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  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Neglect and insanity

    Hi there, Rachymare. First off, you use some powerful diction in this piece. It draws out a ton of emotion in a short space, which is great. I particularly liked ...

    Dec 13, 2010
  • Lyrics Re: Long Way Back

    Hey guys! I know it's been a year, but I finally recorded it! I actually recorded it a while ago, and didn't tell anyone. So here it is, if anyone ...

    Apr 23, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Foreward Dreams, Living Today, and Yesterday's Memories,

    Your insights are thoughtful and refreshing, but perhaps a bit vague in "Living Today" and "Yesterday's Memories." I'd also suggest that you consider combining some of the lines and augmenting ...

    Dec 13, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Sand

    I once thought life resembled sand Shifting along the dunes of time Beside the sea of eternity, Until the grains dissolved from under my soles And I dropped, Matter, mind, ...

    Dec 13, 2008
  • Lyrics Re: Long Way Back

    Hey, thanks for the support, guys! I'm out of town this week, so I won't be able to record or post the song online for a couple weeks. I'll let ...

    Jun 16, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Bending Over Backwards

    This story made me smile :) . I'm afraid I can't take it through a line by line review today, but here's an overview: Praise: you have a terrific, fun ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Over the Nights and Morns

    This was pretty good; depressing, granted, but pretty good. :) My biggest suggestion would be to add punctuation. Without it, the poem's flow is off, the line is messed up, ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Solitary Seas

    This has a pretty constant tone and mood; the words that you chose fit will with the tone, keeping it melancholy, but not melodramatic :D . Well done! There were ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Gone Forever

    This is really good, considering it's your second poem. Everyone already covered the bases as far as nitpicks go, but I have my signature one that I'm going to use: ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: To my stepmother from hell

    Hey, welcome to YWS! I'm River, and I like to edit things. Just so you know, there are a couple of rules here at YWS, one being that you edit ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Romantic Novels Re: How Can Anyone Love a Jerk? (Part 2)(Revised)

    This chapter is better than the first one. Kudos! The biggest problem that I saw in this piece was that there was a lot of telling about what the MC ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: magic Kisses

    I'm not incredibly impressed with this piece; you can do better if you put more effort into it. My suggestions are as follows: 1. Listen to everyone who already posted ...

    Jun 15, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Exodus

    The edited draft is better. I still think that the profuse line breaks are unnecessary and distracting, but other than that, the edited draft is much improved. The most glaring ...

    Jun 13, 2008
  • Romantic Novels Re: Thirteen Kisses: Part Two

    I see how the Spanish can be confusing. The phrases translate to, "What?" I asked, using my best Spanglish. "Well..." Megan said, following suit, "My family has just bought a ...

    Jun 13, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Sonnet of a Failed Mother

    Well, Fandilocks already got most of the nit-picks, but there was one glaring thing that I can't ignore: this isn't a sonnet. It has the rhyme scheme of the Shakespearean ...

    Jun 13, 2008


I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.
— Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X