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New to poetry? Unsure about the quality of your work? Then why not post here to receive some gentle feedback.
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doves
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lk;lk
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:03 pm

My heart exanded with the sky - What's exanded? Do you mean extended?

I think you would benefit from reading some Chinese and Japananese zen verse. The last verse reminded me of a Japanese poem I read a couple of months ago - I'll try to find it again and let you read it.

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Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:17 pm

i have read that kind of poetry it leaves me cold,how about you?
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:08 pm

Hmmmmmmm, this poem is extremely hard to follow IMO due to the obscurity of the theme and the word-play used. The punctuation is non-existent and some of the lines are very feeble and take away from the makings of a good piece of writing. I'll give you an example:

I slept next to
the lake and dreamt
the roses changed
colour in the sky
and the moon burned
on the lake.

This line ruins the depth you created in the op[ening lines and it just falls flat for the rest of the poem. The lines need to be more structured and possibly linked together, rather than following after each other all the times. The graphology just makes it hard to follow and i became more concentrated on the structure rather than appreciating some nice imagery.

I dont mean to be harsh, i just feel it needs some work. Dont be discouraged though, because god knows i still have a lot to learn with writing. Keep at it, you do have a nice way with words. It just needs to come together more with the structure and more sophisticated language if possible.

Keep on going though :D
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:28 pm

Do you think that you could catch up on your crits - You've posted seven poems now but managed only ten crits. It's not long since you actually asked for someone to comment on one of your poems, yet you don't seem overeager to do the same for others. Give and take.

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Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:29 pm

yea your right sorry,i will catch up.
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Cheers.
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:52 pm

Hi dl04,thanks for your feedback,i like the second verse i wrote,i attempted juxtapostion.
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:36 am

So doves

What happened to your poem? All that is left is
lk;lk
Can you leave the original in so we can see you changes? As it stands, it is a little too esoteric for this reader.
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Dave

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I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
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[Tom]
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