User avatar

phantasm_of_innocence

  • Lyric Poetry Re: Forever Gone

    I thought this poem was beautiful. The imagery was superb. :D Many people feel lonely at one point or another in life, and I think most people can relate to ...

    Dec 23, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: I hear the whistling

    The title of this poem definitely caught my eye. I can honestly say I've never come across a title such as yours. (Or that I remember... :wink: ) I think ...

    Jun 28, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Mask

    Wowwww. Major kudos to you! :D In every word, I could feel your emotion so much! I felt this odd mix of rage, sorrow, neglect, slight nostalgia, hate, and sadness. ...

    Jun 17, 2009
  • Other Poetry Re: When You Fall

    Thank you! I had to edit it a lot!! When I first wrote it, the words literally just came, but it wasn't very rhythmic. It was OK, I guess, but ...

    Jun 17, 2009
  • Other Poetry Re: When You Fall

    NOTE: I have hardly any sense of rhythm, and this poem was not intended to be particularly rhythmic. It doesn't have a set meter, but the syllabic pattern is the ...

    Jun 16, 2009
  • Other Poetry Re: Bloodbath

    Wow...that was really good. I agree with the others about some of the lines being too long. I'm sure you can edit that very easily. :D I never thought of ...

    Jun 16, 2009
  • Poetry Discussion Re: The Best Way to Improve Your Poetry

    Is there a way to help me improve my rhythm when I write poetry? Let me guess....read poetry with good rhythm? I love to write poetry, and I'm good at ...

    Jun 16, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: True Love?

    This is a very nice poem. I felt like this when I had my first boyfriend, and you have great diction to describe the feelings of first love. Even though ...

    Jun 16, 2009


The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
— Richard Price