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Re: A Lesson in Dying
I didn't know you wrote poetry, Snoink. :) If the point of this poem was to make me feel a) terrified, b) violent and c) violently terrified, you did the ...
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Re: Former
Not exactly sure what's going on here... I would recommend against putting words in all caps, and bolding them, and underlining them. If we didn't catch it without those things, ...
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Re: My grand father
I agree with those nitpicks above. Normally I'm a fan of the most abstract writing and show, not tell but this definitely worked, in my opinion. Not much else to ...
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Re: To Be Like Jesus
*stars* wow, there are a lot of reviews on this. I have to say I agree with other people above, however-- I don;t think this is pretentious, but it does ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: The Table
I love your poetry, MO. But I don't really get this piece. When it starts off I hear endless table and boring eyes, and I think it's some kind of ...
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Re: An Ode to Childhood
I agree with june here-- that stanza is in an odd place; it jars the rest of the poem he dances behind her mother, twirling through the grocery store, as ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: still life
Wow, that was good. I really loved the last lines and i hear you say you've become an artist when really i just watched you fill yourself in with cement. ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: I Watch from the Window
By falling in love with a Jew. This lines strikes me as unintentionally funny.I know you're trying to make it a holocaust poem, but try something else here, still having ...
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Re: Red Chrysanthemums
I like the short-ness of your poetry. Sometimes I read poetry where I'm sure whole stanzas could be eliminated-- but this is great stuff. What God made is beautiful, but ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: PEZ
Oh, I forgot to write something. My name THe UNIVERSE WAZ HERE ********** I agree with Evi that you ignored the best part of pez, that they come in fun ...
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Re: Your Voice
I hate to sound like a critiquer, but these fair people were just doing their duty as yws members. If you didn't write it for us, don't post it for ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: Last Words (Glosa)
About the whole stanza thing; I encountered this too. When you post this, look at the bottom where the tap options is, under the body of your poem and there ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: Friends
We, friends, are one true heart. It sounds like your addressing us, the audience when you say this line, which I don't think was your intention. But it works really ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: Just stop!
... .... ....... I really liked it. :wink: It doesn't feel like a poem in terms of structure, grammatical correctness and such but It was violent with emotion. A lot ...
Jan 7, 2010 -
Re: Electric November
Stained like ink in the sea I've seen "stained metaphors that were utilized to great effect. However, this was not one of them. Ink in the sea just sounds odd. ...
Jan 7, 2010
