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  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: White America

    This is an interesting poem in that it shows us what other countries think of America. I would, if I were you, try to emphasize the idea of this being ...

    Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:20 pm
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: When Will It End?

    The look in her eyes as she shines and as she gleams Possibly change this to The look in her eyes as she shines, as she gleams because it's a ...

    Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:09 pm
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Another One of those Darned Harry Potter Poems:)

    Hey I did already take a look at this poem but I don't really have anything to say except that I agree wholeheartedly with everything you wrote. Love saved him ...

    Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:22 am
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: An Adventurer's Faith

    The first thing I would do is get rid of the intro. I don't know why, but if you start with all sorts of disclaimers it just gets the reader ...

    Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:30 am
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Diary

    This was really beautifully written. I love the imagery, especially in the second stanza, and I love the way you put a new twist on a love story by making ...

    Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:13 am
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: .

    Basically the first half was totally beautiful. I just have a few nitpicks: All of the bodies at night are obtained That felt like a bit of a stretch. Pain ...

    Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:46 am
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Dear Hanna

    I don't know what this new fad is for writing this in the second person. I've never seen it in a book, only occasionally in published poems. So for some ...

    Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:17 am
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: The Dancing Statues

    This has a lot of good imagery, but it is too long. I've read prose before that's been converted into poetry, and this reads like that. You take too long ...

    Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:19 am
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Devil

    Nowhere to escape to now, not even one comfortable safe place Hey, I really like the gist of your poem; how it sort of relates to the title but doesn't ...

    Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:14 am
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Van Gogh

    I think you'd like this song, if you haven't listened to it already: Just in case you're afraid to click on it, it's a collage of Van Gogh pictures played ...

    Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:48 am
  • Other » General, General Re: deo

    I hate it when the first thing people say about short poetry is that they wish you would "expand it." So of course I'm going to say just that. Only ...

    Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:45 am
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Pornography Kiss (chapter 3)

    Hey I've been following this novel and even though I really enjoy it so far I've been a little wary to comment. This is because, from what I understand you ...

    Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:31 pm
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: We are words.

    Hey I just wanted to say something really quick about this poem taken for granite or taken for granted? At first I thought maybe it was a play on words, ...

    Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:18 am
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: The Pen Is Mightier

    I love the new take on this. A lot writers like to write about writing and writer's block and such (a gratuitous form of writing, to be sure) but this ...

    Tue Jul 19, 2011 4:13 am
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Airbag

    I was really hoping to have something constructive or at least coherent to say because I'm one of those people that hates to gush BUT all I have is this ...

    Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:48 am


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