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Fireweed

  • Other Poetry Re: To the moon and back

    Awwww... This is very sweet, and I love the way you worded everything. The image of clouds passing the moon is lovely. It's a bit cliche in a few parts, ...

    Oct 31, 2006
  • Lounge, The Re: Where Do YWS Members Come From?

    I'm the lonely little dot up in Alaska...

    Oct 31, 2006
  • Lounge, The Re: lemony snicket

    I love Lemony Snicket's style, and I really enjoyed the first several books but after a while they all started to seem the same and were too predictable... I haven't ...

    Oct 30, 2006
  • Lounge, The Re: Shamefully, I know all the words

    The Phantom of teh Opera theme... Caligula, your history teacher sounds awesome. :lol: I love eccentric teachers...

    Oct 30, 2006
  • Other Poetry Re: A Time Before

    The content is good, but the rhyming feels rather forced,the middle and last stanzas don't quite rhyme. I would just make this a free-verse poem. Rhyme can be constricting sometimes. ...

    Oct 29, 2006
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Shel Sylverstein

    Shel Silverstien's awesome!! I never tire of his poems and illustrations... I love the quote in your siggy. That's one of his best poems...

    Oct 24, 2006
  • Art & Photography Re: Menagerie - character concepts

    They're very cute, and you have a unique style.:) Your story sounds interesting as well. perhaps I'll check it out...

    Oct 24, 2006
  • Other Poetry Re: Red Balloon

    Thanks for your crit. I heard the song recently, it's pretty cool. The version I heard was in english, with one part in german. The german part sounds so cool... ...

    Oct 24, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Snow...(flakes)

    'Tis simple, but very pretty. I like how you create such a vivid picture in the readers mind using so few words.

    Oct 23, 2006
  • Other Poetry Re: Lord of Thunder

    Cool. It rhymes very well, it doesn't sound forced at all. Like Xanthan said, It's an interesting subject. I love it when people's writing is inspired by mythology.

    Oct 23, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: My very short simple story

    I think this is definitely more like poetry than fiction...

    Oct 23, 2006
  • Welcome Mat Re: Fresh meat!

    Hi Luna! Welcome to YWS, it's a great site. You seem cool. I'm going to go read your story now. -Fireweed

    Oct 23, 2006
  • Welcome Mat Re: Fand-tastic!

    Oh, cool. You like Nickle Creek. Me too. So I'm not the only teenager who likes folk music... AND, I'm a vegetarian. Vegetarians are awesome. AND, I'm a band geek. ...

    Oct 22, 2006
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Ode to an Omelet

    I've eaten ommelets for dinner... This poem was quite amusing.

    Oct 22, 2006
  • Media Reviews Re: Ink Heart & Ink Spell by Cornelia Funke

    Inkheart is quite good, and the Thief Lord is better yet. It's intended for younger kids, I think, but still a great story.

    Oct 22, 2006


That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.
— Ramy (Babel by R. F. Kuang)