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  • Welcome Mat Re: I'm new...kind of

    Actually, I posted here for a little while a few years ago but never really got to know anyone. Anyway, I've been writing again lately, and I thought "how wonderful ...

    May 28, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: John Smith

    I enjoy the conversational tone of this. It works really well for the, uh, suject of the piece, and you were able to make it sound like you (the narrator) ...

    Jul 13, 2007
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Finding Exactly What You Need

    This kind of sounds like an ad against drunk driving or something...you know...the ones where they tell the story about how, "Mary had never been to a party before. She ...

    Jul 13, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Chronicles of Narnia

    I read Narnia for the first time last year...talk about a deprived childhood. I love C.S. Lewis. The Dawn Treader is my favorite...the part where Aslan is peeling off Eustace's ...

    Jul 13, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: The "I'm Back" Thread

    So I was on here a fair amount last summer, but abandoned YWS when school started. Well it's summer again and I am back!

    Jul 11, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Happy Birthday to Me!!

    Happy Birthday! Mine was yesterday.

    Aug 21, 2006
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The Cynic Speaks

    The fourth stanza particularly, I would break that stanza into three or possibly even four lines. I wouldn't have thought of its a good thing you thought of it for ...

    Aug 17, 2006
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Chair of Wind & Darkness: Draft Two [1-4]: Closed

    Great stuff. Reads at a great pace. Amusing at times and intense at others. I'm very interested in learning more about Barduev. Your description, while simple, has managed to say ...

    Aug 17, 2006
  • Media Reviews Re: Anna Karenina

    ...I fell in love with Levin...he just had all those...agricultural reports and stuff.

    Aug 15, 2006
  • Media Reviews Re: Far From the Madding Crowd~Thomas Hardy

    Let's see...I've read Tess of the D'Urbervilles , Jude the Obscure , The return of the Native , and The Mayor of Casterbridge , as well as some of his ...

    Aug 15, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: There are no Children here

    Good stuff. Nice images and tone. Also great that its not all about you. Poetry can sometimes be an excuse to rant about our problems, have you noticed? Its challenging ...

    Aug 15, 2006
  • Media Reviews Re: Anna Karenina

    Poor Imp: Thanks! haha I was saying Karen- eena !

    Aug 15, 2006
  • Media Reviews Re: Far From the Madding Crowd~Thomas Hardy

    I love this book. I'm a huge Thomas Hardy fan, and this is my favorite written by him. I did a book report on it last year. Gabriel Oak is ...

    Aug 15, 2006
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The Cynic Speaks

    Alright. So here is my first attempt at poetry in over a year. More of a whim than a serious attempt. I'm posting it mainly so I can know what ...

    Aug 14, 2006
  • Narrative Poetry Re: ex.tincture

    something – merely misshapen, mishandled and now appearing similar, no longer dis- At first I thought, "what?!" So then I proceeded to read the poem over a few more times. ...

    Aug 14, 2006


Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
— Marianne Moore