INTRANSIT
on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Yatasuma
20 Oct 2003, 11:15 AM
L-4 with much stronger ties. small bump.
two questions:
Why only one (C)?
How does one turn themselves over to their ruling planet, anyway.
a flash of inspiration.
"rotting time"
"hollow stone"
"eternal view"
"insomniatic dreams"
I could do with one less "warm" in the last stanza.
Wistful--I love the playing with time, the nonlinear narrative, what was, might have been, would be, will be. The sporadic rhyming gives this a haunting music--very elegantly done.
The last verse makes worth the reading of the first two, though, you could have left off all but the last and had a much better poem.
Letâs see:
Line 1: cliché
Line: 2: cliché
Line 3: cliché
Line 4: what are you 14?
Line 5: vague and bordering cliché
Line6: cliché
Line 7/8: see Line 4.
Line: 9 cliché
Line 10: See line 4.
Line 11: why not evâr more for effect, I mean the poem is shit anyway, might as well go all the way.
Line 12: itâs âitââ â also see line 4.
Line 13/14/15: could be good if not leaning toward cliché
Line 16: stupid. See line 4.
Other than that lovely. And such original thinking.
Might I suggest a collapsing parking structure and a legless prostitute in a rusting radio flyer?
Call it "Drug Addict".
Catchy and glandular.
Quite good.
Poetry now in hatterscope harevision! (Nice images)
A late harvest or a harvest too soon?
(I always peg you on your titles, but it's because I like where you're coming from)
I very much enjoyed this. It was hard to read aloud, as I kept interrupting myself with laughter.
Definitely singable. I can see Mr. Rogers crooning this to his shoe.
You tell a good tale. Some minor snipping could make this even more immediate (small stuff--like in the first verse, "teams of chainsaws cope" makes "trying to deal" unnecessary; drop "unfortunately" (telling); stuff like that). I like the ending.
Masochistic or inordinantly fond of your teeth?
Very good. Wonderful images. I like the comparison made between the last verse and the rest.
Indeede, a fine yarn in true 'rankerlecherous tradition.