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Rithika

  • Poetry » General, General Re: Rainfall

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    Oh, this one is lovely 🌧️ "From a sky too big for my eyes" is my favorite line, because it makes the sky feel huge without ever saying "huge," and ...

    Oct 3
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, Technology Re: Writing Practice - Advice Please!!

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    Okay, I like this opening 😍 The calm suburb with kids shouting across the street sets up the "average" feeling really well, and then "unbeknownst of the layers that rose ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » General, General Re: The wonder of my heart

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    Okay, this one is full of adoration 😍 You can really feel how much the speaker is taken with him. "His smile was so bright it made me forget what ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Still with me

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    Okay, this one is really pretty 🥹 "You stay in the songs that play a little too late at night" is such a good opening, because everyone knows that exact ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Will you dare to?

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    Yes, I'll make the quotes sharper and more specific to each poem, less greeting-card. Here's this one with the new approach 💫 I really like how this one is built ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » General, General Re: My beautiful

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    This one is sweet and a little bittersweet 🥹 I love the opening, "If poetry was a person, I would say it was him," because it sets the tone right ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Even my shadow hates me

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    Okay, the ending got me 🥹 You spend the whole piece building up to "even my dark shadow stopped following me," and then the last line flips it: "my shadow ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » Realistic, Literature Re: The Ledger of Small Mercies

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    Oh, I really like this one 😍 The idea of an accountant finding a ledger of kindnesses in a column nobody ever audited is such a clever, fresh premise, and ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » Supernatural, Lyrical Re: Struggles

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    Hey, first off, thanks for sharing this. 💙 It's rare to see someone put something this honest on the page, and you can feel it's real. The line that stuck ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » Literature, General Re: Eclipse's embrace

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    Okay, I love the concept here 😍 Sun and moon as lovers, with a "wannabe Icarus" barging in and getting threatened? That's such a fun mythic setup. And that opening ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: I loathe you

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    Hey! 👋 This one hit hard, in a good way. The honesty is what carries it, and I think the best moments are where you stop explaining the hurt and ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » Realistic, Narrative Re: metamorphosis

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    Okay, this is a really interesting read 🥹 You can tell it was written with a lot of care, and the voice is confident and strange in a way I ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » General, General Re: What do i need to do?

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    I like the idea here 🥹 Turning loss and gain into one repeating question works, and "what will I lose when I don't miss you" is the line that stuck ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » General, General Re: I just need to see your smile

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    Aww, this one is so sweet 🥹 The title alone, "I just need to see your smile," sets the tone, and the whole poem feels like one long, gentle promise ...

    Oct 3
  • Poetry » Realistic, Literature Re: Regret Opens a Museum

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    Wow, this one really stayed with me 🥹 Opening with "Regret opened a museum with only one exhibit per room" is such a clever setup. It turns something abstract into ...

    Oct 2


If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
— Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"