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Roysie
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0 posted 2007-08-13 10:49 AM



I think that I
shall never see
a sight as worthy
as a tree
however tall
it grows to be
it's worthiness
appeals to me
but can the same
be said of we?

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Cpat Hair
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1 posted 2007-08-13 10:53 AM


depends I suppose on the values being used to judge worthiness and whether your individual belief that there is an intrinsic worthingess in a tree or plant that is greater than that of a human.


Edward Grim
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2 posted 2007-08-13 11:21 AM


I don't like it. It's very awkward and I can't seem to pin down a meaning. Perhaps if you added a comma or two, that would help to at least break it up so it doesn't sound like a great mess of words. I know a lot of people like to use no punctuation in poetry to make it artsy or whatever. But in your case, or in this poem's case, it needs it badly.

I can see that the last line strains to mean something but ends up being a failed attempt in my opinion. The rhyming wasn't executed properly and that's why that last line reads so awkwardly. I would rework the entire piece and maybe leave out the hackneyed rhymes. Who knows, you might have something here.


You may think that I'm saying all this in reply to your churlish and uncivil comment on my grocery list (as you like to call it), but you would be wrong. Unlike you, I am not a vengeful person. I only mean to give you my honest opinion of this poem; because that is what this site is meant for: critiquing poetry.


Eddie

"Well I wish that you would cheat with someone, 'cause you're like diggin' holes in water and we know that can't be done."

Roysie
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3 posted 2007-08-13 11:31 AM


Morning Ed.
Edward Grim
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4 posted 2007-08-13 11:34 AM


Morning Rosie.
Professor Gloom
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5 posted 2007-08-14 12:27 PM


I must agree with Edward, I don’t like it either,
Not so much for the lack of punctuation
(The fact you added one piece suggests you should add more),
But this reminds me of another poets work,
Which was done better and differently.
Why the line breaks?
To hide the fact it is just a simple Cinquain?
Seems to need to be expanded, lengthen
And more thought and work done for completion.

Gloom

Roysie
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6 posted 2007-08-14 02:42 PM


This is not a poem guys. It's a questionnaire.
Professor Gloom
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7 posted 2007-08-15 07:25 AM


I’m sorry I got confused
I thought this was a poetry site
Not a question and answer forum.

Perhaps you should post elsewhere?

Gloom

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