Comments byShuushin, 1141–1160 back, including replies. Only comments on poems

on To Paint Acceptance by versus_u 9 Oct 2003, 6:28 AM
Despite the previous vote of ten, I really wasn't convinced until the last line - and really, if it was a poem of just that one line, I would be just as satisfied.

this bit in particular:
"Left me scraping our palette of lost love" gave me a little grimace.

Dont' get me wrong though, I do really like the idea of the empty easel as it relates to a missing person, then the memory of him/her as the painting; that's really cool.

Just thinking the palete related stuff feels awkward - complicates the composition of the poem ... (keep it to three things, one that contrasts with the other two, right?)
on SupremeDreamer by King Abdullah I 8 Oct 2003, 8:41 AM
well, it rhymes, so ...
on RHYMEZONE.COM by King Abdullah II 8 Oct 2003, 8:39 AM
Dat's berry chute.

You can only post three poems a week here and you post this. Holy Christ. I mean, you stole half the thing from rhymezone.com - prolly got the other half from dictionary.com.

At least come up with 3 more stanzas and make it a real poem.
on Unrequited by DevilTmptrss 7 Oct 2003, 6:43 PM
I has a very sweet cadence, one that rings true; a lovely flow.

There are a couple "too easy" references though, which would be nice if tweeked out ("like a summers breeze", "like cool showers in the spring") - and I think "sweet" wants to be an adverb. "flowers in the Fall" is pretty good as describing a torture.

It's a good, honest expression of love - though I haven't fallen in love with it (I'm happy to have it as a good friend).
on The Wrath of Dan Ackroyd by ?-Dave_Mysterious-? 7 Oct 2003, 1:53 PM
Hey - what kind of sonnet is this? You is funnin' me, right?? Is this why you are called "mysterious"?

Teach me something.
on Shoe Hole by Bobjim 7 Oct 2003, 1:27 PM
Kew Gardens, New York?

I'm stuck by "Phillips stick-sole" - is that a type of rubber sole, like Vibram? As an aside, I was watching "Enterprise", and as the aliens climbed the ladder I could see the bottoms of their boots and that orange oval "Vibrams"; oops.

Only a couple of the rhymes seemed forced (first felt it with "shutters", "boggies" a bit too). I bet you could firm up the last quatrain.

At any rate, it is a very fun one. How on earth did you come up with it? I mean, "shoe hole" isn't exactly a common idea.
It's a Vilanelle alright - Poe would like it; i likes it.

Go for the Sestina. Do it. Do it now before all the ideas get used up!!
on Primal Reality by peaceseeker 7 Oct 2003, 10:11 AM
I read the
whole
thing and as
I neared the end I
began to panic,
because I could
feel my time
to make some sense
of it all
running out.

It does however, have some engaging language in the flashback about the garden - that's a nice snapshot.
on Why You All Suck by ?-Dave_Mysterious-? 7 Oct 2003, 8:37 AM
excuse me, but it should be "...[aint] got [no] arms."

It's actually a good start to something (I can think of many more reasons why you/we all suck). And, well, it kinda rhymes - so it must be good.
on Orchidess by abecedarian 6 Oct 2003, 7:39 PM
Well, that was interesting - what is this show rated!! I don't think I've ever read an orchid sex poem like it.

Wait, I've never read an orchid sex poem.

what is "Watch we" - I posted a poem earlier about nanotech, and thought I might have focused on a relatively small group of folks who would "get it" - I'm pretty sure this would elicit a similar response.

Hey - ya can't save em all!
on silent struggle by princesszoe 6 Oct 2003, 7:30 PM
I like the image - of slicing part of oneself to give to another. That is really conveyed entirely in the second stanza; I struggle to find meaning in the first.

Dampen deep? Damp and deep? maybe just an interesting coinage - maybe some change? words dripping like tears is - used.

I think the first stanza was just a warm up exercise for the second (this is not uncommon) - let it evaporate like sweat, and keep the second as a base for something very nice.
on castle of pandas by FreeFormFixation 6 Oct 2003, 7:58 AM
Maybe the republican guard should shoot them all in their black-encircled eyes?

Is crazy. This is crazy freeform flow/klang association. Well, at least it rhymes part way; all good poems rhyme, right?
A contemplation on suicide with a nice twist to it. This touching the lips of a lover must be a universal thing; such a nice image.

And I think the refrain works really well.