on Sonnet 3 (Farewell my muse) by Schlinkey
27 Nov 2006, 2:26 PM
I'd cut a few of the commas and replace them with alternative punctuation - purely for presentation. Other than that I enjoyed this, although I rarely like seeing the dummy auxiliary 'do' used, even in a classical style. If it's possible to edit that out, it might be worthwhile.
on Raising the nap by howl
27 Nov 2006, 2:23 PM
'Slow as the creep of soil' is a really nice image. Does 'teas' want an apostrophe?
replying on Sonnet 2 (Eulogy for a clerk) by Schlinkey
27 Nov 2006, 2:18 PM
There's nothing wrong with internal rhymes - same as with end-rhymes - so long as they're consistent. I wouldn't worry about the English pronunciation; most English have forgotten it too.
on Journey To The Centre Of The Loom by -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.
27 Nov 2006, 2:16 PM
I eagerly await 'Around the Loom in Eighty Days'
on Sonnet 2 (Eulogy for a clerk) by Schlinkey
27 Nov 2006, 1:57 PM
Another very readable sonnet, although again I'm unconvinced by the initial internal rhyming - it sets up an expectation that isn't carried through. It needs punctuation after each quote in order to satisfy the grammar nazi, and over here 'clerk' is pronounced 'clark' which screws up your final rhyme, but that's not really an issue. 'Almond eyes' is really good, conjures up cyanide connotations (works well with the death), and the last two lines are well worked.
replying on She dreams by amanda_dcosta
26 Nov 2006, 5:01 AM
Much better
replying on Instruction by Dovina
26 Nov 2006, 5:00 AM
Update - make that a whole essay on Derrida.
I'm such a nerd.
I'm such a nerd.
replying on Instruction by Dovina
26 Nov 2006, 1:50 AM
I don't have anything particularly recent to post except for half an essay on Derrida. Poetry websites seem to have sucked the life out of me. I am still around though, whenever there's anything worth commenting on.
on Sonnet 1 (Nevermore - The last sonnet) by Schlinkey
25 Nov 2006, 2:05 PM
The double rhyme of spoiled and soiled is distracting, the rest is very readable.
on In sickness and in health by Schlinkey
25 Nov 2006, 2:03 PM
Good villanelle.
on Instruction by Dovina
25 Nov 2006, 2:02 PM
'I'd rather do those things/when future world was kind' - tense consistency? Other than that, this is grand. You should live the Ray Mears life.
on She dreams by amanda_dcosta
25 Nov 2006, 1:59 PM
Excellent except for 'of oaks and pines and firs growing tall' - rhythm's out and I'd rather see another way of describing them rather than as being tall. But this is one of your best, without a doubt.
on For China by Fear of Garbage
16 Nov 2006, 11:28 AM
Aside from 'gloppy', this is excellent
on Street Talkers (Amnesiac) by Fear of Garbage
16 Nov 2006, 11:19 AM
'He keeps babies hugged inside his hollowed bowels' is a -=Dark_Angel=- line if ever I heard one.
on Just words by aliena
15 Nov 2006, 6:55 AM
Fair enough. You might want line 12 to be 'because today I wanted to create' - just to keep tense consistency with the line after.
on Three Worlds by Dovina
14 Nov 2006, 5:43 AM
'Weasel doing in the goose'? That's too much Brixton at 3am for me. Either that, or it means something which I dread to imagine. Stanza 4 is really good. I'm surprised that you didn't include the recurring images (river/brook, weasel/goose, sun) in stanza 2 though. Line 9 misses the rhythm - could do with fixing. The rhymes work well though.
replying on Dovina & Co by amanda_dcosta
10 Nov 2006, 3:31 AM
Not so bad, thanks. It's essay time again which means that theoretically I'm in every night working hard (hahaha). I'm going to have to decide what to do next year pretty soon though...
on Accusation by INTRANSIT
8 Nov 2006, 11:04 AM
This is good
replying on Dovina & Co by amanda_dcosta
8 Nov 2006, 11:03 AM
Nice to see you about again - how was the holiday?
replying on Dovina & Co by amanda_dcosta
8 Nov 2006, 11:03 AM
Remember: throat is for up, bowels are for down.