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Re: Walking Home
Look at your diction. Look at your line breaks (you end on weak words galore: in, the, and, etc.). First, your diction goes from...a dorm room and life there, to ...
Oct 21, 2011 -
Re: Headlights
Wow. This is really an incredible poem...and very, very simple. I loved the tone, and the opening lines, and the severity of the images even though they were brief. There ...
Oct 20, 2011 -
Re: Walking Home
this second segment kind gives me the goosebumps, and flashbacks. All in all, a decent (long) read that must have taken a lot of thought and imagery to get right. ...
Oct 16, 2011 -
Re: Walking Home
I don't like this one. I don't like it, I don't like it. Thanks in advance to anyone brave enough to tackle its atrocious length. 1 I’m going to need ...
Oct 16, 2011 -
Re: The Sound of Distant Thunder
I really like this one. The thunder is a great motif. It feels creepy, and, in the context of the poem, gives me chills. All of the imagery is that ...
Oct 16, 2011 -
Re: The Authentic
The emotions here were expressed well, and I definitely felt them as I read the poem. With such a tried theme as unrequited love, it's easy to fall into self-righteousness ...
Oct 16, 2011 -
Re: The Breaking of the Black Mare
I have to say that you are very talented. There are many ways to present servitude and aging, and I think you chose yours well, with much tact. The imagery ...
Oct 16, 2011 -
Re: Sunflowers
I've changed the last one to "golden". The first three were intentional. I could easily put synonyms there, but I think I established a cool rhythm by using three different ...
Oct 9, 2011 -
Re: Sunflowers
A girl twists and ducks and Twirls through a field Cloaked in suncatching sunflowers Sunbathing in spinning and singing and Joy and youth Weaving wind around Green stalks and yellow ...
Oct 9, 2011 -
Re: disco flowers
Oh my gosh. I read a lot of poems from unknown names online...and I have to say that this is one of the best, if not the best one I've ...
Oct 8, 2011 -
Re: Wolf
It is me, the writer. It's about planning a suicide and then realizing lamely that I cannot follow through. I started this as if it was going to be someone ...
Oct 8, 2011 -
Re: Wolf
Silk rope hung round his neck Touches residual Teen stubble Maybe it’s from the Wolf Spiders inhabiting His bathroom But I forget myself; Wolf Spiders do not Produce webs They ...
Oct 8, 2011
