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Re: Wilted
Well, it is four clichés stuck together. You have to make the reader read something they have never read before. There is potential though.
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Re: Wilted
9th Aug 2012 9:51am
Lightening is what hair does in the sun, Grace.
You've lost the soul of your poem now.
Could be all those "likes" getting in the way.
You've lost the soul of your poem now.
Could be all those "likes" getting in the way.
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re: Re: Wilted
Yes, the likes are too much.
"he strikes like lightening
it burns like fire
I cry like rain
he blooms like flowers"
You can say the same thing without saying "like"
he strikes me quick as lightning
it's fire burns my skin
rain falls from my eyes
and he blooms
Not much better, but you get my point, I hope.
I added ME in the first line. Make it personal.
I don't know what else blooms besides flowers, (but it IS 4 in the morning), so I left flowers off.
"he strikes like lightening
it burns like fire
I cry like rain
he blooms like flowers"
You can say the same thing without saying "like"
he strikes me quick as lightning
it's fire burns my skin
rain falls from my eyes
and he blooms
Not much better, but you get my point, I hope.
I added ME in the first line. Make it personal.
I don't know what else blooms besides flowers, (but it IS 4 in the morning), so I left flowers off.
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Re: Wilted
9th Aug 2012 11:38am
not bad lol but I think you can do much better get sick with yourself don't be afraid to jot down how you really feel explore your memories and emotions and write them down as a story and then put it together as poetry
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Re: Wilted
9th Aug 2012 1:13pm
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12th Aug 2012 4:30am
Re: Wilted
12th Aug 2012 1:39am
Hiya, my friend :)
I see a sandwich formed of three cliches, first three lines, and a beautiful line the last. I like the title better than the last one.
Keep working on it. I want you to reach deep inside, to the dark & dirty of that part of your mind that birthed this poem, and grab a handful of that sticky, bloody mush that formed this piece. It can be messy, but you can do it.
You need your true emotions slapped onto paper for this poem, and what I can see is you holding back. Pour yourself out.
Wishes and butterflies :) I can't wait to read more of your work. Keep chipping away, eventually that wall will come loose.
I see a sandwich formed of three cliches, first three lines, and a beautiful line the last. I like the title better than the last one.
Keep working on it. I want you to reach deep inside, to the dark & dirty of that part of your mind that birthed this poem, and grab a handful of that sticky, bloody mush that formed this piece. It can be messy, but you can do it.
You need your true emotions slapped onto paper for this poem, and what I can see is you holding back. Pour yourself out.
Wishes and butterflies :) I can't wait to read more of your work. Keep chipping away, eventually that wall will come loose.
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re: Re: Wilted
12th Aug 2012 4:31am
Re: Wilted
14th Aug 2012 12:02pm
as for thee intent of this sweet shortie- beautiful,
but'like way too manymany likes.....
similies & meta4s be tiresome traps for young'spirin' poets.
best practice selfXpression wit'out conscious use of similie/meta4. they will still sneak in anyway.
but'like way too manymany likes.....
similies & meta4s be tiresome traps for young'spirin' poets.
best practice selfXpression wit'out conscious use of similie/meta4. they will still sneak in anyway.
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re: Re: Wilted
14th Aug 2012 12:09pm
Consider This
Lightening, he strikes...
Fire, burn..
I cry rain
He blooms flowers
still very metaphoric, but wit'out the extra` weight of similie
Lightening, he strikes...
Fire, burn..
I cry rain
He blooms flowers
still very metaphoric, but wit'out the extra` weight of similie
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Re: Wilted
Anonymous
31st Aug 2012 8:12am
Thank you for sharing your work. Simple and descriptive. Also some good advice already given by others, but only you know your heart.
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