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  • Lyric Poetry Re: emo poetry

    For me, right? You posted this for me, right? What a joke. Helpful + emo poetry = disaster. You are incapable of writing it. Enjambment seems to be your friend ...

    Oct 18, 2010
  • General Articles Re: A Letter to Pedantic Americans

    Dang it. Helpful got there before me. I was just about to point out that 'z' was how it was in England itself before . That said, I, living in ...

    Oct 18, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Rubber Immortal, Part Four

    Hey Hannah At last, the final part. I am entering this remembering the blackness at the end of part three – if not blackness, then a certain melancholic feel, a ...

    Sep 29, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Suicide

    Hi BlueAfrica - First comment: I vote for a title change. This piece is exceedingly enchanting and the blatantly obvious title you've got up there does it absolutely no justice ...

    Sep 28, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: The Fool

    Hey Kyllorac – Before I tell you how this poem bored me, I shall enlighten you on how it interested me. King Lear – so many parallels. The Fool says, ...

    Sep 28, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: ...

    Hi blackbird, I’m Navita; pleased to meet you. I don’t have my torch or pitchfork with me right now, but I daresay you don’t need as much illumination nor slicing ...

    Sep 27, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Rubber Immortal, Part Three

    Hey Hannah – I must say, you timed your breaks rather artfully so that it could have quite easily ended on the second part – and even on this third. ...

    Sep 27, 2010
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Bombshell

    Hey antimelrose – Long time, no read. I think you need a less magical avatar, since it is so horribly distracting and beautiful when reading your poetry. Plus, I come ...

    Sep 27, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: XVI

    Kyllorac - There's a good reason why I haven't reviewed this - you might call it somewhat irrational - but I prefer to review things where I can find at ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: Addicts

    Hey Halycon - You teeter between halfway decent imagery and clichés that will turn away any reader in disgust. Also - your structure is too clean-cut. Each paragraph is an ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Rubber Immortal, Part Two

    Bonjour encore – I guess the trouble with writing something funny all the way is that you either (a) have to escalate the humour or (b) have little climaxes of ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Rubber Immortal, Part One

    HANNAH Long time, no read . I am so glad you posted something. Can’t wait to see more. I will give you an overall impression first, having read both parts ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Discontinuance - A Fugue in Two Parts

    Hey sarg - I'm sure I've seen you do this before, no? The tongue-in-cheek strict para-word-counts for the fun of it? Honestly, I don't know how bored you have to ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: ...

    blackbird – Your endless capacity for edits is leaving me somewhat amazed. I will comment on changes only, since you know my thoughts on everything else above. Firstly, uncapitalisation added ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: ...

    blackbird - Ah, see, now this was really something. Forget theme for a moment. You mentioned to me that aesthetics aren't as great here - and I agree entirely. But. ...

    Sep 26, 2010


The day, which was one of the first of spring, cheered even me by the loveliness of its sunshine and the balminess of the air. I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy.
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein