vox nihili

In my opinion, it really depends. While the thought of someone endign their life is hard to stomach, if they had, say, a terminal illness and were in severe pain, ...

While cannibalism, in Western society, is generally abhorred, some isolated tribes of New Guinea and other such remote areas continue to practice this ritual partaking of human flesh. Even in ...

[quote="sHis chest was rising and falling in synch with his rapid heartbeat. 1 The grip on Derek's shoulders tightened as Rob forced his son to directly look him in the ...

Hi. I'm Vox. I'll be doing a general critique, and if I sound harsh--I really hope I don't-- it's just in the spirit of constructive critiscism, okay? Oops, I guess ...

[quote=" Then I joined a website, My problems began, You took the mickey, 1 I turned and ran. I tried to ignore it, To tune you out, But it started ...

Wow. After reading one paragraph, I'm itching to see the next portion! This is like the summary they'd put on the back of a book. Some minor edits to point ...

First off, this is all one very long, unregulated, difficult to read sentence. I think you really need to edit this before anyone tries to analyze the poem itself. At ...

Hi, welcome to YWS! I'm Vox, feel free to message me anytime if you want to talk about writing or have a question. Before I get started, one clarification: I ...

I watch the world around me, Random people of different ages, races and complextions. 1 Short and Tall. 2 Handsome and Pretty. 3 Sweet and Nice. 4 Odd or werid. ...

Ummm... I'm new to this form of poetry. You just sort of listed random thoughts? Is it supposed to be a non-sequitter? I'm rather in the dark with the purpose ...

I'm sorry about your grandmother, assuming this is nonfiction. Poetry does make a good outlet of expression. Now for the criticisms... I may sound bossy and/or critical, but it's just ...

I don't want to be harsh...but I just didn't get it. Tip for helping people understand it: tone down some of the language. As professional and serious as it sounds, ...

a critique: the girl who is talking about over fishing... overfishing is one word. About Barry... I'm not a psychologist, but I read a lot about medical anomalies. And about ...

It reminds me of Emily Dickenson's "I never saw a moore, never saw the sea, but know I how the heather looks and what a wave must be...etc" Did that ...

Okay. Brace for impact- I'm about to give a mini-lecture on OCD. First off: do you really experience any such urges in your own reality? If you do, I'm sorry ...