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  • Lyrics » General, General Re: To Whom It May Concern

    I don't often review lyrics because I'm not musically gifted or good at detecting the song in them, so bear with me. The overall tone of this lyric is pretty ...

    Aug 4, 2011
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Asphyxiation

    Jack steering, throws back the engine, blood black barracuda thrown down back into the swarming allegiance of crazed fish. Sardines we can always forgive, flooding their monotonous exposés into the ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: World War Z

    I read this a few years ago and loved it as well. A very unique reading experience that I actually think would work much better as a film, but still ...

    Jul 30, 2011
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Room

    I'm going to be honest, there's quite a bit wrong with this poem. The poem overall feels random and poorly planned/edited, starting with "the boy" who gets introduced out of ...

    Jul 29, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Innocence Bane

    This poem is great considering how much you were able to condense into three brief stanzas, while also giving the air of lightness. Definitely fun to read. Your rhyming worked ...

    Jul 24, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Rains

    And all the world, was stoped As flying leaves, by rakes where toped And such a flash, lit up the sky And no one dared to wonder why "stoped" is ...

    Jul 23, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: No longer a poem!

    They say the windows to the heart, lie within the eyes. But what if you can't see their face, Because your eyes are blind? Blind to the liar. Blind to ...

    Jul 23, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: A Gaged Love

    Cute poem. I wish you hadn't broken it up into so many different thoughts and subjects. But I'm sure Mikaela Gage would like it. I found it to be pretty ...

    Jul 1, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Most of all

    Most of all I like driving, Alone at night, With the radio off and no seat belt, And if the moon is bright, I feel this line lessens the effect. ...

    Jul 1, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: The Impossible

    Hello, Knight. This poem is suffering. Suffering from a punctation famine. The whole first half contains practically zero punctuation, which also means it has practically zero pauses. Nothing has emph

    Jun 29, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Shaking Youth.

    Oh my god! That is THE coolest thing I've seen on this site before. I'm exaggerating, but still, the fact that you actually recorded yourself reciting this poem and then ...

    Jun 23, 2011
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: bloated bites

    This is quite a refreshing poem, on a subject I haven't seen in poetry before. First I'm going to get out of the way my nitpicks. Fist of which is ...

    Jun 23, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: One Must Scream

    Did you happen to watch the Egypt Sunday specials on Green Planet this weekend? :) I'm going to start by mentioning what I believe to be your strongest aspect in ...

    Jun 20, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Lost in a 1954 Supermarket

    This is brilliant! You have a lovely way with words, to be sure. I can't say how accurate it is to a 1954 supermarket though, yet you still took me ...

    Jun 20, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Opus 7

    I met her that day Cold, windy, a breath sucking life from my lungs shriveled at the sight Beautiful, majestic, on a MamaLama was right, in that this comes off ...

    Jun 20, 2011


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