Here's a fresh one.
Here's a fresh one.
Last edited by Squalid Glass; 08-12-2009 at 01:16 PM.
Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
There's really nice imagery, a great mood and some excellent descriptive phrasing. The poem is a little prosaic for my personal taste but I've enjoyed reading nonetheless.
"all lies and jest, 'til the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest" - Paul Simon
I'm not a poet so you can probably safely ignore my comments, but I thought the places you'd chosen to break your lines here seemed petty random. I'm used to seeing line breaks and punctuation used to provide more feeling and emphasis, probably because the people I listen to are used to reading their poetry aloud, performing their poetry, and maybe that's different.
Taking punctuation, the following lines:
To me, the second line has no real impact because it's written as though it's being read by a geography teacher. "It has not been hung and has not been framed."A picture of Michelangelo stirs loudly on the floor.
It has not been hung and has not been framed.
Plenty of options for making the second line that more emphatic, including the simple:
Not hung. Not framed.
The additional punctuation introduces a pause at the end of each short, punchy statement. Reading this aloud, it stands out more than the original.
The line breaks here are an example of what seems random to me, or maybe there's something going on here that my untrained eye is missing, in which case please ignore.There are throw pillows just ahead-
overlaid with geometric patterns crisscrossing downward
and across.
You seem to elevate the status of downward by placing it at the end of the line, which seems odd to me. There are several different ways to cut this up, and I'd also be tempted to get away from the full-sentence format and focus more on the words that create the images.
Doesn't implode imply 'on itself'? If so, you only need:another implodes on itself as if it were struck by a meteor,
another implodes as if it were struck by a meteor,
I would consider dropping the full-sentence format and adding some punctation here, so that instead:
another implodes, as if struck by a meteor,
To me that gives implodes more emphasis. Or you could split the lines:
another implodes
as if struck by a meteor,
Or use different punctuation:
another implodes - as if struck by a meteor,
again creating that emphatic pause to give implodes more impact.
Problem for me though is that something being struck by a meteor doesn't create an image of implosion, more of explosion.
As I say I'm not a poet, so if anyone wants to point out where my suggestions are garbage, that's fine and I'll learn from it.
Cheers,
Rob
Last edited by Rob; 07-04-2009 at 06:08 AM. Reason: typo
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"all lies and jest, 'til the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest" - Paul Simon
Thanks.
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Just a slight afterthought. If I wanted to present this poem as an aural work then it would benecessary to do some work on the phonic qualities of the poem. As it stands, as I commented before, it's a little proais. I see it more as a filler piece for a magazine than as a spoken word poem. Tha isn't a bad thing because a lot of the mags are always on the lookout for pieces of flash fiction and poems like this to help their layout.
"all lies and jest, 'til the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest" - Paul Simon
In a word, lovely. A well written poem about a room, who would have thought?I absolutely loved S2, the grass was a great comparison, one I surely would not have thought of. I'm elated you have decided to join us, and please, post more work. I'll be waiting.
Hey thanks for the responses you guys. I appreciate it.
Rob, I certainly appreciate the detailed crit. I think you're right about the working on some of the lines and as for enjambment, well that's always been my downfall. I'll admit I wasn't thinking it was of much importance in this poem, but I will take another look to see where I can use it to my advantage.
Thank you guys again.
Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
Pretty interesting. I'm not quite sure about how it actually reads though. Some of the line breaks seem to come at unexpected places.
I like the subject. It really reminds me of a description of a painting or photograph -- mainly because it's more like you've captured a specific moment. I think that's what makes it work. Good job.
"Some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the gangster of love."
-- Albert Einstein
"I am really only interested in a fiction of miracles."
-- Flannery O'Connor
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