on some deleted poem
11 Jan 2007, 11:36 AM
Please forgive Stephen Robins; heâs an embarrassment sometimes. We keep him on for smirks and the occasional witty obscenity.
Your poem carries a tender and sad message. âHe ambles into memoriesâ is good. but most of it is overwrought, or cliché, or over-simplified, for my taste at least. Consider removing or rephrasing these:
stares into oblivion
feels her love still
in a world of shadows
Where no sun can shine
Your poem carries a tender and sad message. âHe ambles into memoriesâ is good. but most of it is overwrought, or cliché, or over-simplified, for my taste at least. Consider removing or rephrasing these:
stares into oblivion
feels her love still
in a world of shadows
Where no sun can shine
on Bullet Heaven by MacFrantic
11 Jan 2007, 11:44 AM
Rhythm is pretty constant until the last 3 lines, rhyme too. Why quit now?
on some deleted poem
11 Jan 2007, 8:32 PM
Welcome back. This is interesting and too much for a tired head. I'll get back to it tomorrow. BTW, Alchemy and Zodiac have gone missing. I'll give you a temporary 8 just for "ginger sprinkled orchid."
on Same old rancour (a yellow stream of consciousness) by ecargo
13 Jan 2007, 12:42 PM
Yes, again! Another toast, another round. Ain't it fun? lol
on some deleted poem
12 Jan 2007, 11:32 AM
Describing the colors and hues works well, until line 4 where show turns to tell. Also âknowingâ detracts, at least for me, from the word-painting to match the real painting. And âsucculentâ seems to tell us too much about the answer. âprecision caresses skin/ Flesh scent intoxicates breezesâ â good.
on some deleted poem
15 Jan 2007, 7:42 PM
"Touched" is an interesting word. It can also mean crazy. If used so more than on possible meaning attaches, interest in the poem rises. Here, it's just showing two of the meanings without that connection.
on I heart you by thetrev
16 Jan 2007, 11:26 AM
Would be better withoiut the "There"'s. i.e., "Magnetic words on the fridge"
on If she thinks if she believes by Prince of Void
16 Jan 2007, 11:29 AM
I think you mean "then" in Line 3, not "so". Even so, it's unnecessarily tied up in "if"'s.
on The man who loved Lennon by Caducus
16 Jan 2007, 2:50 PM
The musical undertones work ok, starting with Lennon (presume John Lennon). But for David to express his love with shillings to buy plectrums (very inexpensive) seems weak. Maybe itâs why she walked away. Bringing back the bass voice in her heels is good. Some facts about this Iâm not up to speed on.
on Stripping the willow by ecargo
17 Jan 2007, 7:55 PM
âPound your swords into plowshares,â your spears into sickles, which do burn more naturally in the hands.
Strange, using the British spelling of plow.
Suggest âmurmuringâ replace the obscure âsough.â
Suggest conventional sentence structure in the last one, as done in the others.
Strange, using the British spelling of plow.
Suggest âmurmuringâ replace the obscure âsough.â
Suggest conventional sentence structure in the last one, as done in the others.
on Give it up Max by Stephen Robins
19 Jan 2007, 8:53 AM
His behaviorâs not ace
Nor is his face
He tugged on my muff
But itâs sturdy enough
Whatâs amazing to me
Is he canât find his 3.
Nor is his face
He tugged on my muff
But itâs sturdy enough
Whatâs amazing to me
Is he canât find his 3.
on It was a dream within a dream by Prince of Void
23 Jan 2007, 7:17 PM
Am I dreaming or did you crash the wall, slither through the defenses, and post this twice, just nine minutes apart? Please tell me your secret.
on some deleted poem
23 Jan 2007, 7:35 PM
It's better in this edit. Line 5 uses an archaic pronoun referring to "ship", to say in essence "ship's ship," unless the pronoun refers to "hands," and that's no better. You're getting closer.
on It was a dream within a dream by Prince of Void
23 Jan 2007, 4:45 PM
Just checking; this really is another post.
on a voice poem by richa
22 Jan 2007, 4:31 PM
I had to read it several times, where a few commas would have helped, and think such beginnings turn away readers, should it be one of the first of yours they read.
on The road to my Saturday by Enkidu
20 Jan 2007, 3:57 PM
A pretty dismal prospect, this. And why be so sure the road is damned? Oh, they all are - ok. But what about Sunday? Really, this is quite unclear to me.
on Body Worlds by Dental Panic
20 Jan 2007, 4:15 PM
Itâs not possible to leave out 200 words, maybe one though â âwell.â
I had to look up Plastination, and will save the rest of you dummies the trouble:
http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2001/ 0913/fe19-1.html
An interesting process, and a good poem.
I had to look up Plastination, and will save the rest of you dummies the trouble:
http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2001/
An interesting process, and a good poem.
"I worship of thee" needs to lose the "of"
(Obsenities deleted)