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What do you think of this poem I wrote?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Theagonist, Jan 30, 2013.

  1. Theagonist

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    In a room filled with a solitary red hue
    The bourgeois spins a wheel
    With no destination, nor need
    She will spin until her brittle Hands bleed
    Just to satisfy her ennui and artifice
    But she does not see - the rien I see
    The monster approaching her empty dreams

    Spinning still - she does not know
    The insomniac rose will begin to grow
    The thorn of clandestine and ebony
    Ostracized for he began to realize
    What lies in nonsense is decadence
    Which sparks interest
    Who's lover is a dadaist
    But his story is over now
    As Seth lead the way
    A poet dies in dismay

    The thorn as she spun penetrated
    A distraction and a lack of action
    She knew the temptation for she so loved the sensation
    Of crass, rebellious - ways
    The thought laid it's seed
    In her Gaulish mind it breeds
    She has no other need and no regrets
    So she proceeds and the smile lets
    With full intention and desire
    Caring none of her fate that will transpire
    She presses her finger on the thorn
    So now she bleeds knowingly
    she did not recede
     
  2. Rivers

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    This is a really cool, really deep poem. It's a very different style than mine, but is beautiful all the same. I'm assuming that this is a metaphor for something I can't begin to understand. Keep up the great poetry!
     
  3. Gen

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    Its pretty good. I love the creativity!

    I always feel horrible offering critique to people's work. But if I'm going to be completely honest, I would say that to be careful of your vocabulary. One of the most daunting obstacles of writing is being aware of the very thin line between using vocabulary beautifully rather than strenuously. There were just a few words in the poem that I felt were a bit of stretch gramatically. I remember struggling with the same thing when I first began writing. But its all about balance in the end.

    Thats not to say it is bad, as I said in the begining. I'm just speaking on your writing style, because, as I can see, you are an individual who loves to use a variety of words.(Much like me). We just have to be wary of how far we take it.