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  • Poetry » Other, General Re: December Moon

    Just some mechanics: Goddess is spelled wrong. The rhythm is off on L7, perhaps cut "glistening". I like the unstructured rhyme. It's refreshing. It's simple, and I appreciate it for ...

    Jan 3, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: David’s Lament

    There's nothing wrong with this. In a mechanical sense, that is. But this poem doensn't make me care evne a snipit for any sort of lost souls or lamentation. I ...

    Dec 22, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: French Class...in the art room.

    Pencils red yellow blue green Some are colorful, abstract. In addition to bubbles, I think that "red, yellow, blue, green" and "colorful" are too ...colorful, if you will, for the ...

    Dec 22, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Revised Version of "Letter to a Ghost"

    ..I won't be reading that description there. Stuff like that belongs in a blog. If your poem is properly written, I should be able to relate to the situation easily ...

    Dec 19, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Thursdays

    I'm sure there's an artistic reason why you didn't use any punctuation besides the full stops, but really...it's driving me insane. I just want to go through and go COMMA ...

    Dec 18, 2006
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Moon

    I’ve never felt as warm As I do now First, this isn't very good. It's a cliche, and just a turn-off as an opener. And never been so warmed Secondly, ...

    Dec 10, 2006
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Elf Son

    I was suggesting that you go through and simply click "enter" so that after every paragraph or line break (such as in dialouge) there is an extra space inbetween. Survey ...

    Dec 3, 2006
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Revised Addiction

    First off, "And I'm faking" is an awkward line, it's not needed, and in my opinion, it should be chopped out of every stanza. The make up , it stains ...

    Dec 3, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Gorgotten

    Check your spelling. "field of nothingness" does nothing for you, and creativity is vital in the shortest of poems. L2 should be followed up with a comma. "Disappear" looks just ...

    Dec 3, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: No Words

    A certain intensity and harshness circle your consonants, as they drip off your tongue like watermelon seeds in summertime. They blast into resting water Blast and watermelon make me think ...

    Nov 21, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: laugh. shiver. choke. die.

    I think there are some jagged transitions that I want to point out: tightening my heartscrews and opening my mouth I laughed as hard as I could I'm not sure ...

    Nov 18, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Wanting More

    You knew I'd get here eventually. :D Jake, clutch me with your suitcase hand and tell me, Tell you what? Simple stuff can be important.... bring the bazooka and your ...

    Nov 16, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Photograph

    Dress pulled stiffly back by unseen pins Girl, wind, frozen image - photograph. You accomplished that in the first line. Unseen pins is more than a little awkward; it's pratically ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Shifting through the seasons

    If the descent of colors is purposeful: just weeks ago we felt yellow jackets menace the thin skin The muscadine falls blue to the trail and sets off the hickory ...

    Nov 1, 2006
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Poem Deleted

    I'm not sure about the elements of poetry, but I know that it lacked a meaning...besides that of the circulatory system (which isn't all that moving) had no symbolism, imagery, ...

    Oct 22, 2006


“All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind