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  • Narrative Poetry 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
  • Other Poetry 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
  • Narrative Poetry 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
  • Narrative Poetry 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
  • Other Poetry 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
  • Lyric Poetry 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
  • Narrative Poetry 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
  • Lyric Poetry 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
  • Lyric Poetry 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
  • Narrative Poetry 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
  • Other Poetry 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
  • Other Poetry 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


Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
— Brené Brown