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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Wow! What a storm! I really love storms, and that is definitely one to write about. It was funny that you noted 'it was going to be a weird day', as if the storm were omen. Nice touch to top it off with the bit about father winter. It was also a good contrast to lady summer (referred to at the beginning as feminine). And very true about how sometimes seasons don't like to leave. In the last few years, winter has not wanted to go like it should. It's almost depressing.

Very good story, I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing that!

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Review of I Was A Tiger  Open in new Window.
Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
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Average rating of 4.5!? With my arms raised, I disagree. I personally don't like zoos, I find them to be a disgrace against nature. Ever seen the movie 12 Monkeys? There's a great scene towards the end of that film. With that said...

I'll add this to my 'Most Profound' favorites folder, and with good reason. Every word of this poem is perfect. It was moving and sad, what a perspective you chose to write from! I want to point out some lines that were distinctly powerful, but that would be most of them. "I was bred to rule a jungle, be master of my domain." I had to at least point that one out. The rhyme and rhythm are smooth, and it speaks many points on the cruelty of confining wild beasts.

Someday, I will visit your port to see what other gems I may discover. *Delight*

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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
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Matilda has an awesome sense of humor. I guess those bikini tops are so small you don't notice it's fallen off? Sorry, didn't mean to rub it in *Laugh* Anyway, very funny, and you wrote this for a dare? So, you wouldn't normally have told this tale to the general public? I'm not sure if this is a positive thing for you, but your description and writing are done so well, I was right there, watching the whole thing, like it was on video. Very funny contest topic, I can imagine other entries that would bring the proverbial question: 'You thought your experience was bad...?'. I bet yours the kind of thing a girl doesn't easily forget!

I thought this was funny 'in the mating ritual we call dating.' Very nice way to put it!!

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Review of "Our Right Hand"  Open in new Window.
Rated: E | (5.0)
When the future and the past are brought together in the present time by awareness, time really does lose its boundaries. This is lovely, and I kind of regret not visiting more often. It's amazing what I can find myself reading. I have always been in awe and hold great respect for the culture of your peoples. It's good to know there are many who still hold the faith and teachings of your ancestors. It's what makes the whole culture of Native Americans far more productive and meaningful than the general American way of life, which was born out of the society built by European colonists. Those people who drove many tribes from their lands. This poem is very well written, and carries its own power, like a song to drive the spirit. It was a good idea to break it down to one-word lines as it ends, they carry strength that way, as if many voices were speaking, not one. I learned something of how to live and die just reading this. *Note1* Well done!! *Note1*

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Review of Desecrated Castle  Open in new Window.
Rated: E | (5.0)
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Hello Shanomo the First Author Icon *Smile* I will be reviewing your work "Desecrated Castle" Open in new Window.

*Delight*Impression I'm a big fan of writing that uses powerful words with dark imagery and metaphor. You did a good job of giving both the visual and emotional impressions.

*Bigsmile*Format The style you describe is done nicely. It flows well and smooth, but the line Mortar darkens in cold departures old stead, almost doesn't make sense. I get the image of desertion coinciding with the physical decay; is departures supposed to be a possessive departures' ?

*Delight*Content I loved it. This my kind of writing. What the darker emotions can do to a man.

*Check3*Grammar No errors! Even the punctuation fits well.

*Check3*Spelling No errors!

Suggestions I know you want constructive criticism, but it's difficult for me to find room for improvement. *Thumbsup*

*Check3* It's a pleasure to visit your port, I will return again. I hope you are getting good exposure, if not I will help with that.

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Review of Stacie Screamed  Open in new Window.
Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
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Hello MCK Author Icon *Smile* I will be reviewing your work "Stacie Screamed" Open in new Window.

*Smile*Impression It's a very odd story. I'm guessing the group is something of a sexual nature, or open relationships. Are there really groups like that? That would be something else. It seems to me that the answer to her scream was a good one.

*Delight*Plot/Themes I catch a sense of isolation as well as stress in the beginning of the story, then it ends with relief and a sense of belonging. Is it a happy ending? Is there more to it?

