The part that gets me is that you repeated 'gleaming' right next to eachother. Wouldn't have been such a problem if the poem was longer, and they had been spaced out more.

That's what happens when I don't read my poems closely :P

Also, the photos are really cool. What effect did you use to get that blurred look to it?

The first, I just set the clarity really low, creating a dreamlike effect. The second one I used one of the effects it listed... I forget :P If you really want to know, I'll get back to you when I get on the computer that actually has Photoshop. Oh yeah, Elements was my friend.

Thanks for leaving a comment! :) Critiques are always welcome.

I really like the way you described snow in "snow". I felt with the ending like it was going to rhyme. So it felt a little odd that it didn't but that might just be me.

I like the pictures of the lights. Do you have any Halloween pictures to post? I feel like those are more Christmas pictures. I dunno, maybe its just me.

I really like the way you described snow in "snow". I felt with the ending like it was going to rhyme. So it felt a little odd that it didn't but that might just be me.

Sorry, I don't like to rhyme unless I am really trying to, like for the poetry contest. I can try to rhyme it if you'd like.

I like the pictures of the lights. Do you have any Halloween pictures to post? I feel like those are more Christmas pictures. I dunno, maybe its just me.

No, I'm not really a big fan of Halloween, never participated in anything of the sort, except for last year, and that was just with a bunch of friends. So no, sorry. My family doesn't even do Jack-O-Lanterns. And yeah, they are a bit Christmasy, probably because they are pictures of Christmas light strands.

Do you do rhyming poetry haha? I need to get the AMW up and running again!

Do you do rhyming poetry haha? I need to get the AMW up and running again!

Yeah, it's kinda hard to do it single-handedly :P Maybe I could help? :D

And to answer your question, only when participating in a contest, or I find the words to a poem super easy to rhyme. Most of the time, though, I don't take the time to think about it.

The second one I used one of the effects it listed... I forget :P If you really want to know, I'll get back to you when I get on the computer that actually has Photoshop.

The effect was called 'Pallete Knife'.

Yeah, it's kinda hard to do it single-handedly :P Maybe I could help? :D

The more the merrier ^^

I'm the opposite, it's rhyme for me~~

I dare say, I quite admire your free verses; takes some guts to do it.

I dare say, I quite admire your free verses; takes some guts to do it.

My free verses? What do you mean by that?

My free verses? What do you mean by that?

Poems that have no form. Free style.

Poems that have no form. Free style.

Oh, yeah, I do that a bunch :P Sometimes I give them some kind of form, like the poem 'Dreams' on the last page was 5-4-3-2-1 lines, if you noticed. Other than that, I most commonly do quatrains (is it four lines per stanza or four stanzas per poem? I usually do both because I can never remember). I also do some haiku. Other than that, it's all freestyle, unless I decide to do a nonet, which isn't very often.