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Mr.Muvers 2008-09-17 . chapter 1
I enjoyed this poem, and i though it was interesting that it really read like a song
lslines 2008-02-18 . chapter 1
I have to review this one before I move over to D.B. because I read this when you posted yet got dragged away before I could review.

I have to say I think this is one of the better poems of yours. Like "Firefly". Very shiny, very well written, made me smile. It's going on my favourites list for sure.
Midnight In Eden 2008-02-05 . chapter 1
Few suggestions: first of all starting off with "and" gives the reader the feeling that they've come in on on a poem halfway. I don't think it really does anything for the piece and as such, could easily be removed. It also should be "lying" on the next line. Also, you mention something taking fifteen years but never specify what. If it is that you never found a word that rhymed with orange then "but" would probably work better than "and".

"Gonna" feels a bit too colloquial in context here especially since you don't use too many other colloquialisms.

Overall this isn't bad. It's straightforward and quite specific to start with but towards the end your imagery gets a little generic and it becomes almost too straightforward. There's some room for improvement in terms of your ending and some rephrasing would help too.

Good luck with an edit,
Midnight
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