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Re: Bullets
Is this about cutting? here's something to think about. Consider using more romantic words, like luminescent and resplendant. I mean, don't necessarily use those words exactly, but try words you ...
Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:12 pm -
Re: Dream
Imagery is definitely an issue here. There are a lot of poems about dreaming out there, and ninety percent have the title DREAMING or DREAM. Try going for something more ...
Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:09 pm -
Re: Ode to a rainy Scene (edited)
This is probably the worst crit I've ever written, because I have no idea what I'm saying. This poem was very, very good, but something was off. The imagery seemed ...
Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:03 pm -
Re: Linger
"And drown into my soul" Ummm..... Perhaps you meant "I am drowning in your soul"? it would make more sense. To me, it soulds like it is from the perspective ...
Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:59 pm -
Re: "my Bitty"
This poem is very very beautiful, very stirring. One quick thing. I wouldn't love you any different if you would have been a boy This line is choppy, as are ...
Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:53 pm -
Re: Heartbeat
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. I spend a lot of my time trying to write successful nature poetry and you've got it. But when I write about the world, I find that ...
Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:44 pm -
Re: Dreams
Pretty much everything that there is to be said has already been said, but I would like to add that this poem seemed somewhat choppy. Something that I think would ...
Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:39 pm -
Re: The Pendle witches poem
THE GOOD It's really cute. I could just see it in a little kid's book somewhere. It's funny in spots and you kept with the couplet format nicely (I would ...
Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:09 pm -
Re: For Will
This is beautiful and I could see your friendship blossoming into something more. I loved the wording and the little things, the nicknames and the sparkling cider. My only real ...
Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:09 pm -
Re: Divorce sucks
This poem is on a good topic but It didn't stir any emotion for me. Show us, don't tell us. Show us how the father in the poem starts drinking ...
Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:09 pm -
Re: it was my first poem so it well...sucks, lol
The last two lines were off rhythm and didn't add much to the poem. The repetition was getting boring. I knew the entire feeling and subject of the poem by ...
Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:08 pm -
Re: The Untamed Acre
This sounds exactly like the fields behind my house only a pear tree instead. I think you really captured the beauty of the field and the tree and the horses ...
Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:05 pm -
Re: Grotesque
I had no idea, reading it, that this was from the perspective of a kitten. So a suggestion: try making that clearer, if you're really attached tot he idea, or ...
Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:26 pm -
Re: You
Ooh! Pick me pick me! Maybe you could try setting the poem from the perspective of the same narrator as you have in this version, but instead set it as ...
Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:17 pm -
Re: Untitled
I'm going to say this first. Yay! I love people who care about people! I'm going to say this second. In the first crit, claudette crossed out all the two-line ...
Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:13 pm
