this piece caught my attention so I checked it out, and I'm glad I did. Degradation of the soul brings a strange macabre cold, which ...

I love the cacophony conjured by the word choice in the second line, as well as the personification of static as being like crickets and cicadas, but overall this piece ...

Hey, Rachael! Thought I should return the favor and critique this. You're an experienced writer so I won't dwell on nitpicks. There's no SPaG errors that I can find and, ...

Hi there! This is interesting, I'll admit. I must tell you though for future reference, avoid centering lines of verse at all costs. It's most often the mark of an ...

Wow. Very, very nice work here. The title caught my eye and I'm so glad I decided to check this out. There's so many choice lines here that it's too ...

Hi, Scarlett! Overall this poem is not bad, you use some interesting words. I think there needs to be some more punctuation in here but it's not a gigantic problem ...

Whoa. Well, how could I resist reading this after seeing the title?! Anyway, you get an A+ for originality. It's an awesome idea, and it was executed decently, as sargsauce ...

This was a very nice read. Great job. Obviously you're skilled at your craft, there's nothing wrong with punctuation, grammar, or style so my critique will be very limited. When ...

This was a refreshing read for me. Love all the allusions in the first stanza, and as was said before, the flow is great when spoken aloud, very conversational. At ...

Hi, beccalicious! Some of the images here are good, but you have some major issues that need to be addressed immediately to strengthen your basic writing skills. First, punctuation. Use ...

Hi, originalhobbit! This is unusual, to be sure, and it's nice to read a poem that's a bit more ambiguous than most of the pieces on here. Red stains on ...