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Suicide Note(I Blame You)

Member since 2006 · Posted 14 Dec 2007 · 6 comments

Thus the water flows And so my blood goes For as the wind blows Like my love, lost So there goes My blood flows Streaming to those What I lost Bye, bye Darkened sky I see myself So up high I guess its goodbye Wipe my tears, let them dry Because you made me cry Now I’m flying to the sky

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[6] Caducus 14-Dec-07/5:36 AM Reply
you write with the same flaws i did years ago and need a well intentioned critique.

First off your opening is attention grabbing and you have a skill for meter and not verbose. It also looks like you keep focus throughout the poem yet the subject is so overdone and done better that you're setting yourself up for a fall.

Try and be cryptic, creative, show dont tell. Someone on here once tore me to shreds and rightfully so, I got all defensive until i realized i was defending a poor standard of work. Dont get me wrong the critic was a bit of a knob (poetandknowit) but they knew good from bad and if you learn where your work is weak you could be credible.

Go to the bottom of my profile, read an old poem and compare it to one now. 3-4 years makes a big difference IF you take suggestions on board.

This site was my first and writers then like tintagiles, intransit, gods wife horus and christof are a good starting school for style, substance and a love for this old dog poetry.
[n/a] alvinb › Caducus 16-Dec-07/2:34 AM Reply
thanks man... I'm waiting for a man like you...
[8] LynnJR 14-Dec-07/11:18 AM Reply
wonderful poem, very deep, very wounded and dark, displayed the resolution of giving up giving in, the final breath. I t flowed very well however the third stanza iwould swith the third and last line to keep with your rhyme scheme. - lovely work
[7] x0lovelylarnx0 14-Dec-07/12:06 PM Reply
I'm just curious, but when you say your flying to the sky do you mean Heaven, cause last time I checked people who commit suicide don't go to heaven??? Otherwise the poem is decent, but I think the last 2 lines need to be changed.
[n/a] alvinb › x0lovelylarnx0 16-Dec-07/2:39 AM Reply
Don't talk biblical man... but ya... people who commit suicide don't go to heaven...
[7] x0lovelylarnx0 › alvinb 20-Dec-07/2:17 PM Reply
For one thing i'm not a man! And I wasn't getting biblical. It's common sense that people who commit suicide don't go to heaven, and i didn't mention the bible! But i'm glad you agree that people who commit suicide don't go to heaven!