Poetry / Let me see

Shadows circle my eyes
Their half-moon crescents a forceful sign.
Sleep is a requisite of the mind.

The gentle dream-state
The flutter of eyelids.
The anaphoric rhyme scheme
Of dialetic poets.

No real rhythm
No actual scheme
No sense of hymn
A silent dream.

A floating cloud
Cloaked in mist.
A flying shroud
Its gentle hiss.

A dragon gleaming
Its length alight
Its flow so slow
In the dim candlelight.

The spider’s web gleams with dew
Its host spun anew.
Prey struggling to be free
Snatched up in hypocrisy.

Politics
Comedy
Entertainment
Theology.

Anxiety fulfills only the fears of the fearful
For they are the true threat.
Of human understanding,
Of human breadth.  

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Stachuco avatar General Stranger

May 09, 2009

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vague, boring, and I like the way one meaning of a word jumps onto another one, it has wide room for various interpretation. I’ll just go ahead and stick it to grammar, spelling a+, punctuation b+, style c, creativity f-.

The best way to describe this poem or poet is “Of dialetic poets”.

melsicle1 avatar General Stranger

May 05, 2009

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Anxiety fulfills only the fears of the fearful
For they are the true threat.
Of human understanding,
Of human breadth—- this is my favorite part becuase it is so true.

this poem is extremely outstanding and i have no advice on how to improve it becuase it rox

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May 05, 2009

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Kind of random, some of the lines and subjects kind of came out of nowhere, like:
a floating cloud then to a dragon gleaming then to the spider web’s gleams with dew, just doesn’t seem very organized to me. Also, i don’t know if you meant to use the word gleam twice, but I would try to avoid repeating words. I’m not trying to rant on your poem, I like the rhyming and the word choice, you definetly have a gift for imagery. I’d like to see a new version using my and other’s advice. Good luck =D

ames_plaza avatar General Stranger

May 05, 2009

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i really liked the first two stanzas, but after those two, the poem sort of drifted off and i wasn’t really sure where it was going. you can write an effective poem about being too distracted by your mind to sleep but right now, it’s not really working. the part with the spider seemed rather thrown in. i believe it could work in another poem, just not this one, i would just be very careful with the image of a spider becuase it’s an image that is commonly used and can easily slip into cliche. and i’m not really sure about the second to last stanza. it doesn’t have the same tone as the rest of the poem. i would consider taking it out.

Wigmo avatar General Stranger

April 27, 2009

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This poem is quite beautiful in it’s own regards, it sounds so attractive.  Everything flows so eloquently up until the last four lines which kind of leave me wondering what I just read.  Anxiety fulfills only the fears of the fearful.  I thought everyone was fearful, and I have no idea what anxiety fulfills.

Everything before that was wonderful, clear, precise, and heartfelt.

WhiteAngel avatar General Stranger

April 26, 2009

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i think that it was good, but your punctuation, was weird if you use punctuation then use it through out or not at all, one or the other i think, i could be wrong but that is what i think.

arwrites avatar General Stranger

April 26, 2009

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Nice rhyme scheme, I like poems that don’t have a set meter but are strung together like spiderwebs with rhyme.  Nice!

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April 25, 2009

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Try adding another syllable to the first line.
I love the imagery and the feel in the rest of the stanzas.
Especially like the stanzas “a dragon gleaming…” and “the spider’s web gleams with dew”...
And how you stated “politics, comedy..”

And loved how you ended it.

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April 24, 2009

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i loved how this flows. it reads dream-like. very unique work.

singer_girl36 avatar General Stranger

April 12, 2009

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The beginning is rather interesting, and immediately caught my attention. My favorite part is the “half-moon crescents.” However, the part about the dragon is a bit confusing. I don’t see how it is relevant to the rest of the poem.

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