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Protagonize is a creative writing community dedicated to writing various forms of collaborative, interactive fiction.
One author writes a story, poem, or other work, and others post branches or chapters to it in different directions. The result is an organic, evolving tale where everyone can participate.
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URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/61-days
Type of Feedback: Whatever you feel compelled to say, be it about themes, imagery, style, tone, personal responses, whatever.
Level of Feedback: Nightmare (Or, more appropriately, if you feel compelled to say something, say it. That's how you improve, after all.)
Rating: If you want to rate, rate. If not, don't.
Style: Varies, mostly experimental but more than a few with a defined style.
Description: Poems set as a personal challenge, each on a relatively unrelated topic, even if there is some crossover. In progress.
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/blankverse-pome-the-shadowhouse-of-caesar
Type of Feedback: Do your worst.
Level of Feedback: Whatevs.
Rating: Sure, why not?
Style: Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Description: A diplomat from the Pict lands north of Hadrian's Wall travels to Rome and is soundly unimpressed.
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/a-mile
Type of Feedback: Lots of it!
Level of Feedback: hard/medium
Rating: yes
Style: Rhyming
Description: A short poem about being let into someone's mind for a little bit, and seeing the world through their eyes.
Url: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/desire
Type of Feedback: Anything you have to say would be awesome, critical or not, any room for improvement etc
Level of Feedback: be as harsh as you want or as easy... try not to hurt my feelings though hehe
Rating: IF you would like, if you find fault or not, rate it accordingly
Style: Freeverse
Description: Unrequited love born from past experience
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/irregular-sonnet-the-westford-knight
Type of Feedback: Whatevs.
Level of Feedback: Whatevs.
Rating: Yes, please.
Style: Irregular sonnet (modified Spenserian rhyme scheme)
Description: Sixteen lines about a mysterious rock carving in Westford, Massachusets, loosely inspired by Longfellow's 'The Skeleton in Armour.'
Note that Protagonize burped while I was posting it, so the meter is kinda screwy in a couple lines.
URL:http://www.protagonize.com/poem/by-my-side
Type of Feedback:Constructive criticism, emotional response, objective response
Level of Feedback: medium
Rating: yes
Style: dont know
Description: friends lost
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/precipice
Type of Feedback: general impressions, basic critique, emotional response, practical response, etc.
Level of Feedback: hard to medium (I suppose you can tell me how horrid it is, but at least say why?)
Rating: Yes Please
Style: Religion / Spirituality, Uncategorized, Word Play
(I'm really not sure about styles yet, so those were what I thought were most appropriate. I'll figure them out sometime...)
Description: A poem about a particularly important event/time/decision of mine--namely, the event that sparked a period of indecision in my life, resulting in my eventual loss of faith and conversion to more or less atheism.
Title: A Darwin Rainstorm
Link: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/a-darwin-rainstorm
Style: A poem in Ballad Metre
Description: A poem about the most spectacular of natural wonders, a Darwin rainstorm.
Feedback: 'Twould be a boon
Critique: Say what you like but at least say why
Rating: 5 out of 5 but that's my opinion. I already have mine, I want your opinion.
Link: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/poem-the-darkness-of-drink
Feedback: happy to have some, what ever you think.
Thanks
Hi basically this is an angry rant but would be grateful for any feedback
thanks
Dash
and this is another poem please read ? x
Link:http://www.protagonize.com/story/dreadful--and-other-horror-stories/118326
Style: Im not really sure, Im just getting into writing poetry and know nothing about how to lay it out. (Im a bit nervous that the view point may not be welcome but I thought I would try something diffrent. this poem is mature)
Description: I was wondering what drives some ppl to do the things they do.
Feedback: Im open to all kinds of feedback and welcome it.
Critique: Hard, I need ppl to help me bang my metal into objects that are at least recognizable
Rating: However you see fit
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/memories-and-dust
Feedback: Bring it on :)
Rating: Go for it!
Style/Description: An emotionally touching poem full of metaphors XD I dunno. I'm a teenager, guys. Life is hard!
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/the-firmament
Type of Feedback: Comments on poetic techniques, just general thoughts, anything :)
Level of Feedback: again, anything. I'll go for hard, though I'll appreciate any soft, too :D
Rating: yes please!
Style: Me letting everything out after a particuarly stressful day in the form of a person crying at the sky.
Description: A person seeking acknowledgement from the clouds.
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/i-am-first-nation-rant
Type of Feedback: I would like to have to see how people react with, Native Americans and Non-Native Americans.
Level of Feedback: soft (it's my culture.)
Rating: yes
Style: Rant.
Description: My culture and how it is in this day and age, with the New Generation of Native Americans, now.
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/this-addiction
Feedback: Just tell me the truth. It usually hurts.
Rating: Yeahh :))
Description: More of m inner ramblings on the tragedies of teenage romance.
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/restless-heart
Type of Feedback: Anything you wanna tell me.
Level of Feedback: hard
Rating: yes
Style: Rhyming
Description: Thoughts of a lonely but hopeful insomniac. It is really about poetry.
URL: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.protagonize.com%2Fpoem%2Fgoodnight-stranger&h=DAQDaMIc6
Level of Feedback: moderate
Rating: Yes
Style: free verse
Description: Grief, guilt, sadness.
Title: Paper Men
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/paper-men
Type of Feedback: ...honest? Criticism and/or praise if you think I deserve it.
Level of Feedback: hard/medium. Around that ballpark
Rating: yes
Style: Simple Rhyme
Description: A first person account of a descent into madness because of an obsession with paper men, which actually represent a real life object/idea!
URL: http://www.protagonize.com/poem/in-your-dreams
Type of Feedback: Emotional / Objective responses
Level of Feedback: hard, but fair
Rating: yes
Style: Metered Rhyme
Description: A poem about missing a love in your life