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dbrick

  • Poetry » Romantic, Realistic Re: if the streets touch the sky

    Hey! I really liked this poem. It carried a flow of deep imagery that really spoke to me. I like how you didn't explicitly explain the poem but rather left ...

    Feb 14, 2015
  • Poetry » General, General Re: the rooster

    Hey, Dbrick here for a review! Congrats by the way, it looks like this is your first poem on YWS. I like the rhyming in this poem, it isn't the ...

    Oct 11, 2014
  • Poetry » Lyrical, Realistic Re: Deleted 48

    What a great poem! The lines themselves are complex and carry a lot of weight. I especially loved the format of the poem, it is new and interesting. The analogy ...

    Oct 11, 2014
  • Article / Essay » Culture, Spiritual Re: Confessions of a homophobiaphobic

    This was a good essay; you communicated your position well and talked about many of the aspects of homosexuality. I do have a problem with your reasoning though; you said ...

    Oct 7, 2014
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Shakespearean Sonnet #8 - The Flame

    I am not that familiar with many of Shakespeare's works, but I will review this as best I can. This is such a great poem! I love the imagery of ...

    Sep 27, 2014
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Halfhearted

    I really liked this poem; it is so charged with emotion! First what I liked: I didn't see any particular rhyming pattern yet this poem flows very well. Many of ...

    Sep 27, 2014
  • Poetry » Politics, General Re: Black Abyss

    Hey dbrick here for a review! The flow of your poem was really great, especially considering the poem had varying long and short sentences. Your words usage was great as ...

    Apr 6, 2014
  • Poetry » Realistic, Teen Fiction Re: We are the modern zombies.

    This was a good poem! I really like poems that tell a story, and your poem about the zombie apocalypse is unique. Your description of the zombies/environment/yourself really brings this ...

    Nov 24, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Just Smile

    Hey! I really liked this poem. This is a great reminder of what the little gestures in life can do! I remember when I helped an older lady find her ...

    Nov 24, 2013
  • Poetry » Narrative, Dramatic Re: Come to Me

    This poem was so well done and really paints a picture of the mental progression of depression. The imagery was beautiful and puts a twist on the beautiful sunny ocean ...

    Nov 22, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Writer's Block

    Hey! I really liked this, it was simple but clever and it had a good flow to it. I wrote a similar poem when I had writer's block; it was ...

    Nov 22, 2013
  • Poetry » Narrative, Lyrical Re: only a book, only life

    This is a riveting poem that carried a sad tune. Your word use was eloquent and the rhyming worked great. Like Ibounce said, "her paper skin, her inky heart" was ...

    Nov 22, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Dream within a Dream

    What an interesting concept! This poem reminded me of Inception. Your poem flowed well considering that you seemed to transition from a dream about a lover to a dream within ...

    Nov 22, 2013
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Change

    This is a simple but interesting poem. I was about to critique you about having a contradiction "Change is hard but its not fatal, yet its killing me." But after ...

    Nov 21, 2013
  • Poetry » General, Other Re: Earthquake

    Hey, another review from dbrick! This poem was simple and made an intriguing connection between an earthquake and a lion (I think). It was a little bit unpolished (some of ...

    Nov 20, 2013


sometimes i don't consider myself a poet but then i remember that i literally write poetry
— chikara