*Rolleyes*Setting/Description Not much for descriptiveness. The world around the characters is hazy. There's enough description to know what's going on, but not to get a sense that the story is describing something very real. That element makes your story more captivating and logical. Nice bit about the smell of the sea, more stuff like that would be great.

*Rolleyes*Characters Characters are not to well developed. Stacie has some background development, but I'm left to wonder what present circumstances and feelings (besides her cry for help) brought her to deciding to go with Cathy. The other characters have very little personality, only purpose.

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>> "Where are you going today?(") Asked Cathy.

>> Cathy said something that flawed Stacie as they (I don't think this is the right word to express Stacie right there. I'm not sure what the feeling is, so I don't have any suggestions, sorry)

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>> usual people there and each of the (them) seemed to be

>> longer with those sudo-parents (pseudo-parents) who were her great

*Check3* This is kind of weird, but it isn't bad. I think if it gets rewritten and made a bit longer (or a lot longer) it would make a big improvement.*Smile*

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Rated: E | (4.0)
It's a good story, I like it. Simple and pure, those very things deep within that drive us to live life, and be connected. It's not confusing, and it's not boring. It seems all at once to be very fantastic and very raw. Maybe that's how he sees the world? I can't really offer any ideas for change, it seems to go nicely. It's visually appeasing, as well. I like the bit "Never learned how to act around a woman". That goes for some of us, as well. There wasn't anything about the preacher or holy man, or the cryptic things said at the end of the prologue. Are they in sequence? Most of this story is cryptic. Keep up the work, post future installments. When you do, let me know, I will give them a run-down. I didn't find any grammatical errors, btw, which doesn't mean there aren't any. I'm not the grammar expert*Smile*

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Review of "You Hurt Me"  Open in new Window.
Rated: E | (5.0)
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Hallo Pres_Lane Author Icon *Smile* I will be reviewing your work ""You Hurt Me"" Open in new Window.

*Bigsmile*Impression Love is trust, it requires trust. Love is also insanity. This beautiful poem said this and much more to me. There are so many levels here. I think I see a personal conflict, like trust issues, blended in with it. Very powerful. Not an average love poem.

*Bigsmile*Format This is what blows me away. There are so many layers of format here, I'll highlight what knocked me from my seat (I don't read many works this unique): The first four stanzas set so the end topic is the next verse's opening topic, and so the middle short lines reference the former topics. The last stanza draws the topics together again, in the same progression, with different wording. Then the last line. Wow. *Delight* There's more I found impressive, but I'll leave it at that.

*Check3*Grammar Perfect!!

*Check3*Spelling Perfect!!

I'm not sure if you were hoping for suggestions, I can't think of any. I say don't change it. You're a fantastic writer. If you're new, welcome to WDC! It's good to have you here.


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Rated: E | (4.5)
Hehe, this is just way too cool. I didn't even know some of the slang you poured out in this poem, I totally learned something. I'm a new cat, now. Groovy. Once again, you listed off some great musicians. Me and my buds were jamming C, S, & Nash from original vinyl last weekend (along with Zeppelin!).

BTW, you can't say my poetry is better, I could never write something that says this much about a peoples in so short a poem.

We seriously need those times to return. The world is becoming a dark place.

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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
You may have only been writing for so many years, but your writing is sensational, and this is just an Opinion!! I will agree with your concept of Reviews, and I believe that is essentially how to give and to take them. I am the same, if more than one comment includes the same suggestion, there's a good chance that it needs to be edited. I am a 'brutal' reviewer, and will point out anything I can see for improvement. There is no room on WDC for rudeness, insults, or cruelty. Those people get reported and lose their accounts.

I'm not sure how long you have been on WDC, but I can asure you that there are MANY individuals out there who will give you instructive and constructive reviews. Check out "The WDC Angel Army" Open in new Window., we are dedicated to promoting a more positive and interactive community with WDC. You will find very helpful people in this group, and it's a wonderful group to join (if you want to make a difference for others). I will take a look through your portfolio in the future, and give a couple of reviews.*Smile*

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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Hallo nothing.i.remember Author Icon *Smile* I will be reviewing your work "Seventeen Year Locust" Open in new Window.

