on Nowhere Land by Caducus
20 Sep 2005, 8:59 PM
Hmm. That's quite fine. You still need to learn about apostrophes, but I gave up on that years ago.
Seriously, howe'er... The second stanza is a bit confused. The first two lines are fine. Then the third: what's was laid on the grave? The buds. Do the buds make the graves fragrant, or were they already? Was the love born on/in the graves? Not that I mind, I've nothing against necrophilia myself... 'to die in her today' ... Does that mean 'Love was born/to die in love's today' or 'Love was born/to die in [graves, autumn] on this day'? Or what?
I really like the penultimate line, but the last one seems to let it down a little.
Seriously, howe'er... The second stanza is a bit confused. The first two lines are fine. Then the third: what's was laid on the grave? The buds. Do the buds make the graves fragrant, or were they already? Was the love born on/in the graves? Not that I mind, I've nothing against necrophilia myself... 'to die in her today' ... Does that mean 'Love was born/to die in love's today' or 'Love was born/to die in [graves, autumn] on this day'? Or what?
I really like the penultimate line, but the last one seems to let it down a little.
on If I Were a Bird by TLRufener
20 Sep 2005, 8:54 PM
If you were a bird, you'd have a brain the size of a peanut! Oh, wait, how would that chanmge you?
Yawn yawn yawn. If you make it rhyme, you can send it to Hallmark.
Yawn yawn yawn. If you make it rhyme, you can send it to Hallmark.
on Please Stay by pletcgm
20 Sep 2005, 8:53 PM
Okay. You're not rhyming. That's good. 'Bleeding a river of love' -- if it's flowing out and you're not going to love again, sure. 'Will you make my heart flutter' -- medically speaking, that's not a very good request.
on Tall Windows by tianyi
12 Sep 2005, 7:13 PM
Why the comma after "where"? I'm presuming that the last line is the direct continuation of the first, in which case it might be a thought to add a stanza break between the first and second lines.
on on the edge of creation by nentwined
12 Sep 2005, 7:11 PM
I really rather like this. Though the "(how did they get to my mountain)" I'm not sure about. Maybe break it into another line or something -- the rhythm seems off because that one line's so long.
on knowledge building on knowledge by nentwined
12 Sep 2005, 7:09 PM
Nice. I'm not sure about the title being one of the three lines, but hey...
replying on the lips of your mouth by silvertongueddevil
7 Sep 2005, 8:18 PM
Presuming that this is addressed to a lady, there are a couple of other sets of lips he could be writing about...
on Baudelaire: The Albatross by Sasha
7 Sep 2005, 8:13 PM
For a translation insisting to rhyme, this is very good. One small wince is that in your version it sounds like it's only the crew of one ship that would do this, while in the original it's any old bunch of sailors.
on the birds are still here by ay deee
7 Sep 2005, 8:10 PM
Hee hee. That's lovely.
on Untitled by bellafuego
7 Sep 2005, 8:07 PM
A prose poem, I take it? A bit too prosy, even for that.
on My Dad's Armchair. by Bethy
7 Sep 2005, 8:03 PM
Hmm. Get rid of the initial 'Oh'. Fifth stanza, get rid of 'and'. There are a few other rhythmic things I'd think could be changed, but can't think how. The end of each line does not require a punctuation mark.
on Stop stalking me, eventually by T. Jonathron Remp
7 Sep 2005, 7:41 PM
'Stop kidnapping my pet'... Wonderful. How often has the stalker done so? Does the pet just keep reappearing on the doorstep or something?
on Small-town Postal Clerk Considers Inspiration by zodiac
7 Sep 2005, 7:40 PM
I'd prefer it as a prose poem. But that's just me.
Aside from that, an excellent first-person narrative of a dwarf performing cunnilingus on a grown woman. 8070F000