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kelli
Junior Member
since 2000-07-31
Posts 10
washington

0 posted 2000-07-31 04:53 PM


Because of him I have stopped many things.
I have stopped the cutting,
I have stopped the pain.

Because of him I have learned many things.
You can not love,
You can not trust.

Because of him I have hurt in many ways.
I have hurt on the inside,
I have hurt on the out.

Because of him I learned what happiness is.
It's and fluke,
It's a cover,
It's something I can not have.

© Copyright 2000 kelli - All Rights Reserved
Elilas
Junior Member
since 2000-03-15
Posts 20
The Dalles, Oregon, USA
1 posted 2000-07-31 05:23 PM


i'm relly sorry but don't close your self of cuz life is a game and love is a part of it no matter how it turns out you learn something.
pegasus111
Member Elite
since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa
2 posted 2000-08-02 10:41 AM


most of us have been where you seem to be now.. time will heal.. scars remain but you will suvive. another more worthy of your love will help you forget.  

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Poertree
Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359
UK
3 posted 2000-08-02 05:44 PM



Humm  kelli .....hello and welcome to CA

I see that neither this nor your previous poem really got any critical comment which I should imagine is not what you expected from this forum.  

Presumably you’ve read the forum guidelines and have posted here hoping for some constructive criticism of your poetry..  Where possible (and where time allows) we also try and comment upon other peoples critiques and enter into debate about the poem in question.  So if possible try to give any replies you get some feedback .. ... I guess the previous two responders were either short of time or forgot what forum they were in!!   .. I do the same myself sometimes, but Elilas and Pegasus it would sure be useful (as well as offering the poet your condolences which was very nice) if you could say what you did or didn’t like about the poem??  

ok kelli ... down to business ...

I actually found this piece rather annoying because i kept finding myself asking the question why?

What did this person do?  The whole piece comes over as being incredibly vague ... i want to know much more about what’s going on... phrases like:

“Stopped many things”, and

“Hurt in many ways”

mean absolutely nothing, and

“Not love” , “not trust”, “on the inside out”

are really verging on the cliche,

sometimes repetition works, but here it didn’t for me ......

So give me something more to get my “teeth” into and try for some more original phraseology .....   Above all.... keep writing and posting ....... people here want to help believe it or not  

Philip

calamity jane
New Member
since 2000-08-02
Posts 4

4 posted 2000-08-02 11:03 PM


hi....I liked your poem in that you didn't feel it was necessary to rhyme every second sentence...

I particularly liked the stanza

because of him I have learned many things
you cannot love
you cannot trust

which makes complete sense, but I do think the very last stanza is a bit too contradictory and maybe melodramatic (then again that's probably just me)

but I did enjoy reading it.....its amazes me that complete *******s can inspire such creativity hahaha


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