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unknown^user 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.
beck2457 replying on I miss you still by beck2457 2 Aug 2004, 3:58 PM
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.
Dovina on May Monday Explanation by MacFrantic 2 Aug 2004, 1:50 PM
The first 5 lines are good. Could end it right there.
Dovina on I miss you still by beck2457 2 Aug 2004, 12:46 PM
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.
MR Blobby replying on THE BLOBBY QUIZ?? by MR Blobby 2 Aug 2004, 12:39 PM
I think you love Blobby! Yes more and more!! 8/10 is blobby?
MR Blobby replying on THE BLOBBY QUIZ?? by MR Blobby 2 Aug 2004, 12:36 PM
Many blobby blobbs!
Dovina replying on Consolation by Dovina 2 Aug 2004, 12:28 PM
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.
unknown^user on Mushroom Potion #9 by <{Baba^Yaga}> 2 Aug 2004, 12:25 PM
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.
Dovina replying on Consolation by Dovina 2 Aug 2004, 12:22 PM
Thanks.
Dovina replying on Consolation by Dovina 2 Aug 2004, 12:22 PM
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?
patty t on Consolation by Dovina 2 Aug 2004, 12:14 PM
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.
Dovina on two by unknown^user 2 Aug 2004, 11:38 AM
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.
Dovina on Mushroom Potion #9 by <{Baba^Yaga}> 2 Aug 2004, 11:19 AM
Sounds like you believe in darn near everything. I like the cadance, except for the last verse, which I wonder why you include.
edpeterson on Mushroom Potion #9 by <{Baba^Yaga}> 2 Aug 2004, 11:10 AM
a modern skillet, dripping with fried pimples
Dan garcia-Black on two by unknown^user 2 Aug 2004, 8:11 AM
Wow. Best phrase-"propheteering ministers."
A modern kind of "I sing the Body Electric." I like it.
INTRANSIT on Mushroom Potion #9 by <{Baba^Yaga}> 2 Aug 2004, 5:58 AM
Did you want this to be just a bit pimply? Scary,fun.
Yes, quite.