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  • Other Poetry Re: Poetry Fight

    -laughs- That was great. Favorite part: "until it's bearable." This really made me think about how I fight with myself when I write poetry, but it made me take a ...

    Nov 14, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Just breathe Out

    One thing I want to clarify, Th ending shows the MC drowning herself? I'd like to know this as well.. but I love how you left it up to us, ...

    Nov 14, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Traitor

    Hokay, here's hoping this is in the right spot. Recently I attended a writing workshop, and the person running it gave us this prompt: "I didn't know I was afraid ...

    Nov 14, 2008
  • Lyrics Re: Summer Nights

    rofl, I didn't even make the Grease connection o_O! Thanks for pointing that out, and for the welcome and good critique as well. I definitely get what you're saying for ...

    Nov 14, 2008
  • Lyrics Re: Summer Nights

    It's just something I wrote one night this past summer. I don't have a melody for it yet, but here it is. For reference, I'm going to pair it with ...

    Nov 14, 2008
  • Other Poetry Re: pain

    I agree with most of the users above me. It's a good basis, but it is very vague and somewhat bland. Try to spice up your word choice and add ...

    Nov 14, 2008
  • Other Poetry Re: Remember the Rain

    Well that was pretty much awesome. You're very talented. (: I really liked the strong imagery that remained consistent throughout the entire poem. My favorite line is "the jagged edge ...

    Nov 14, 2008
  • Other Poetry Re: on my bicycle

    (: Loved it. It's an interesting topic because to the drivers of the world bicyclists can be hugely irritating, and this is just throwing it back in all of our ...

    Nov 14, 2008


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