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  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: False

    Welcome to YWS! First I will address the enjambment that is running amok in your poem. If you don't know, enjambment is when you continue your sentences without pause into ...

    Apr 22, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Allen is a park

    note: last thing to him, I'll move on to someone else. Dedicated to Allen Ginsberg Allen is a park Allen is a tree. His trunk carries memory, rings and rings ...

    Apr 18, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Whats next?

    "A new thought process ‘click’. A new window appears Thought visualised" I love this line. This poem, however, suffers from a lack of punctuation. Corrections/suggestions in red. What’s N ext? ...

    Apr 18, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Santana, just like the first time

    Santana, J ust L ike the F irst T ime I hate early mornings. I hate long days at uni. Ugh. What is uni? Are you expressing an inability to ...

    Apr 18, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: The Tumbleweed

    Yep. Here it is. ___ The torrid , golden halo hangs high in the sky, A lazy horizon ripples like a Double Dutch skipping rope . Some cacti, dully green, ...

    Apr 18, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Progne Subis

    This poem is begging for some clarifying punctuation throughout. "For her, time is of the past, a dusty picture frame in which who she once was is frozen within." This ...

    Apr 16, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Galerius' lil boat of rainbows

    Let There Be Blight - Galerius (deleted, so no link, but in spoiler) Ethanol makes things quiet. That’s what the elderly whisper, even now, as they squat on putrid food, ...

    Apr 10, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re:

    Grass is prickling at my feet, my thoughts are restless in the heat. I want to be the rushing creek Punctuation at end of line needed, or make the following ...

    Apr 10, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Nephilim

    OK, so the title is fantastic! At first I thought, "OK, the Nephies were giants resulting from angels and men in Genesis." The poem is obviously not about that, so ...

    Apr 7, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Imagine Me and You..

    The title can go without the two periods. "as we, just you and I." What does this mean? Find yourselves as "we"? "Thunder and rain are across the coast." This ...

    Apr 6, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Tribulation

    This is definitely a "lyric" poem, it is very rhythmic and it can kind of be sung. My one complaint is the redundant use of "long," otherwise the rest is ...

    Apr 6, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Thirteen

    Nice poem! I like the repetition, it allows for the lines in the last stanza to be emphasized well. It has a strong ending which I always like and there ...

    Apr 6, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: 0.

    with your unshaven stubble dripping firmament Comma at the end of line? the long hairs tipped in gold. I would have kissed you if I could have kissed you and ...

    Mar 29, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Sunbathing

    Really? I think I was running on you last summer... Sorry, to the poem! :) First line is wonderful. Breathing IN with a sigh is so special and you worded ...

    Mar 24, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: untitled

    C'mon, really? I just wrote a whole damn poem about all this "untitled" nonsense. :p The first stanza needs punctuation at the end of the second line. Otherwise this was ...

    Mar 24, 2011


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