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Re: Pounding the Pavement
Unlike what the previous reviewer seems to believe, the poem is not in iambic pentameter. I mean... the second foot is inverted... and there are several lines that have more ...
Apr 26, 2011 -
Re: .
full of cliche, completely devoid of sensory detail, repetitive, forced rhyme, inactive, uninteresting, nearly style-less. here is my advice. When you write, try to SHOW and not TELL. Which is ...
Apr 26, 2011 -
Re: Rewind
typos. Seems slapdash, random words seem to be capitalized at times. I don't know. This poem didn't interest me in general. I didn't find the imagery good... actually I didn't ...
Apr 26, 2011 -
Re: fading footsteps
I donno, I think there are too many questions. When i read the second line, I almost thought it was about the end of the world. So then in the ...
Apr 26, 2011 -
Re: Rain
ugh. One thing that bugged me was that every new line started with a capital. You don't have to do that, you capitalize and punctuate poetry like you would prose. ...
Apr 26, 2011 -
Re: Secrets
i'd say that there is a narrative here. I thought the repetition, the promise motif was effective, the dialogue in particular is pretty powerful, I liked the specific details, reminders ...
Apr 26, 2011 -
Re: Calling all Critiques/ Reviews!!!!! Lucifer
Like a shadow he enters my realm, my solitude Darkening my thoughts and purging the light. He whispers harsh, seductive, daring words Pulling me to desperate action. first thing, sorta ...
Apr 25, 2011 -
Re: Save Her
if you'd like comments only about punctuation, I'd say you don't need about 75% of the commas you used. You especially don't need them at the end of lines, usually ...
Apr 25, 2011 -
Re: Perfect
This poem is as you say, personal, but not much more. I felt like the big fancy words were wasting my time, over modifying certain phrases and nouns into meaninglessness. ...
Apr 25, 2011 -
Re: patterns and peaches
alphabet spinster, with needle and thread and slow syllables collected like buttons in a bag, she speaks soft with a voice like thrush in the wind and there is a ...
Apr 25, 2011 -
Re: Flutter By
i am wondering why random words are capitalized. Bear, sew, seems. Are these typos or was it intentional. If it was intentional then, well, the way we'd say it in ...
Apr 21, 2011 -
Re: insincerely standing, truly falling.
out of 6,775,235,741 people in this world, one girl sees the real me. so erin, ignore this ramble. it only applies to the other 6,775,235,740. how dare you all? how ...
Apr 18, 2011 -
Re: Hush
again, you are misusing semicolons. (Here's a hint, there should be a complete sentence on both sides of the semicolon). It's funny, I can give you almost the exact same ...
Apr 18, 2011 -
Re: Sinews
I'm just going to type things here as I'm reading. If you don't know how to use semicolons properly, don't use them. Try to vary your sentence structure a little ...
Apr 18, 2011 -
Re: What is the state of your being, Joseph Ducreux? (edited)
Remove me, from the land of Nod, upon the beginning of October: the second rodent obtains the degenerate milk product, though the prime-arriving hand-bird acquires the mud-crawler – half the ...
Apr 18, 2011
