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poetry_rancour on some deleted poem 13 Mar 2007, 12:43 PM
Go on then, a 7 for sheer whimsy!
mikeeb on some deleted poem 13 Mar 2007, 1:02 PM
A most enjoyable read, thank you. I might suggest that "Boom box in the sky" is rather cliché, but that's just my humble opinion.
Ranger on Within by drnick 13 Mar 2007, 1:10 PM
This is brilliant, just brilliant
Ranger on The Landscape by Sasha 13 Mar 2007, 1:13 PM
I assume the translation is as good as it reads. The poeme's 50-50 on the ace/turd spectrum though.
Ranger on some deleted poem 13 Mar 2007, 1:20 PM
Legend
Quarton on Pedaling West by Dovina 13 Mar 2007, 1:22 PM
Good poem. It has a nice flow and the "ride" is one of life itself expressed through riding your bike. I really do like this and the message it contains.
Ranger on Her Mitts by Nepanthe 13 Mar 2007, 1:22 PM
'My mitts are hermits' is great, if only it wasn't for the final line...this would be ace. Word inversion works sometimes but when the rest of the poeme is in a straightforward structure it's like a punch in the colon.
Dovina on some deleted poem 13 Mar 2007, 1:31 PM
breath should be breathe. A good metaphor, but somewhat repetitive, and a bit too obvious. It doesn't work well in a sonnet as written, free verse maybe.
Ranger on Pedaling West by Dovina 13 Mar 2007, 1:19 PM
This is more like a diary entry in verses. I don't think there's anything wrong with that per se, but it needs to be delivered in either an interesting or easyflowing manner - I hate to say this but rhymes would do the trick here. It feels like you've gone for straight iambic meter but I think it needs more than that. Either that or some truly staggering imagery throughout.
Dovina on some deleted poem 13 Mar 2007, 1:19 PM
lol
Ranger on some deleted poem 13 Mar 2007, 1:25 PM
Cut this down into simple iambic pentameter. That way you'll be able to tidy it easily. It's not an original idea within this, but then, who said poetry has to always be novel?
Dovina on Her Mitts by Nepanthe 13 Mar 2007, 1:26 PM
Ranger is right - the last line inversion sucks. The internal rhymes of Verse 1 are nice.
Ranger on some deleted poem 13 Mar 2007, 1:32 PM
Kipling does single mother moral poetry? Tighten up the metrics and this will be perfectly readable, I'd say.
Ranger on snacktime by jesslew 13 Mar 2007, 1:48 PM
Cute, richa's right about the last line though. Pick something less bland to say.
Ranger on some deleted poem 13 Mar 2007, 1:53 PM
Best thing I've read on here in ages.
Ranger on Her Mitts by Nepanthe 13 Mar 2007, 1:59 PM
May I make another suggestion? Keep the internal rhymes going throughout, they work well in the first stanza. And be prepared for people to read 'My hands brave the Winter's groin'.
Ranger on Pearl by Greeny 13 Mar 2007, 2:37 PM
I liked most of this except for stanza 4
richa on Her Mitts by Nepanthe 13 Mar 2007, 2:57 PM
I think the second verse changes the metre a bit but that is not necessarily a problem.
richa on Abused Light by Greeny 13 Mar 2007, 2:50 PM
The abused light is an intriguing word choice but the reader is not let in why you think it is appropriate. I like the again grain rhyme. Some of the others are a little obvious.
richa on some deleted poem 13 Mar 2007, 2:59 PM
A grammar deviant appears to have doctored your poeme to include the word whereas several times for no good reason. The second verse is good.