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on May Monday Explanation by MacFrantic
2 Aug 2004, 4:49 PM
Love it! Especially the use of sequential numbers as an introduction.
Concise, abrupt and blount, but I still have that clear image of a tired commuter waiting for a train. What is the commute good for if not to let us dwell on our own depression?
Only small critique is that "But in of itself" is a little confusing. Still though, great.
The poem makes you (the writer) come off as arrogant. I like the image of the tiny ray keeping away the darkness, but "Led me find myself" doesn't really work grammatically and sounds awkward when spoken. You may want to either change it to "Led me to find myself" or "Let me find myself." It just depends on what you want to project.
Interesting critique Dovina. I have only written two poems . I wrote this not as a poem persay but to my x obviously.
Thank you for reading it and taking the time to comment.I am a visual artist and welcome critique.
The first 5 lines are good. Could end it right there.
I-miss-you poems are very common. They can be good if free from the usual cliches and having something more than the usual that this has.
I think you love Blobby! Yes more and more!! 8/10 is blobby?
Many blobby blobbs!
Ambiguous poems are facinating because they often bring back responses I never thought of, sometimes better than I thought of. I never saw him as already dead, or of digging him up, though now these are possibilities. And the metaphor of a failed relationship is another possibility heretofor unthought of. Thanks.
One of the better synopses of a mushroom trip that I've seen. Agreed about the last stanza though. Maybe a little too conversational to blend with the rest of the work. You do have some good imagery there, and it would be a shame to waste it, so maybe just try and incorporate it with the rhythm of previous stanzas.
Thanks.
Yeah, Dan, do I look like the kinda person who shoots a man just because he's hopeless and helpless and unable to provide any kind of useful service to me and who's just a drag on society?
is he dead, in the ground -- and she has to dig him up?
a poem about euthanasia, or a failed relationship.
A nice sentiment and appreciated I am sure by the ones it is for, but a bit too simplistic for posting here. You will probably not appreciate the response.
A nicely crafted picture.
Line breaks at the changes of scene seem appropriate.
No period after "But if he is still the man."
The title is not exactly a butler inviting me into the parlor.
Sounds like you believe in darn near everything. I like the cadance, except for the last verse, which I wonder why you include.
a modern skillet, dripping with fried pimples
Wow. Best phrase-"propheteering ministers."
A modern kind of "I sing the Body Electric." I like it.
Did you want this to be just a bit pimply?
Scary,fun.
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replying on The Niglet (Starring Doug Soderstrom) by <{Baba^Yaga}>
2 Aug 2004, 1:49 AM
Yes, quite.