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timjim77

  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Colorful Cubes, Delicate Glasses, and French Perfume

    Your rhymes are forced. (See: ...I wish to abhor/....walk out the door) The title promised more than the poem gave. Your meter is actually not so bad, but you get ...

    Nov 17, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Of Cheap Flesh and Produce

    This is Just To Say: Quite clever, well-done in the form. The lining is good, punctuation is fine, doesn't distract. "But I didn't love you" IS the poem, do nothing ...

    Nov 17, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: To Swallow a Swallow

    The image is whimsical and much to my taste. I think this poem could be improved by giving a bit more attention to meter. This poem has no set meter, ...

    Nov 17, 2008
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: you kill me

    Certainly the format is eye-catching. Almost echoes a fall. nice. "tears start to fall from you like me from the sky" This doesn't quite work. The image is awkward in ...

    Aug 16, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Enough

    swines: swine's glutens: gluttons There is an interesting thought here. A bit underdeveloped and uneven. You have chosen a setting for this poem, but it doesn't seem to have truly ...

    Aug 16, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: My puddle

    - Don't use 'larger than life' to describe the perspective of life. Right? - 'Slightest disruption': instead, give us an image of that slight disruption. - 'into my vision': Vision ...

    Jun 17, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: don't open, deleted*

    Ok: "War, Fare." No, Way. The separation of those words doesn't make sense. Or any of the others. - Yes, blood and war go hand in hand. As do cliches ...

    Jun 17, 2008
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Synesthesia

    I liked the chorus-like nature of the 'This is' sections. The commas-question mark combination leaves a lot to be desired. Are you asking a question, or asking a question an ...

    Jun 17, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Hive Mind, Own Will

    Ok, so we start out with Ludacris, and end with a confession. I'm confused. -First, spell check. Despicable, not dispicibal. And, not nd. - Wait/weight works on (0) levels. Sometimes ...

    Jun 5, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Word Travels

    I found this poem quite interesting. - Fantastic imagery. - The voice and tone of the poem sounded weary. I'm not sure this is what was intended, and you may ...

    Jun 5, 2008
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Indians in the rain?

    - "There" should be their - BOOM! doesn't need to look like that. - "You can hear the click, click, click of that dead engine, A damp body dances through ...

    Jun 5, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Untitled

    - Read your poem without the second stanza and without "Will I ever see your face again?" and I think you will be surprised. - Consider using some periods. Crashed. ...

    Jun 5, 2008
  • Short Story » General, General Re: For Drake.

    - The letter is so snarky that it makes it difficult to read. If you reread your story without the letter, I think you find it only improves it. - ...

    Jun 5, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: nothing behind those eyes

    Hmmm, well, yes, I suppose. But no one likes homework attached to a poem, now do they? I understand this was an assignment. I'd say you did a bang-up job ...

    Jun 5, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Imperfection

    A comment on your intro. I feel that one of the beauties of poetry is its capacity to refine raw emotion and edify it. See, emotion is personal. But you ...

    Jun 5, 2008


We are all broken. That's how the light gets in.
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