On Sam, Chapter 1: January 1, 2006, by Monsterbox: So a dip into the steak filled bathtub for a moment, hm? There's definetely a long loving look at psychopathy here, but I... » Read more...

On The Rainy Day, by Hans Roh: ...I tumbled out of this twisted piece like falling out of a bad dream, the ones that come on hard but never leave any trace ... » Read more...

On Disc Love, by Emma Larkins: Hey Emma, Telling tales is a tricky business, and sometimes it takes a little bit of leg to get the distance out of the yarn ... » Read more...

On Grave Decisions, by Laurie Paulsen: Hey Laurie, I had to laugh at this piece since I can clearly remember living in a far too haunted farm house and dealing quit... » Read more...

On Darkness of birth, by Emily Bransby-Schurmann: Hey Emily, Essentially I took this poem as a heart-song; it has the rolling lilt of a simple song  winding down through ... » Read more...

On Hill's 4th Harmony, Chapter 1, by Brian Mattocks: Hey Brian, I think it was premature to make a serious attempt at critque with this piece as it in the birthing stages at this... » Read more...

On A Visionary's Vision, by James Barger: Hey James, Bits and pieces of this one fall into place for me the more that I read it; I'm coming to believe that it shou... » Read more...

On Every Saint Has a Past Every Sinner Has a Future, Chapter 1: Prologue, by SilentWriter: Punching through this took some time, mulling over the details.... While the theme of the work shows up throughout, the heavy... » Read more...

On Show Me, by a.mscifi: I liked reading through this, but I have to say it's so hard for me to look at lyrics without the framework of the music ... » Read more...

On Flicker, by Christine C: My breath grazes the candle’s flame. It struggles, in its last moment, to live and to die. I pulled from this line in loo... » Read more...

On Tonight, Tomorrow, by Christine C: ...I have to say that this is a powerful combination of imagery from the start, with a good hook to it, that seems to ask mos... » Read more...

On Caught You, by Circus: Hey Circus, For an experiment in free verse, this is a very polished piece, with just a hint of jumpiness to it that maybe ju... » Read more...

On Good Enough for Me, by dreamchaser: Opening Comments ...this piece has a very honest feel to it, almost the way you'd write a note and leave it on a pillow ... » Read more...

On In the Face of the Dead, by Richard Rowell: ....Reading through the piece, I have to agree with most of what was said by everybody else; the message is clear and central... » Read more...

On The Great Divide, by Cody Morales: Touching on these poems left my mouth dry in some way, very palpably feeling the dissaffected way that relationships can work... » Read more...

On This Night, by xjruss: This Night: Sometimes, the need to make something seem more like a poem can get in the way of the poem itself, and in this ca... » Read more...

On Untitled Fantasy Fiction, by Nafeesa: Hey Nafeesa, I'm brand new to the community here, and I was naturally searching out some of the writing that's somewh... » Read more...