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Re: the weeping mother
Welcome to YWS! :) I'd like to remind you that we have a 2:1 ratio here, that is, we review two pieces of work by someone else before posting one ...
Aug 29, 2008 -
Re: Who We Are
Hello, welcome to YWS! :) I'd like to remind you that here we operate a 2:1 ratio, that is, for every piece of writing we post, we first critique two ...
Aug 29, 2008 -
Re: The best I can give is 2%
Great, you've made me jealous of how you write, are you happy now? :P I just love your tone, it sounds so good. I like how you swapped red and ...
Aug 29, 2008 -
Re: Paper On Snow.
I really like this. Your description, if slightly overused, is good. A couple of things: You introduce the character's name halfway through the poem, and this threw me a little. ...
Jun 9, 2008 -
Re: Over the Nights and Morns
I really like this. I think the theme you have running through it - things being gone by morning, and I like the way you managed to express this in ...
Jun 9, 2008 -
Re: Poem by me (inspiring)
In general, I liked the concept of this poem. However, I found it a little hard to read in places, simply because of the length of some of the lines. ...
Jun 9, 2008 -
Re: Rain Drop
Very cute! I think it would look nicer if there were some capitalization, though. And I don't like that it dies, I would prefer it if it perhaps, rested on ...
Apr 18, 2008 -
Re: Gay Teenage Romance Story
Hey, firstly, welcome to the site. Here at YWS we do ask that you review two pieces of work before submitting your own, so you might want to take a ...
Apr 17, 2008 -
Re: Possession
This was pretty good. A few things though: First you say you taste blood, and that he has hit your cheek, but then you say "he won't, he can't" as ...
Apr 10, 2008 -
Re: It Started Off
I didn't find it confusing at all. However, it is a little cliché in places. I think you should add a little more to it to make it more personal ...
Apr 10, 2008 -
Re: thanks again
This sounds angry, and, while I know it sounds angry, it doesn't make me feel angry too, and really good poetry should do that. Your line breaks are strange, especially ...
Apr 9, 2008 -
Re: Mama's Smile
I have never critiqued lyrics before. I used to write them, when I was all teen angsty at fourteen, and they were very, very bad! But I'll do my best ...
Apr 9, 2008 -
Re: Food
This is hard to critique! xD I like the shortness of the first line, setting the scene for the rest of the poem. Perched in the air...kind of makes me ...
Apr 9, 2008 -
Re: Epiphany
I was once a follower Who just wanted to fit in A fool caught up with everyone’s thoughts A tiny change, but I'd put a full stop at the end ...
Mar 25, 2008 -
Re: The Fall
"Friction loses its mighty grip, as gravity drags me down to bitter ice." ^^ This stanza made me smile. I don't know if you wanted it to be amusing, but ...
Mar 25, 2008
