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Re: New Day
Some nice images, but they were disconnected and seemed rather repetitious. I'd suggest reforming this, taking the better lines - e.g. "the eye of the past" and "golden, meaningful times" ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Stew
Like Cade I feel this started out well but steadily deteriorated. If I were you, I'd take this and try to reform it into something more serious. Humorous poetry is ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Striving for sometime
I agree that you need to use poetry format here. Beyond that, the poem is rather formulaic. There is little in the way of technique and even less in the ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: The Dying Tree: Lovers Regrowing
This poem has the potential to be truly beautiful, but there's still more work to be done. Nothing can compare to nature; we retread this adventure, when no art and ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Friendship
I'm afraid I have to agree with Cade - there's nothing here for the reader to connect with. We've all lost friends, it's true, but you can't rely on the ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Night
Overall, I felt this was an OK poem but not particularly striking. I liked your imagery, and you seem to have a good grasp of rhythm. However, your subject matter ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Dawn Dusk
Yeah, OK. That's nice. As a reader, however, my first reaction is - so what? There are three things that would help improve this piece. 1. Punctuation. As I said ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: When Diety invaded Humanity
A wonderfully apropos theme, indeed :) Nitpicks: "Diety" should be "Deity," "sun-dile" is spelled "sundial" (hyphen optional?) and the second "king" in "King of Kings" should be capitalised. As to ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Happy Birthday Crysi
Happy (belated?) birthday!
Dec 20, 2007 -
Re: Yet another Newbie to YWS!
Welcome to YWS, Moo! Nice to meet you :) I'm assuming (obviously) that you like to write, so what's your genre? Do you prefer poetry, fiction, or non-fiction? If you ...
Dec 15, 2007 -
Re: Good Reads--good site!
I joined too!
Dec 14, 2007 -
Re: The YWS Yearbook '07
How does one begin? I've been here for just over three years now, and I've seen so many people come and go, had so much fun...learned so much...it's really impossible ...
Dec 14, 2007 -
Re: Endless Possibilities -- Prologue
Hellooo Mat, I decided to go with the prologue first this time, since it had the fewest crits XD. Let me see... Dan waddled through the house, calling out to ...
Dec 14, 2007 -
Re: Rate the Avatar Above You! [2]
5/10 It's OK. The colours are cool and I like the fade to black sort of effect, but it doesn't really say anything to me, if you know what I ...
Dec 14, 2007 -
Re: Man kills wife, shoots daughter outside church (updated)
:( That's horrible!
Dec 13, 2007
