She used to weep

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Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:59 pm

A field brimming with roses
Tenderly blown, a soft breeze
" A rose for every heart " a widow whispered
Petals perturbed and blown
Long ago she was shown
Such a heinous vision
Embedded in her eyelashes
A flickering pain
A death in vain, sharing her name

For years and years
Her house teems with tears
Many a day spent plucking
To no avail
Over-drunk with ale
Wax was her holy grail.
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:30 am

cool,

Some decent lines here, and some pretty good imagery to boot. I have no idea what its about though, and the rhymes that you have are too random to be mistaken for form and too clicheed to be enjoyable...

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B.
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:42 pm

Thankyou :) I'm pretty sure the meaning can be found, although maybe i need to make it a little clearer.
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:01 am

Heya,

lines i liked:

"petals perturbed and blown"

"over-drunk with ale,
wax was her holy grail"


lines I didn't like:

"Embedded in her eyelashes
A flickering pain
A death in vain, sharing her name"

"For years and years
Her house teems with tears"


So all in all, 50-50 for me. I think it's about the death of a woman's husband, hence "sharing her name", but some of it seems out of context and ambiguous, e.g. "over-drunk with ale". Who? Her or the husband?

I think it's a good base, but it just didn't quite work for me. Some great imagery, some pretty dire. Don't give up on it, though, it's worth a re-think.

Sorry mate,

al
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