Plot/Themes I love how you layered two situations of 'seemingly endless time' on top of each other, considering that the story guideline called for essentially one concept. I didn't know that insect before, and it certainly is an interesting creature! You also did a great job at creating the scene, giving this simple concept a life of its own.

Setting/Description I felt the calm serenity of the surroundings, and could picture the Locust nicely. Well done with the scenery.

Characters I'm impressed at how much you developed the character, it really helped to emphasize him enjoying lazy summer days. He has some morbid intuitions, but wishes no ill to others. Nice touch that he lets the Locust free at the end.

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>>Or would remember anything, incest or human, that existed for only 5 weeks in one summer. This sentence confused me. I am not certain exactly who or what is 'remembering'. There should be more to this sentence, or it should be somehow joined with one of the other sentences of that paragraph.

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Thank you for paying attention to spelling!! No errors!!

*Check3* I found this to have several applicable meanings to life in general, and went a lot further than the instructions called for. Was this for a contest? This was very well done. I see you are a Newbie, and I hope you will take full advantage of all WDC has to offer. You certainly are off to a good start!

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Rated: E | (4.0)
This will be more of a response than a review, but this is an issue we must all address.

I absolutely agree with your essay, although, I have not seen any articles on that particular theory of the moon's origin. Many astronomers agree that it is far too large to have formed from the Earth, and must have formed elsewhere, and was subsequently captured by the Earth's atmosphere. I'm not sure you are correct about planets needing a moon to stabilize; Mercury circles the Sun without spinning (the same side always faces the sun) and has no moon, and each other planet in our system has moons, so there aren't any planets to prove the theory. The moon is losing orbit, but the decay will take many million years. Really. Not to much of a concern for local history. Global Warming may well be a reality, but I assure you, this Earth has gone through much more drastic changes that simple ice cap melting and greenhouse effect. Man has lived through a few of these tumultuous ages. For instance, one or more ice ages. Possibly entire world flooding and intense heat at one time (there is solid evidence that the world has been covered by oceans many times). Tectonic activity (volcanoes, earthquakes) the likes of which we don't have these days. We will survive again if the polar ice caps melt, and oxygen levels drop. What will definitely happen is sickness, like leukemia and cancer, multiplying at a frightening rate, as well as man fighting man to survive when the world floods over. Our pollution is ultimately more deadly to birds and animals than anything else. Plants will adapt, they always have.

Plants have survived longer than any other life form on Earth, other than single-cell creatures. When all other things die out, plants will live from their remains. It's our immediate future we need to worry about. Fumes, fossil fuel gases, and pollution of all sorts are destroying a safe atmosphere for humans.

I will have to agree with the opposing side on one point: Never before has the human race been so self-conscious about conserving its environment as we have been over the last century. All through history, man has burned forests, killed animals, and dumped garbage and waste without thought. Now, hunting whales is a punishable crime worldwide, forest preserves cover hundreds of miles of many nations, and recycling is almost a way of life for many people. If we work a little harder, we will achieve a better future than the doomsday that people think about in the title of 'Global Warming'.

I definitely agree with the end statement. If there is global warming, I believe it to be a natural occurance. A normal stage in the Earth's development. Only, I also believe that because of our burned fossil fuel emmisions, we are accelerating almost 10,000 years worth of global climactic change into a mere 100 years. That may turn out a bit catastrophic.

If you truly believe this, you better prepare your children for it. The ball is already rolling, all we can do is keep it from rolling faster.

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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
It's not often I get to read something this good. There are so many sides of life in this small story that many people don't want to see in one way or another, it's amazing. Plus it's not often I read a true-to-form tear-jerker, that takes powerful writing.

Gripping. Perfect. Very unique concept.

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Review of Pressed Flower  Open in new Window.
Rated: E | (4.5)
I noticed this has an average of 4.0, I feel it deserves at least 4.5.

*Check4*More than one meaning can be derived from this. The flower could represent a person's emotional state. That is what makes it a good piece.

*Check2*You could possibly use a different word in line 5 other than "surrounded". Maybe "enveloped", "enclosed", "crushed beneath", "shrouded", or something that more portrays the sense of being trapped without escape. Other than that, no suggestions!

Very well written.

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