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Confused only has one "s". "all screwed up" is an expression that might feel better in quotes. I'm not sure what you meant by "compotion". Compassion maybe(?) I like where this poem is going, but there are some grammatical issues that need to be worked out.
Limericks are supposed to be bawdy. This one doesn't appear to have that quality. Limericks are supposed to have a syllable count of 9-9-7-7-9. Yours has 7-8-5-6-8. The first stanza feels short. In the second stanza you have, "...girls thought were fake" when referring to Jake from the first stanza. It should be "was fake" in that instance. I'm not really sure why he wouldn't wake up from being pushed in a pool. What's our lesson here?
This one is pretty clever. Your syllable count is off though. It should be 9-9-6-6-9. Yours is 8-8-7-7-9. Also, "Who's" should be "Whose" and "mite" should be "might".
I personally like your unique style of humor. The overimagination of the mind can create all sorts of possible scenarios. I found your writing engaging, descriptive, and very humorous. As far as making a book out of it... is this a small chapter of a story about a relationship or is it more a snippet of a much larger diary into your life and thoughts? Having been in said aisle myself with the intent of purchasing such embarrassing items as those that you describe, I as a reader can certainly ...
There are a lot of cliches in here, but song lyrics are oftentimes full of them. I think what you have works well. There are no misspellings and it works in song format. On a personal level, I guess everyone can relate to friendships that end badly, but on the other side, get over it and stop being so bitter. It sounds like it could definitely be a heavy metal song. In respect to a niche genre, I put 10 for this.
Clever anti-limerick. definitely unexpected ending. You do have 7 syllables in the 3rd line though, which feels a tad long when read. Not sure how this is a "publishable short story"...
Line one is too short and line 2 is too long for this to be a "limerick". The count should be 9-9-6-6-9. It's not really that bawdy and the punchline isn't especially a knockout. Keep working.
You've got 10 syllables in the first line instead of nine, but it still seems to read well. I guess from the perspective of a "limerick", I am looking for the punchline or the "bawdiness". Limericks are supposed to be bawdy or have more of a shocker of a punckline.
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Barack doesn't rhyme well with truck and luck. Limericks should have a 99669 syllable format and a 33223 cadence. The 2nd line is too short and the cadence is off.
Technically, this is a much better limerick than the first one I read by you. Even though you are really supposed to have 9 syllables per line in lines 1,2,and 5, you get away with 10 because you still have the 33223 cadence. I'm not really sure your last line works as a "punchline" per se... There used to be a left-wing limerick writer here a year or two ago. I can see you two having a limerick showdown.
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