poemranker ::20 most recent comments by howl and replies

Comments byhowl, the 20 most recent, including replies. Only comments on poems

on Exile in New Hamshire by AlexandraLeaving 6 Jan 2007, 12:18 PM
I rather thought theese meant you were a southerner.
on Advent by Nicholas Jones 23 Dec 2006, 3:12 PM
Sounds like something the wretched Dovina would write. It is all tell and not show.
on Sonnet 2 (Eulogy for a clerk) by Schlinkey 27 Nov 2006, 2:12 AM
Like the curate's egg. I don't like 'Your scornful view on things is far too grim;'.
replying on Raising the nap by howl 27 Nov 2006, 2:03 AM
what do you mean re 'pushing it forward'?
on tormented suspicion by pollywolly 15 Nov 2006, 1:40 PM
replace 'brings forth tears/ to my eyes' with 'brings forth tears/ to my bum'
on Just words by aliena 15 Nov 2006, 1:37 PM
This is pretty good. 'And words are the easiest' is rather cack-handed (the easiest what/of what). I like 'break them across lines'.
on Bagni di Lucca by Sasha 8 Nov 2006, 2:51 AM
and how does one go about translating daft formatting?
on Suburban Spleen by Sasha 1 Nov 2006, 2:20 PM
Every stanza should end with a full stop. I know you are experimenting with style but it doesn't work. I don't like the final stanza (first two lines of) either.
on Poem for Mahmuth by Dental Panic 1 Nov 2006, 11:19 AM
sadder wiser beers is urgh. The final stanza's enjambment is off. Why not just: It was a fire balloon from Essen/launched to measure high altitude winds. No aliens here/just hazy earthlings, shooting/into the dark bushes.
on Still by half.italian 1 Nov 2006, 3:19 AM
Too disparate see daniella's txt to Russia. The 'I am' in the first line is used to draw together the images.
on 311006 txt to russia by daniella 1 Nov 2006, 2:52 AM
A little unsubstantial. It has a well crafted order.
on Crappy by drnick 24 Oct 2006, 8:38 AM
you seem to keep missing the verb to be out all the time. If you see the verb to be as naughty use different verbs.
on Your Eyes by Dovina 24 Oct 2006, 8:34 AM
Good apart from the last line which is a bit of a bum ending.
on MRS Degree by Miggy 24 Oct 2006, 8:31 AM
She is the opposit of a tack is terrible :( as is the teachers giving her an A. I'd have given her an F.
on Prologue by Dovina 24 Oct 2006, 8:30 AM
Cool. Put in on your gravestone.
on The Little Mouse That Roared by Wakeboarder20 24 Oct 2006, 8:28 AM
and not afraid to force the issue is so ridiculous it made me Lol.
on Danger Zone by Miggy 24 Oct 2006, 8:25 AM
Mature version of truth or dare sounds terrible. I much prefer it with a young filly.:(
on The Day Habeas Corpus Died by Wakeboarder20 24 Oct 2006, 8:23 AM
I don't know why you argue that this poem has any subtlety. It doesn't. On the plus side it isn't too shoddy. I dont like the 'not as good as tv reality' line. I think it would work better if the narrator were watching something specific.
This is good. Apart from the last verse. The last verse is bollocks.
on Bitter by Ranger 15 Oct 2006, 6:09 AM
wkd.