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- Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:41 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Fade
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10073
Re: Fade
Thank you for posting this poem. It is so deeply textured, layered, and yet straight to the point. Nit one -- S.1 L.7 swaying >sway. Just asking. Nit two -- how does S.2 seem to you without L.2? To me it feels stronger, as the substance of L.2 is then implied for the reader. S.1 powers right along...
- Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:52 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Link
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9811
Re: Link
The repetition as it develops is effective - chant-like.
Good contrast of the last line, and well set up!
I notice the cadence match with "Strawberry Fields Forever" - but not the same thing, for certain.
T
Good contrast of the last line, and well set up!
I notice the cadence match with "Strawberry Fields Forever" - but not the same thing, for certain.
T
- Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:47 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Bugged
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9187
Re: Bugged
Nice poem - grim finale.
An allegory for MWC, is it? Just asking.
T
An allegory for MWC, is it? Just asking.
T
- Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:45 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: I finally stumbled over...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3618
Re: I finally stumbled over...
Welcome Kate - good to have you here. Your strong narrative voice will be a great addition.
Cheers.
T
Cheers.
T
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:40 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Red Sled
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7285
Re: Red Sled
Real nice poem. Lots of memories it draws upon for me. "Sledges" is a new word I needed to look up, I didn't fit it to this context. Must be a UK thing.
'script' > scribe or inscribe? just asking.
Thanks for posting.
T
'script' > scribe or inscribe? just asking.
Thanks for posting.
T
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:58 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: Hello, I'm new here.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2952
I can't tell you how excited I am about this site. I have been writing off and on for lots of years, but have [semi] seriously been trying to get better at this for the last five years. In elementary school we were made to memorize and recite poetry - Longfellow, Whitman, Van Dyke etc. My dad read...