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just_another_fe
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since 2000-02-05
Posts 483
MICHIGAN

0 posted 2000-04-06 07:06 PM


This morning I layed in bed with my eyes closed
holding my pillow tight
and for a minute I thought it was you.
But when I opened my eyes
it was just a pillow
and then I cried.
I cried knowing that
I'll never be able to hold you like that.

When you call me "momma" or "baby"
and you say "i love you"
I get the biggest smile on my face
A feeling of happiness fills my body
and then I cry.
I cry knowing that
I will never hear you say them words to me
with all the meaning that I give them.

When I talk to you on the phone
I'm so happy.
I let your beautiful voice flow through my ears.
I study the way your words sound
and then I cry.
I cry knowing that
I'll never sit on the couch next to you to talk.
Because I'll never see the way your lips move
when you say the words I study through the
phone lines

I pretend I'm there
example *sits on your lap*
I imagine how it really feels to touch you
and then I cry.
I cry knowing that
I'll never be there!
I'll never sit on your lap!
You will never hold me!

When you talk about your family
I hope they are all doing well.
I smile at the accomplishments
your brothers have had.
I'm happy that your dad better now
and then I cry.
I cry knowing that
I will never meet them.
Because your family will never be mine.

When you talk about your boyz at school
or the guyz at Johns house
I laugh.
You guyz are so funny
and then I cry.
I cry knowing that
I'll never meet them.
I'll never hear them tell me stories about you.

When you get mad at me
and yell at me
I cry.
I'm not crying at the words your saying to me
even if they hurt.
I cry knowing that
I'll never be able to look you in the eyes
when you yell at me
and
I'll never be able to
give you a hug and a kiss when we make up.

When you tell me stories
I listen to them and I love them.
They make me so proud of you
and then I cry.
I cry knowing that
I'll never be that girl
in the stands waiting for the game to end.
I'll never be that girl
thats suppose to meet you by the gym doors.
I'll never be the girl
that you see in your smoke filled car.
I'll never be the girl
that lays next to you in your bed
and I'll never be able to hear you tell our kids
these same stories
that make you the man that you are.
The man that I am so proud of
and the man that I have grown to love
more then life.

THAT'S WHY I CRY!


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 Don't fear failure so
much that you refuse to
try new things. The
saddest summary of a
life contains three
descriptions:
could have,
might have,
and should have.
--Louis Boone



[This message has been edited by just_another_fe (edited 04-07-2000).]

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db
Junior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 13

1 posted 2000-04-08 12:06 PM


There is definately a lot of passion and emotion here.  However it reads too much like a letter with line breaks.  Too many personal references that mean nothing to the reader. My suggestions would be to shorten it and develop some of these emotions into images.
Regards
Dan

jfreak
Member
since 1999-06-17
Posts 306
Yuma, AZ, USA
2 posted 2000-04-08 08:08 PM


Okay here we go.

I don't agree with Dan that this poem is too long.  I like it.  Yes, it is full of passion and emotion and girl, if I were that guy and I read this, I would have to run to you right then and there and take you in my arms and wipe away those tears.  This piece is just outstanding.  I especially loved the line,

when you say the words I study through the
phone lines

That was just a great use of imagery.  

I agree with Dan though, on the fact that your use of imagery could have been better.  The one thing that makes up for that is the use of your heart.  I mean your heart just bleeds through so heavily in thie piece.  It is saturated with it.  I just love this.  Keep em coming.

JFreak



kynder
Senior Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 537
Tallahassee, Florida
3 posted 2000-04-11 01:32 PM


i wish everyone who even considers a long distance of any kind, cyber or otherwise, could read this first.  you have put your thumb on the consequences of those types of risks with your heart, babe.  have faith.  love will arrive flowers in hand.
just_another_fe
Member
since 2000-02-05
Posts 483
MICHIGAN
4 posted 2000-04-11 04:48 PM


Thanks guyz

Jfreak   i wish you were him too lol when i wrote this i was sitting in the chair crying...not thinking about "imagery" thanx

kynder   thank you and wish they could know of the pain before it comes too. its very hard and hurts a lot. thank and i hope its comin soon lol



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