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Re: Incandescent
I love and admire this poem something fierce. You had me from "the sun". I loved the first two line breaks. Man, those were powerful. After seeing the critiques below ...
Oct 14, 2015 -
Re: The Bright Light
You've put forth an admirable effort here to describe the nitty-gritty physical experiences of decay along the path to death. I was struck by your description of the man's persistent ...
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Re: Not Meant to be Read by Any Eyes
OK, first of all: this was FUNNY. You do deadpan absurdity flawlessly. Second of all: I was continually amused by, and interested in, the detail with which you invented each ...
Oct 14, 2015 -
Re: Df;/$-;
This was well-crafted! I feel as though you really crawled inside the creep admirer's head and rendered her thoughts and feelings accurately, with sensitivity. Don't get me wrong; I despise ...
Oct 13, 2015 -
Re: The Halloween Genie
Please tell me English is your second language, because this is atrociously written. Nice idea - I love genies... and Halloween! - but see the review below my comment. If ...
Oct 12, 2015 -
Re: The Theme in this Poem is Loneliness
Nice. I often have the urge to parody the self-indulgent conventions of a lot of emo/teen/angst poetry and literature. But then I stop myself, because I know my readers will ...
Oct 3, 2015 -
Re: The House on Laurel Hill
The house on Laurel Hill is a childhood home. It might not even be real... merely constructed from memories that become more cozy and more October-tinted every year. But it's ...
Oct 3, 2015 -
Re: Www
I'm quite confused. What happened to this person? Did he/she get mugged? Not knowing what happened to him/her does diminish my feeling for him/her. Not going to lie. It sounds ...
Oct 3, 2015 -
Re: Bread Crumbs Don't Like Pigeons
What a great way to end the first stanza: "Damn fine day to be dead, huh?" I love this guy's f&*k-all attitude (sorry; I don't know if this review editor ...
Oct 3, 2015 -
Re: Pickles are life
.....what? Just.... what? ;) Kidding. You really meant it, didn't you, when you said you were bored and avoiding your other works? Well, it's cute and silly; I'll give you ...
Oct 3, 2015 -
Re: The Harvest
Well, this was definitely horrifying. What made it all the worse than just straightforward body-horror was the calm and sense of purpose exuding from Cardigan. He did seem to change ...
Oct 3, 2015 -
Re: Green Beads and Brown Beads
Your text has a lulling, fairytale storybook kind of rhythm to it, which I really like. It suits the lost, found, and waiting-to-be-found theme quite well. Am I interpreting the ...
Oct 3, 2015 -
Re: From Stars to the Fireplace
First of all, I'm no poet, and most of the time, I don't understand the structure of a poem, or why it works the way it does. I do, however, ...
Oct 3, 2015 -
Re: Deleted 59
Interesting.... so what I'm taking away from this is, the person who love the speaker and who smiled with teeth so bold, was "more bark than bite". She/he was more ...
Oct 3, 2015 -
Re: The Unsinkable Disaster-Chapter 4
Is this about the voyage of the Titanic? I like the idea of telling the story from the perspective of a young woman. About how old is Helen? By the ...
Oct 3, 2015
