Haiku/Senryu / May

The heating is off
And the cooler not yet on -
Strangely silent house.

You need to log in to urbis or create an urbis account to review this writing.

Reviews

Sort Reviews by  Newest |  Oldest |  Highest Quality |  Lowest Quality |  Newest Comments | 

 
Trumparrot avatar General Stranger

November 19, 2009

Trumparrot

personal info reviewer stats
Trumparrot reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item
This 7 word review has not been unlocked.
marebarr avatar General Stranger

October 23, 2009

marebarr Prolific-icon-medium

personal info reviewer stats
marebarr reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item
This 15 word review has not been unlocked.
Matthewtuckey avatar General Stranger

October 19, 2009

Matthewtuckey

personal info reviewer stats
Matthewtuckey reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item
This 30 word review has not been unlocked.
stum avatar General Stranger

September 15, 2009

stum

personal info reviewer stats
stum reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item

Rather interesting. Maybe add a comma at the end of the first line, makes reading easier. The last line provides a suitably-context-ed climax. It is a tight poem, good.

Ch0ronzon avatar General Stranger

August 02, 2009

Ch0ronzon

personal info reviewer stats
Ch0ronzon reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item

Well, what can I say?  Good job.  You got the message across plainly and simply.  I’m grateful for that last line, because it adds a little something else that’s not so plain and simple.  I’m afraid if you hadn’t done that, the haiku would have been mundane and boring.  ”Heater off, cooling not yet on, you’re stuck in between, yeah so what?” might be what I would have thought.  But the last line, even though it stands separately and doesn’t really connect with the first two, has something independent and more interesting to offer.  

This was my reaction to your work.  Hope this review provided some insight.  =)
Oh, and thanks for not giving us reviewers a thousand things to rank your work on…ugh.

DaRoo avatar General Stranger

July 25, 2009

DaRoo

personal info reviewer stats
DaRoo reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item

Interesting picture of an in-between and confusing time.

morganlafey avatar General Stranger

July 18, 2009

morganlafey

personal info reviewer stats
morganlafey reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item

MMM. That perfect moment when the weather is exactly comfortable. It really actually evokes a great deal of memories of in between seasons where the windows are open, a cool breeze blows, and everything is waiting for the next season to emerge.

This is really honest and evocative.

yoshi_writes avatar General Stranger

July 18, 2009

yoshi_writes

personal info reviewer stats
yoshi_writes reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item

You need to focus on where you want this piece of poem to go. the first and 2nd line is great but the last one threw me off, kinda…

snarfus avatar General Stranger

June 29, 2009

snarfus

personal info reviewer stats
snarfus reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item

Well, for starters, you’ve got a good start with the title. “May” suggests the passage of time (assuming you’re referring to the month) and that’s a key element of haikus. However, overall, this is a very passive poem; haikus are all about the act of happening. For starters, maybe you could change the first line to something like “We turn off the heat” as that implies an action is being taken.

kumorishokkou avatar General Stranger

May 08, 2009

kumorishokkou

personal info reviewer stats
kumorishokkou reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item

You did perfect on Haiku grammar, spelling, and capitalization, but I do not get what you are trying to say here. When you add Strangely silent house, it throws readers off from the house being very warm and the air conditioner not on yet. I would only change the last line to fit the rest of the Haiku, but you still did great on everything else.

Showing 1 - 10 of 84
Next → · Last

Creator
Paul_Archer avatar

Paul_Archer

Age: 52
Loc: United Kingdom
Gen: M
Last Login: October 09
Relevant Links
Item Stats

GENERAL

84 Reviews 36 Comments
Version 1
Latest Activity: 2 days ago

REVIEW QUEUE

Appeared in Queue: 462 Times
Skipped: 9 Times
Large_criteria Ratings & Rankings
Tags

There are no tags for this item.