Reviews for Stalemate to date

Reviews For: Stalemate to date

AllyCred 2006-03-07 ch 1,	abusei like this, the imagery is very strong and i get many images of me "trying" to play chess, haha, well done this is great!
xHannahx 2006-03-02 ch 1,	abusenice, i like the imagery of the first stanza, it rings so true! hehe. Han.
Aquafied 2006-02-28 ch 1,	abusehmi was going to say this reminded me of a game of chess clever and sharp (lovely)
Calligrapher of Hearts 2006-02-28 ch 1,	abuseOof, sounds like a conspiracy theory poem to me Unca! Hehe 'tis deliciously written and satisfying to read! xhXix
Mez 2006-02-28 ch 1, anon.	abuseam squealing with delight i just love the very authoritive political voice and enraged tone in this, the context suggests inequality- love the metaphors which very precisely illustrate the deeper resentment and disgust for the inequality between classes and creates a clear picture to support the perception you have put across...thank you for doing this my anticipation has been fulfilled by this wonderful peice and your wondrous exotic and gorgeous words...the clinical last paragraph is very strong and blunt, you are very good at metaphorising political concepts and implying that inner resentment in the tone whihc is evident in each and every single word...love this so much
mizu no kokoro 2006-02-27 ch 1,	abuseinteresting concepts~ quite creative in a sense too~ awesome work! keep writing!
Faithless Juliet 2006-02-27 ch 1,	abuseThis is really fascinating (and I was in a really bad mood a second ago, and this kind of snapped me out of it - but the review might get hazy. I‘m weaving in and out and listening to highly depressing show tunes.) I think I’m getting a bit of what you always get when you read my political stuff (the Britain doesn‘t quite understand the American and I don‘t think the American quite understands the Britain.) I don’t know what it’s like to have a king (or queen, right? I know about the Princes, that redhead, oh) or Parliament (I‘ve got an idiot President and a Senate full of idiots walking on sticks trying to not of their GOP‘s.) But I remember watching a movie about King Charles about how there would never be a Catholic King in England again after 17- something, which was interesting. I can really relate to the need (and almost fear) of wanting to change the system - you portrayed that more poetically then I ever could. But if you ever stand up and say hey I don’t like what’s going on, everyone is always like - well what would you do in its place. And that always me off - it’s not really the point of how it should change (where is there a good governmental system) but rather the fact that it needs to be changed. Juliet.
breezy nostrils 2006-02-27 ch 1,	abusewow this is really different. i like how it's really thought provoking tho. interesting concept. nice work!
White Tea and Ginger 2006-02-27 ch 1,	abuseI like this one a lot. Great use of wording, it flows very nicely. And I like the last stanza, it just makes me think of (what I thought was a) game as something so entirely serious.

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