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Demeter

  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Are You Listening?

    Hi, Creativityrules! I must say I didn't like the repetition all that much. All the "shh"ing and "ing"ing actually made my head ache a little bit. I do like the ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Deleted 15

    Hello Lumos! I think this poem was rather lovely. I liked the eyelashes, shoe laces, striped tie, a bakery in St. Louis and much more. It's lovely, but it's not ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Seeking

    Hi there, Idraax, Flem, Gatherer, and Daughter! Wow, first off, let me say that I've never read a collaboration between more than two people! I was thinking to myself that ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Potpourri for the Heart

    Hi there SmylinG! :) First off, let me say that I love the title of this "collection". I picked this one to read mostly because it had fewer comments than ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Self-Portrait

    Hi there, Storyweaver! Just flecks, spots - Lines, lines, lines. This feels much too abrupt. I liked the rhythm in the rest of the stanza, but the last lines are ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Lady No Soul (2)

    Twit. Twiiiiit. Twit twit. I feel a surge of frustration. I can’t seem to win against these rules—they slip and slide in my grasp like a bar of soap. Usually, ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Old Man

    Hi there, Joshua! Here as you requested :). I killed a lamb last week. I loooove this opening sentence. Love it. Creepy as it may be. You know you can’t ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Never Ever

    Hi Sionarama! Finally, eh? “Peter Pan was always fickle. You would never know what he would do next. That just added to the excitement, the attraction, I suppose. He had ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: My First Date... (A Contest Entry)

    Hi there, Horus! Sorry for keeping you waiting for so long. :o There probably won’t be much point behind it, but I presume that it might evoke some feelings in ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Written In This Skin

    Hi Gal! Here I finally am, sorry for being so slow. That ... I I really like the rhythm and the rhymes of this stanza. It seems to flow off ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: I will always love you.

    Hello, Kagi! Finally! The disgust that framed, almost glowed in every neighbour as they walked by me killed my mother. Framed what? It's a nice word, but if you're not ...

    Aug 28, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Love and Coffee *temporary title*

    Hi there! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. :) I looked around from the corner, where I sat in a faded brown chair, holding a cup of strong ...

    Aug 10, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Wilted and Lonely Things

    Hi there, Talkingbird! I think this was quite a nice piece to read! I especially liked your metaphors of "ordinary" things like scarves and cookie-cutters. I also liked "hard earned ...

    Aug 5, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Deleted

    Hi there! As the silver midnight moon shines down upon the never-ending forest. This isn't a sentence, since it's missing the verb -- maybe you want to combine it with ...

    Aug 5, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Small Town Love (Prolouge)

    Hi, AngelMarie! Charlie Johnson rushed his wife Abigail to St. Francis Memorial Hospital in Columbus Georgia. This is too much information (=names) for one sentence, especially when it's so short ...

    Aug 5, 2011


Maybe what most people wanted wasn't immortality and fame, but the reassurance that their existence had meant something. No matter how long... or how brief. Maybe being eternal meant becoming a story worth telling.
— Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality