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Coda
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Joined: 7/20/2014
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Posted: 3/29/2016 at 4:09 PM
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I'd really like some tough, honest criticism on this poem I wrote.
Dancing with Angels
She left, a smile on her lips,
Daintily inhaling the sweet moonlight
Sighing, the pain of lifetimes ebbing away
The stars welcomed her as one of their own.
She left, before anyone could say goodbye,
Offering neither one final kiss nor embrace
Instead, she fled to the castle in the sky
She left, to the place where nightmares are mere fantasy,
And pains are few
She left, knowing no one could follow,
A tear of glass falling down her cheek
As she saw the world spin past,
Knowing she would never return
She left, to meet all who had wandered
Wandered away to join the stars
To the midnight palace,
Glittering with a generation of stars.
Never looking back.
She left at the stroke of midnight,
To the land where time stops forever.
Gliding under the full-faced moon,
Under wings of swans
She left, to dance with angels.
Edited By Coda on 3/29/2016 at 5:44 PM.
Sakina
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Joined: 12/17/2012
Threads: 54
Posts: 2,481
Posted: 3/29/2016 at 5:08 PM
Post #2
Only because you asked. First, I fixed the grammar in this line for you. It was really bugging me.
"Offering neither one final kiss nor embrace"
Now the poem itself. Please remember that this is only my opinion.
The poem is... flowery. It has a fantastical setting but I have a hard time figuring out whether you mean for her to be taking her own life, simply leaving a ball, party hopping through several balls, or getting wicked high. I prefer the latter option because that would explain the inconsistent narration and over the top imagery.
If it is supposed to represent some other subject matter then you have more of a problem. The narration hard to follow and the metaphors don't mesh with one another. It seems to me as if you just thought of a bunch of nice things and threw them together. Why is the narrator seeing these things? The poem doesn't say so whatever message the poem is trying to convey is buried beneath nonsense and wet horses surrounded by flowers.
My recommendation is that you think first and foremost about the message that you want to get across to the reader. What do you want the reader to be thinking and feeling when they read your poem? Keep your goal in mind with each sentence you write. Second, less is more. What does each phrase add to the poem as a whole? Does it contain a necessary part of the narration? A metaphor for the character's emotional state? Did you just throw it in because it sounded cool and poetic? Simplify things and use metaphors and imagery that explain the poem. Not throw the meaning into question.
Edited to fix spelling errors made because I was typing on my phone.
Edited By Sakina on 3/29/2016 at 6:01 PM.
Coda
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Posted: 3/29/2016 at 5:25 PM
Post #3
Thank you! This was exactly the kind of criticism I was wanting. And to be very honest, this helps me out a lot.
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