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  • Lyric Poetry Re: Crickets

    Hi there! Welcome to YWS! I'm River, and I would be honored to be your first reviewer today! You use fantastic, fanciful language in this poem. Also, your images are ...

    Dec 19, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Through These Eyes

    Hi there! At first, I thought this was going to be another angst-ridden, cynical poem about all that's wrong with the world, but in the end, I found that I ...

    Dec 19, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Haunted Mirrors

    Hi there! There are so many different ways you could take this start, and I'm interested to see what you do with it. I'd like to praise you for the ...

    Dec 19, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: This Terrible Place

    Hi there! This poem definitely made me laugh. I wrote a song with similar sentiments not long ago :). Thank you for the permission to be nit-picky...don't mind if I ...

    Dec 19, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Sometimes I Wonder

    Hi there, You have so many different images in here! Poetry lives off of imagery, so good job! My only complaint about the imagery is that you use "like" too ...

    Dec 18, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Under the Lights

    Hero’s pulse galloped in her throat as she handed her ticket to the prom to a parent waiting outside of the ballroom. She hastily checked the faces of every adult ...

    Dec 18, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: *deleted...*

    Hi there! This could definitely be a prologue, if it precedes another story and the information in it is vital to understanding the story line. However, I would make it ...

    Dec 15, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Lies

    Hi there! I really liked the second half of this poem. Honestly, I don't think you need all the questions at the beginning. They're not very poetic, but as soon ...

    Dec 15, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Depth of Insanity

    Hi there!! Welcome to YWS! As far as the competition goes, I haven't heard of any specific one, but there's always the Literary Journal that you can submit to! Here's ...

    Dec 15, 2010
  • Lyric Poetry Re: I want it to be you

    Hi there! The thing that I think of when I read this piece is "I know the feeling." The wishes you express are universal, so in my review, I aim ...

    Dec 15, 2010
  • WRFF Archive Re: Born to be a .... reviewer ;) *CLOSED*

    Hi there! Could you review this short story of mine? I don't do a lot of romance fiction, and it's not meant to be passionate and lustful or anything, but ...

    Dec 15, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: My Soul Mate

    Hi there, While reading through your thoughts in this poem, I definitely could relate to what you said. This idea is something a lot of people can relate to, so ...

    Dec 15, 2010
  • Lyric Poetry Re: My Fear: Loneliness and Abandonment

    Hi there! I was going to go all-out with a grammar analysis, but since you already turned it in, I'll refrain :). Even if I had gone all-out, there isn't ...

    Dec 15, 2010
  • Narrative Poetry Re: A Different Kind of Gold

    Hi there, I really enjoyed this poem as a whole, and recurring image of gold. It was very well put-together, so thank you for that. I only have a couple ...

    Dec 15, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: Trapped Arizona

    Hi there! This is an interesting poem. Is it about a cactus? That's my best guess, anyway. Your descriptions are colorful and fantastic, but the ambiguity makes it a bit ...

    Dec 15, 2010


If you don't know it's impossible it's easier to do. And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.
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