on I think I'm forgetting it now. by FreeFormFixation
20 Jul 2006, 2:00 AM
This is really great. Some of the lines need to be pulled back to make them as tense as the others: 'And just as my last shred of consciousness slips'. But I enjoy the tone and rhythm of it.
on Sunny Day Gone (In Lovng Memory of My Mother) by fallen_rose
10 Jul 2006, 4:19 AM
Quite nice... I'd liek top hear more about your mother. What kind of person was she? What was teh story of her life?
on That Shade by Enkidu
10 Jul 2006, 4:13 AM
Nice Oriental sounding poem.
on wet/dry dreams/eyes by FreeFormFixation
10 Jul 2006, 4:16 AM
Interesting... a dense poem. It sounds to me like it wants to rhyme and have a clearer metre. Reminds me of Bagpipe music by Louis MacNeice: http://www.artofeurope.com/macneice/mac6 .htm
on Broken Promise by VintageLove08
10 Jul 2006, 4:18 AM
Quite nice... sometimes the content is dictated too much by the rhyme for me. And sometimes this tells too much without showing and letting the reader work it out themselves.
on Devil's Deal by kaoriliveshere
6 Jul 2006, 12:00 PM
Nice sentiment here. Have you thought about putting it into a rhyming form?
on some deleted poem
26 Oct 2006, 11:11 AM
IWhat if you replaced teh god names with modern names? That would be unexpected.
on Royal Blades by Dovina
26 Oct 2006, 11:13 AM
Muscular writing! Not sure about the last line. There's a whole other story there.
on An Invitation From Poetry.com by scitz
5 Jul 2006, 5:10 AM
Very funny!
on some deleted poem
5 Jul 2006, 5:12 AM
I quite like the mirror image here. Maybe this could be a longer poem, more devloped poem though.
on Prelude to Infidelity (edited) by Caducus
5 Jul 2006, 5:14 AM
There is something really satisfying about the matter-of-fact statement and description here, although some of the images are a bit abstract for me like Tchaikovsky buying my wife...
on Background Noise by Plaidypus
5 Jul 2006, 5:19 AM
This reminds me of a poem by John Ash that I think was called 'A Novel'. This feels like it could be a whole novel in one poem.
on The Search by OneFingerAnswer
5 Dec 2005, 8:06 AM
I like the repetition here, but perhaps you need to break the form - maybe write it in blank verse instead to keep a restraint as the rhymes sound a bit ding-dong if you know what I mean?
on The Beauty of His Last Night Wasted by OneFingerAnswer
5 Dec 2005, 8:08 AM
This is interesting. It reminds me of Oriental poetry - Li Po etc. I like it, but maybe it is a little sentimental at the end - Oriental poetry is often about repressed emotions and this makes it moving. Perhaps a pinch of that may help here.
on saving myself for marriage by Venus
5 Dec 2005, 8:12 AM
A haiku is supposed to have three things:
1. A clear image
2. A clear emotion
3. A clear philosophical message
The image is not so clear to me as it seems to be two images - maybe you need to stick with the cherry image. The emotion seems to be hiding sadness with pride. But what is the philosophical message?
1. A clear image
2. A clear emotion
3. A clear philosophical message
The image is not so clear to me as it seems to be two images - maybe you need to stick with the cherry image. The emotion seems to be hiding sadness with pride. But what is the philosophical message?
on Charm by OneFingerAnswer
6 Dec 2005, 5:43 AM
I must say that I like this: teh build up of character. Perhaps some words and phrases are not working hard enough, like 'carrying himslef as if on a breeze'. You could be more specific here maybe'. I would also like to have more concrete happenings described.
on Gloria's Falling Sun by OneFingerAnswer
6 Dec 2005, 5:55 AM
I like this, but I'm not sure about the nursery rhyme sing song quality of the rhyme - maybe blank verse would be a better restraint? Also I don't like the way that our heroine is left in the dark at the end. Couldn't she hit Hyde over the head with a saucepan and escape or something?
on ... in the Rain by Numen
6 Dec 2005, 5:46 AM
There's a great deal that I like about this poem. The form is interesting and I like how it looks on the page. Sometimes the language could work harder - e.g.hiding tears in the rain is a cliche.