im surprised no one has replied to this?! |
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I'm polishing up a portfolio for this creative writing class, and this is my favorite chunk of work out of it all. (edit: check it out, can't even capitalize my own title correctly... rock on! |
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im surprised no one has replied to this?! |
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Quality LD's: 16
It's interesting, to say the least. Seems like you're talking in Yoda-speak. I like the original way everything is presented. |
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Starry starry night, paint your pallet blue and gray,
Look out on a summers day,
with eyes that know the darkness of my soul.
I think it's amazing you guys resurrected a 40-day-old topic; my poem must be that good. Thanks for both of your encouragement. |
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Well, just to tip the balance somewhat, I didn't like it. Just seemed like words everywhere - some very nice snippets - but with no coherence between them. And some words seemed very misplaced. But, eh, maybe I'm the only one confused. Doesn't seem a proper poem to me, but then again I have a rather strict verse structure and rhyme to my poetry (if you're interested). |
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Well, I think I understood it at least. I'm not much of a poetry person, but I got what you were saying. |
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I've found that after experimenting with looser forms with less conventions and expectations, rigid structures start to sound absurd to me when I read them, like they're all nursery rhymes. Obviously that's not always the case and obviously I'm never going to rib on Shakespeare's sonnets or anything, but when I see an otherwise good poem getting twisted into knots because it has to mince its words to meet arbitrary meter and rhyming quotas, I get very sad. Structure has its place: it's stately, composed, intelligent, often witty. But sometimes it's not the correct environment for what needs to be conveyed: confusion, raw anxiety or anger, or just plain disregard for the rules. |
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Last edited by Spamtek; 07-08-2007 at 12:09 AM.
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Grrrr! I should have never written that line! I hate it I HATE IT. Every where I post that I apologise for it. Thanks for pointing it out again... I will try to fix it now. |
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Last edited by Identity X; 07-07-2007 at 09:11 PM.
Where else do you post it? |
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