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One Too Many (Free verse) by ElmoBeavisButthead
One too many times my heart has been ruptured,
Broken from your doings.
One too many times my smile was forged,
Covering up my cry for help.
One too many thoughts of leaving you paraded my mind,
Yet I am still here with you.
Those few times of love and happiness with you are still here,
And because of that I am willing to forgive,
To forget,
But that,
That would be one too many.
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Arithmetic Mean: 5.5
Weighted score: 5.0596013
Overall Rank: 6783
Posted: March 20, 2006 4:02 AM PST; Last modified: March 20, 2006 4:02 AM PST
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My advice would be to read an assortment of love/breakup poems on here, note the recurring themes/phrases, and avoid them like the plague. Then have a read of some of the top-ranked poems and look at the language used, the metaphors used etc. My personal favourite on this site is Christof's 'Instructions to a Sculptor' - a pretty much perfect example of metaphorical, rhymed, structured poetry. Caducus' works are also excellent for picking up fresh, innovative ideas. And believe it or not, the best poet on this site to learn rhythm and wordflow from is -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. (plus he never fails to be hilarious). Just don't get offended at anything he says.
Having said that, this shows plenty of promise - the last line is good, and you certainly have potential as a writer - keep reading the stuff on here and learn from it!