Reviews for the horror of the seventies

Reviews For: the horror of the seventies

crazy dog events 2006-11-13 ch 1,	abuseThis is really just personal preference, but I'd really like to see some structure. I mean, I'm a free verse girl if I'm anything, but I LOVE stanzas. They make poems so much more digestable. And while your work is good enough to get me through most of it, I'm much more likely to finish longer poems and actually /register/ them if they have some sort of form. Still, form always has to be the authour's choice.
the naked civil servant 2006-10-01 ch 1,	abusereally liked this. you just get more and more into it as it goes along, bitterer and bitterer. gorgeous..
shola 2006-08-18 ch 1,	abuseI like it. You're able for a good narrative (I lose concentration/interest and bail usually) Really nice imagery
are you from mejico 2006-08-11 ch 1,	abusem. I don't even like the sixties. I almsot feel like a bunch of hippies are yelling things across a room at me.I suck at reviews.
Joewhatever 2006-08-11 ch 1,	abusefor the most part, i like it, but i think it's a little rambly, and there are some lines and words that could be cut out or reworked to make it smoother. that i killed time and time again with each taking of a pill with each smoke with each silvery smoke went up in flames (goodbye, dreams) ^^ I love that.
NeverComeDown 2006-08-08 ch 1,	abuseI really liked this. Some parts were a tad bit repetitive but you had a very nice flow and the rhymes were really good. I liked how this wasn't overly positive or glorifying the time period. So many people think of it as a time of fun and drugs and partying but they don't think of the consequences of everything. The ending line was beautiful too. Well done!
poetic abortion 2006-08-07 ch 1,	abuseLovely. The poem is beautiful, it rhymes inconsistantly (accidentally?) and flows fantasticly - you have an amazing use of words -, and I adore, adore, how you weave in the 70's referances into the poem. It just works. Lovely. Really. ~* Noelle
Nobody-n-Particular 2006-08-07 ch 1,	abuseSome things seem repetitive, but I did enjoy the topic and you always include such delightful references.
Edgar Wellington 2006-08-07 ch 1,	abuseOkay, well, "Just in" led me to this, and the title was too compelling. I opened the words with some apprehension. Horror yes. Some of this was cliche, but a lot of it quite nicely original. I struggle, even at the advanced age of consent ain't enough anymore, in understanding just what it was we really did believe in. Youth I guess. I love the notion of passing around virginity, like a token of gratitude. "painted free-as-a-bird youth" is a cliche reference to Skynyrd, but it works in this context, because it fits the search for what was really meant by all that was going...the seventies might have been a cliche remake of the sixties. It felt that way to me. I love the mixed (metaphor -- can I call it that?) ozzy and harriet alien thing, crashing in Roswell, though this might be one of those "inaccuracies" you disclaim at the begining. Not sure. It works though, very well. I guess you are recalling the big piles of burning disco records somewhere, obscurely, in there. I cheered that! Ha. The "deep throat me/you don't even know me" is another good mixture of extremes, Linda Lovelace and "you don't even know me" seems like a reference to the increasingly sordid communal sex world spun off from the beauty of Stills' "Love the one you're with". Aye, don't get me started. This poem was quite evocative to me. Thanks for sharing it! Overall I wish there was more extravagant imagery, but that is just me. Maybe you can write your own answer to this poem...by virtue of still being alive, you must have some kind of answer... Keep writing!
hey maria 2006-08-07 ch 1,	abuseSounds like a great monologue, and it's very poetic - full of subtle, possibly accidental rhymes, interesting imagery ("it was the end of the era/from my rehab chair/snarl with foam dripping my lips" was one of my favorites), and awesome metaphors. My only criticism is that I think you used a few too many references to the 70's. Other than that, this was an incredible poem. Keep writing.

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