ShaNoN+960317485
on Love Is In The Air by Blindpoetry
27 Dec 2003, 5:23 AM
sounds more like a craving to me - wud never call it love
more like you'd be crazy, cold and wishing you be dead.
Lets Dream me giving you a ten not a nine
ok u have my attention on this one - hows abt a freakin 10
you should get those pains checked out mister
Old ground but nevertheless a well textured poem, reads well, mature style I think. One of your best.
You could at least have made an effort.
A bit sparse, but I like its balladesque style, rushes through nicely.
Liberal use of religious language gives this a certain place.
But the stabbing the priest bit, yes it is extreme but why did it happen? The mood seems resigned rather than violent up until then. And why 'husbands stilletos'
A joke at the expense of rap language?
the first line is the best I think, funny
Can it [love] be blue?
Well yes, on film it can. Having said that love in this situation can be rather euphemistic.
did a schizophrenic write this?
ShaNoN+960317485
on Advice to poets I am passing on from CHARLES DARWIN by Plaidypus
27 Dec 2003, 8:54 PM
true 2 the font that ye typed
Certainly a nice idea - but the execution... Despite Richa's [everpresent] sour tone, I agree with him.
I liked "and well-thumbed rosary" but not the repeated noun. Same with stiletto.
I like the characterization lots, you know, that you gave her a name.
yep. thats a pimple alright.
good ending.
Could be cute I guess...depending on the way it's arranged...but lyrically, standing on it's own, it's just a bit too odd for my taste. (but then, that's only my taste...)
It starts really strong I think, then seems to lose momentum and organization. I really like the lines âYou wear your ego like a capeâ, and âyou smile
like a new disguise afraid to look me in the
eyes.â And âlike a rose with too much sun petals
wither an come undoneâ
A couple of suggestions:
It might be helpful to re-arrange breaks to add some structure, for example (made a couple of grammatical suggestions in brackets too):
You wear your ego like a cape.
a regal cloak, a vane escape.
You[r] smile, like a new [disguise]
afraid to look me in the eyes.
From this point on, it gets kind of confusing, feels almost as though phrases are missing, you may want to add a touch here and there to give the reader some guidance. All in all I enjoyed your imagery, but needed more to really connect with what is going on in the work.