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drnick on The Devil's Carnival by Ranger 12 Mar 2006, 6:15 PM
Another good one, nice title...my favorite line is one of the repeated lines, "flashing lights become a string of pearls," because its so gosh darn purdy. back to homework.
matt door on Boundaries by Dhanesh M Kumar 12 Mar 2006, 6:33 PM
Jubilant dolphin? Passionate bird? Giraffe's head? Erase this whole thing and start over.Sorry so harsh - but this really needs work.
matt door on i realize by http://robynhood 12 Mar 2006, 6:48 PM
Read this aloud before you post it next time - sounds quite improper - does it not? Thought and emotion are placed well - but grammar and meter is quite lacking.
Niphredil on i prefer steadfast by skaskowski 12 Mar 2006, 12:36 PM
I love visualizing poems, and this one ain't no exception. It's beautiful.
http://robynhood on i realize by http://robynhood 12 Mar 2006, 3:39 PM
in my mind as i read this everything is still a blur
matt door on Crowded by INTRANSIT 12 Mar 2006, 6:26 PM
Common repetition?
Well I don't want to see Brokeback Mountain either, but the poem could do with a little more thought, some rhyme or rhythm, or beautiful language.
Ranger on i realize by http://robynhood 13 Mar 2006, 5:14 AM
Not bad, but it needs work. Stanza 1: First line is great but would profit from more imaginative language (give a bit of colour to it). Line two "your" should be "you're". "In confused nature" sounds too much like you're trying to be pseudo-philosophical. Stanza 2: again the first line isn't bad, but it gets meaningless with the second line. 'When together we're apart...' is fine, but 'when together we're apart and away' loses any real sense. It seems like you meant something else but didn't quite make it work as you intended. Stanza 3 is a little cliched - try and replace 3/4 of the lines with something a little more original. Stanza 4 is good. Hope these suggestions are of some use.
ecargo on Nightfall by Niphredil 12 Mar 2006, 12:34 PM
Beautiful. "And now that it is late and I am free, I cannot bring myself to turn and go . . ."
Niphredil on The Best Thing I Ever Had by faithmairee 12 Mar 2006, 12:19 PM
That's a real lyric, not pretend poetry posing as one. It also feels very tangible; I think I would enjoy listening to this in my car, driving home at dusk.
faithmairee on The Devil's Carnival by Ranger 12 Mar 2006, 12:25 PM
The pleasure was mine. You get a 10 from me for such a great poem!
Ranger on Gone Bad by faithmairee 12 Mar 2006, 12:31 PM
Unlike about 95% of the lyrics on this site I actually want to hear this one sung. Same applies to the rest of your lyrics...I never thought I'd say that here!
Ranger on Spoken word (draft) by Adriaan 13 Mar 2006, 5:27 AM
Decent fragment, the idea's pretty good - but I'm curious as to where you're going with it.
Ranger on The Tale of Hominus Ominus by Blue Magpie 13 Mar 2006, 5:34 AM
Pretty nifty, a decent tale of the human condition. It certainly takes courage to write something this lengthy and search for plenty enough rhymes without turning the reader off; you manage it very well. Stanza 5 was the best.
Ranger on Today's Spam by nentwined 13 Mar 2006, 7:34 AM
Ha! I never get these though, either my email is too obscure, or the hotmail junk filter is supreme ¬.¬
Ranger on We Do Not Write About by faithmairee 12 Mar 2006, 12:46 PM
This is good - strong and concise. I would change the 'souls' in stanza 2; the rhyme there shifts the focus of the reader (well, of this reader anyway!) and I don't think the repetition works. Other than that, stanza 2 is excellent in my opinion - and so true! You might consider changing 'bothersome' to simply 'bother'...let the 'sometimes' do the all the work there. It won't make perfect grammatical sense (and there are poets here who prefer good grammar and logic) but it would flow a little easier. It's down to your preferences though, of course. Last two lines are awesome...out of curiosity, 'stirrings' made me also think 'strings' (of our souls) - was that intentional?
faithmairee on Spoken word (draft) by Adriaan 12 Mar 2006, 1:17 PM
i like a beginning and an ending, too...this left me scratching my head...in wonder
faithmairee on Divorcing Tennessee by Dovina 12 Mar 2006, 1:27 PM
i like poems that tell a story and this one was very good. I enjoyed it alot.
Ranger on Boundaries by Dhanesh M Kumar 13 Mar 2006, 5:23 AM
Either there's a hidden genius in this that I am blind to (entirely possible)...or you really do need to make some serious grammatical corrections. 'Four walls fortifying the realm(s?)' is good, 'make it to yell' is not. 'To yell' is the infinitive, and so in this context shouldn't be used with 'make it', which is present active. The three lines after that...I don't really know what they mean. 'The nature's statue that which bonds' could work, but needs punctuating. '...statue - that which bonds...' or something like that. The rest of the stanza sort of work although 'crinkle' would sound better as 'crinkling'. Stanza 3 - 'migrates' and 'divulges', as you are talking about a first person singular subject for both. I like the ending to it though. But I still have to ask - what does it all mean?
Ranger on Desolation by Beyond_Dreams 13 Mar 2006, 5:25 AM
Kind of defiant which is nice to see. The problem with it, though, is that it's all been written before. For example, 'broken dreams' makes me assume you listen to Green Day. If you could make this something new and innovative it would work well.