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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 ...
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 ...
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
