on The correct order of things by Stephen Robins
28 Oct 2004, 8:15 PM
And what, prithee, is an unnatural pearl? The second-last line breaks the rhythm -- fix it up, it suddenly turns plodding. Perhaps 'Thought not, you dem thoughtless wanker' would do.
on Social Awarness by midnitebeauty101
28 Oct 2004, 8:12 PM
Dear heavens that last line is bad. Unless it's a perfectly plotted last line to make us realise the whole thing's a joke, in which case it's quite brilliant. If (as I suspect) it's not, allow me to point something out: What would be sad would be if teen suicide WASN'T an issue. Its being an issue at least means someone's noticed. (The previous of course assumes one thinks suicide a bad thing.)
on Inane Muttering by Don-Quixote
28 Oct 2004, 8:10 PM
For some reason, I actually like everything but the last line of each stanza (except for the first, which doesn't quite count.)
on Ahkataka Akarnakuray by Imago
28 Oct 2004, 8:08 PM
Either change 'Pray thee' to 'Prithee' or keep the second person singular throughout the whole sentence (e. g.: 'Pray thee art thou sound in mind?'
on I'll Take You In My Arms by ilovecars131
6 Oct 2004, 5:59 PM
Mediocrity Code: 8174F121
on A Kiss Beneath The Blossom Tree by Caducus
24 Sep 2004, 5:39 PM
For some reason I can't bring myself to think the last stanza fits. Though I love the 'Kissed her lips on the ashes of blossom'. For some reason it doesn't seem to work rhythmically. Also, while the whole wheel of time moving around, as was done before so shall be done again, etc theme works (i.e. you kissing your lover where your parents kissed etc.), it seems a touch clichéd. It makes me think too much of 'Songs my Mother Taught Me' in that respect.
There's also the fact that I sort of would have liked it if you'd found a way of ending it without bringing yourself into play. 8 for now because I'm a miserable shite and the score's high enough as it is already.
There's also the fact that I sort of would have liked it if you'd found a way of ending it without bringing yourself into play. 8 for now because I'm a miserable shite and the score's high enough as it is already.
on Jarooomeee by klosterfobik
19 Sep 2004, 6:09 PM
This is without a doubt the most blatant case of idiotic self-voting I have yet seen. As a poem, this fails for a simple reason: if you start off with a rhyming quatrain, you should not round it off with three unrhyming verses even more lacking in rhythmic distinction than the first four.
on A Vision of Dark Desire by crims0ngh0st
13 Sep 2004, 2:41 PM
Naughty naughty.
on Sleep of Death by necroscope7
13 Sep 2004, 2:39 PM
Mediocrity code: 0070F000
on For you by Montinequego
13 Sep 2004, 2:38 PM
Mediocrity code: 0070C021
on Heaven vs. Hell by angel born in hell
13 Sep 2004, 2:25 PM
Suddenly I remember why rhyming fell into disrepute. But hey, unless you've died before, how d'you know that death's not worse?
on rock me to sleep tonight: by Sapphire
4 Sep 2004, 11:30 AM
I want to like it. I really do. But there's something about it I can't put my finger on that leaves it just short of what it could be.
P.S.: CymbAl. Please.
P.S.: CymbAl. Please.
on Vic, so Bitter by mogwai
4 Sep 2004, 11:28 AM
One thing -- there is no need for punctuating the end of every line.
on Fugly by Freethinker1602
20 May 2004, 7:05 PM
'Sblood. 'Tis terrible.
on I cannot take this shit(please comment and critique) by TrulyUnique0642
20 May 2004, 7:04 PM
Let me assure you that it is much kinder if I neither comment nor critique.
on I Can't Wait Till Christmas Day Resubmission by Teen14
20 May 2004, 7:01 PM
Gadzooks. Beyond commentary.
Secondly, it should be (as in my rewritten versions) 'on THEM', due to the fact that 'Thee' is the singular pronoun. As it stands, you're telling the abuser to call the wrath of God on himself -- an admirable sentiment, perhaps, but not very practical or likely. Besides, to make it work as it is, you'd have to change the tense in the second line to 'Who sees' -- again, 'Thee' being singular. Also, the fourth and fifth lines are just plain silly. And the spelling's a disaster.