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kadafi09
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0 posted 2003-06-17 05:58 PM


Dead Dreams

Listen to the screams
of all the deceased dreams
they haunt us daily
thinking of them shall destroy thee
you torment yourself everyday
everyday with what could have been yesturday
you lie on your bed
crying, without consolation, because your dreams are dead

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Ladybug
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1 posted 2003-06-17 06:09 PM


Hi Kada, good poem!  I really like how the deceased dreams "scream" -- very interesting, and makes for a nice rhyme as well. (-:

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end...

kadafi09
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since 2003-06-17
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2 posted 2003-06-17 06:12 PM


thanks for the response ladybug
coming from a truly skilled poet as yourself
it is high praise
thanks again

Ladybug
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3 posted 2003-06-17 06:34 PM


Wow, thanks for the compliment! (-:  And I look forward to reading more from you. (Today is my first day as a member, too!)

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end...

Not A Poet
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4 posted 2003-06-17 08:21 PM


Hey, welcome to the forum. It's good to hear a new voice.

As for the poem, not all bad but there are two words that just jump out of a poem for most readers absolutely screaming CLICHE. They are dream and soul. Although not impossible, it is awfully difficult to write a poem about either. I can't count the times I have seen people in these forums claim that they refuse to even read such a poem. Well, I'm not the adamant but I really didn't find this one original enough to be truly interesting.

BTW, yesterday is misspelled.

Pete

[This message has been edited by Not A Poet (06-17-2003 08:29 PM).]

kadafi09
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5 posted 2003-06-17 09:38 PM


Thank You Peter for your input,
because of you, I'm sure that I'll grow further as a writer, if I may call myself one.

Not A Poet
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6 posted 2003-06-17 11:33 PM


If you stick around CA for a while I do hope you can grow as almost everyone here does to some degree or other. Don't count on me for much magic though. I am a rank beginner and can't prefess much knowledge at all.

Thanks,
Pete

Midnitesun
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7 posted 2003-06-18 12:20 PM


HELLO! and WELCOME!
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Listen to the screams
of all the deceased dreams
they haunt us daily
thinking of them shall destroy thee
you torment yourself everyday
everyday with what could have been yesturday
you lie on your bed
crying, without consolation, because your dreams are dead
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Use 'dead' instead of deceased.
Drop the word 'thee,' then leave 'you' by itself on next line, then drop the 'torment yourself daily' to the next line. When you read this out loud, you'll see why it reads better without 'thee.'
And when you drop the second 'everyday' and fix the spelling to 'yesterday' it has a better flow.
My thoughts, anyway.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (06-18-2003 12:25 PM).]

Cytten
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since 2003-06-13
Posts 16
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8 posted 2003-06-19 10:01 AM


WOW! this really has alot of fealing in it. It remimnds me of what I'm going through right now.
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