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Just because its in the title doesn't mean it has to be in the poem. Also: this does a lot of telling. Even though there are scenes and things happen ...

(Since critiquing comes in many styles, and beginners might get confused as to their particular uses and strengths.) The best critiques deal with a little bit of both, and for ...

This rant is not about the same thing as your article, nor is it a response, but it is something that I think you might find interesting all the same. ...

This works as philosophy and as condensed and elevated essay, but it doesn't do much for me as poetry. I'm sorry. I know a lot of older poetry tends to ...

The sun, a hot vessel sparking trees over water, does not concern itself with partings. This is more comforting than you'd imagine. If we were standing on a long dock ...

In a lot of my critiques, here and elsewhere, I find myself going over the basics of imagery, trying to explain it and type it quickly so that the critique-ee ...

Personally, when I'm feeling some sort of emotion and the words align themselves right, I write it down. Then, I'll edit it until I like it and it makes sense ...

I think first person poetry has some of the same advantages and pitfalls of first person fiction; it can be an amazing insight into a mind or a very personal, ...

On the first chapter: One continuity error: he's looking at the sea, but it's smooth as glass? This I guess I could believe if he's looking at an inlet or ...

I like this a lot, and it really pulled me in; I haven't moved on to the rest of the story yet, but so far this looks like a good ...

I think you could cut down the first paragraph a tad, actually: since this is so short, everything should count. It's a bit like poetry; there's no bulk of story ...

Something can be rooted in fact but that doesn't automatically mean that it's going to translate well onto the page. Since we're not you and we're not in your life ...

I liked this and I liked the story, and I think with some cutting down this could be a very nice poem. It's not that you need to make this ...

Imagery/metaphor/figurative language are more central to making something more like poetry and less like prose with linebreaks, though if you're up to rhyme and rhythm certainly, go for it! Even ...

Purple prose - heap it on, and if you're feeling uninspired I'm sure that you can get a helping hand from a cheap romance novel or two. Discribe pooling eyes, ...