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  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: It is love

    Well I'm not usually one for these sorts of poems but I quite liked this one. I particularly liked the way you coupled the ideas of love and hate; stark ...

    Oct 21, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Sighs

    Good use of imagery and I like the build up of the semantic field of darkness at the beginning (it is said that this is an unconcious thing so you ...

    Sep 29, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Yearning to Know You

    I'm in agreement with everyone else here, although I do really like the concept of describing different emotional dispositions. Greatly lacking is a use of imagery: 'clueless' is perhaps the ...

    May 4, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: What's This Feeling?

    Nice use of imagery but just a few things to comment on... Heart racing Adrenalin rushing Total excitement-- Perhaps a semi-colon after 'racing' and a colon after 'rushing' would make ...

    May 4, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: As I struggle, you kick me when I'm down

    I'm not great with love poems so I too found this one particularly over the top. The rhyme scheme is slightly erratic: you establish one at the beginning and then ...

    May 3, 2008
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Again

    I'm, not usually one for love poems, but this one sucked me in quite nicely. Lovely use of imagery here: As the golden sun sends pastel pinks across the sky ...

    May 3, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: A difficult dad

    I personally quite like the vagueness, it forces the reader to formulate their own interpretation; I do agree with Vernon, in that you have to show rather than tell. Some ...

    May 3, 2008
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Breaking Through

    I'm in agreement with most, the idea isn't terribly original but the vines are a good image especially when it comes to restrictions in everyday life. Although I couldn't directly ...

    May 3, 2008


For in everything it is no easy task to find the middle ... anyone can get angry—that is easy—or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for everyone, nor is it easy; wherefore goodness is both rare and laudable and noble.
— Aristotle