critique my whole profile!

Posted by bleu in words on 9/9/2025 12:48:31 PM

Hello, I am a young Dutch writer and I’m looking for help with grammar and the overall feel of my texts.
Please feel free to leave comments—any feedback is welcome!
This applies to all my work, so don’t hesitate to take a look at my profile and let me know what you think.

With love,
Enjoy!

 

 

 


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Comment by Dana Ginger on 12/2/2025 12:15:05 PM

Your poems have great imagery. I love ‘sweet liquid’, could I write a poem inspired by that metaphor?

Comment by Melanie Chiera Baquiran on 10/30/2025 6:34:00 AM

To be honest, poetry for me is a free flow.. grammar is something out of the context for me here because poetry is artistry... the flow of words depends on ur emotions and creativity...others portray their masterpiece in slang,others is figurative language, others in trends...so I dont think u have to worry about grammar...anyway, there are tools like grammarly to help correct subject verb agreement so u can utilize that.

Comment by Florin Lacatus on 10/8/2025 6:55:02 PM

Grammar breaks the magic. “You’re not the one” should be “you’re not the one.” These small mistakes steal the reader’s trust. If your grammar limps, the angel stumbles too. Also, don’t rush the ending. “Tomorrow takes today” is beautiful, let it stand alone, let it echo. About “Real Love” This is where simplicity wins. A man and a dog, a girl and a horse, that’s real love indeed. But again, the shape of the poem could be more poetic, more deliberate. Right now it looks like a note, not a revelation. Try breathing space between those lines, let the silence do the talking: because real love is not grand - just a man and his dog, a girl and her horse, and me - still waiting for you. That ending would make the poem weep softly, not cry out loud. Final Thoughts The poet has a bright instinct: she feels things deeply and writes fast, before the feeling fades. That’s good. That’s honest. But the craft still needs a little discipline. Each word must serve the image, not the impulse. Your poems are like a mirror fogged with breath. Wipe them clean, but keep the warmth that made the mist. With sympathy and warm regards from Amsterdam, Florin

Comment by Florin Lacatus on 10/8/2025 6:54:42 PM

About “Sweet Liquid” This one carries a bitter perfume: a bottle of memory that refuses to dry. There’s power in the idea of “bottled perfume with you in it.” That’s a haunting image. But the poem could go further: describe the smell, the room, the loneliness. Right now, the emotion feels locked behind glass. You could expand it like this: “The room still reeks of lilac and sin, I open the bottle and breathe you in.” Let the words make the reader smell the memory, not just read it. Also, avoid repetition like “in my nose / in my mind / in my clothes.” Instead, melt them into one image: “You linger on my skin like rain on stone.” About “Baby Bird” This one is small, but clever. Still, it feels like the poet hides behind sarcasm. “Don’t blame the kid / baby birds are one wide mouth for what their parents spit.” Good observation, but harsh. Maybe balance it with a note of compassion. Criticize with tenderness. You could end it with a sigh, not a sting. About “Watching Things Unfold” and “Buzzing Night Hours” Here, the poet is closest to herself. You can feel the streetlights, the fatigue, the quiet ego. But the lines are sometimes lazy: not in thought, but in shape.

Comment by Florin Lacatus on 10/8/2025 6:51:14 PM

There is something tender in your poems, like a voice that has not yet learned to whisper properly, but already wants to sing. You can feel honesty here: the kind that is both blessing and burden. The poet writes as if she is talking to a lost friend, or maybe to herself in the mirror, and the glass is cracked, so the words scatter in many directions. About “Silver Soul” This poem begins beautifully: “I have been dipped in honey” what a sweet and ancient image! It has the scent of something mythic, like a psalm said by a bee. But soon after, the rhythm collapses. The lines don’t breathe together. Suggestion: you must make the words march to the same drum, even if the beat is strange. For example: “And I’m rolling in this - space of time / thinking your son is - way too kind” Here the dashes break the flow; they don’t serve the feeling. Try to let your sadness flow like a river, not skip like a record. Perhaps rewrite with music in mind: “And I roll through this brief space of time, your son too kind, for such a cruel design.” Also, “stories taste better over time” is a good thought, but it feels unfinished. You could deepen it: make the metaphor bloom: “Stories ferment like wine / and burn the tongue / when told too late.” That would bring more pain, more maturity and poets loves that kind of pain: silent, fermented, almost holy.

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