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Dusk Treader
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0 posted 2001-11-29 10:03 PM


I'm playing around with poetry here and I don't really know how I'm doing. Any comments you can give me or technical advice would be appreciated. Tell me the goods and bads, or just the bads! LOL

Threads in Chaos Lace

Limitless vaults of life
Pricked by golden lamps
Sparkling, floating in twain,
Solitaire or many camps
Burning unheralded
Imparting warmth in dark space
Connecting Creation’s Lace

Caressed by Black Winds
Two vessels on shivered pinions
Enticed to Fate’s Gravity
Orbit in human compassions
Facades crumbled
‘Neath gazes star spangled
With angels entangled

Tempestual friction
Black Wind wailing
Bends not life’s lace
Molested vessels still sailing
Swiftly through years
Experiences in motley shades
Of flames that never fades



"A hard, cold wisom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil" - Robert Heinlein

[This message has been edited by Dusk Treader (edited 11-29-2001).]

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Alwye
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1 posted 2001-11-29 10:11 PM


Very beautiful and heartfelt writing, my dear.  I liked your image of the vessels and I especially liked the phrase " 'neath gazes star spangled, with angels entangled".  As for a suggestion on how to improve, the only one I can offer is to make your first verse tie in more with the image of the two vessels struggling to make it through.  I understand what you were going for, but it was a little confusing amongst the pretty images.  Other than that, wonderful job my dear!  

*Krista Knutson*

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." -Gandhi

EagleScorpion
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2 posted 2001-11-29 10:42 PM


well.. as far as giving you technical advice goes, I'm afriad I feel I'm not in the position to do so.. but as far as giving you praise for a well written poem goes, well.. I feel you did quite a good job
Sunshine
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3 posted 2001-11-30 01:40 PM



You just keep doing what you're doing...I'll keep reading and smiling....

got that?

Poet deVine
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4 posted 2001-12-01 12:13 PM


I'm impressed Abe!! I'd like to see you do a love poem...simple and sweet!    
Sven
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5 posted 2001-12-01 08:43 PM


first of all, this really needs to be read more. . . why it's only got four responses is beyond me. . .

now, this is well done. . . I like the images that you've come up with here. . .

"limitless vaults of life. . . " great opening. . . tells us what to look for, and where we're going. . . "connecting Creation's Lace". . . I like that line as well, lets us see it all as one woven piece. . .

I just love the entire second stanza. . . it's one of the best descriptions I've read about two lives coming together from different places or "pinions". . . flowing and delicate. . .

My only nit would be here. . .
quote:
Experiences in motley shades
Of flames that never fades

why not try to make it read, "of flames that never fade", or "of a flame that never fades". . . whichever, I'd just like to see the tenses match. . . unless, you wrote it that way to make the rhythm match. . .

Like I said, this needs to be read more. . . and so, I'm sending it back up along with a request that you write more like this, as deVine suggested. . .  

-----------------------------------------------------------




To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

[This message has been edited by Sven (edited 12-01-2001).]

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6 posted 2001-12-01 08:53 PM


"Caressed by Black Winds
Two vessels on shivered pinions
Enticed to Fate’s Gravity
Orbit in human compassions
Facades crumbled
‘Neath gazes star spangled
With angels entangled"

This is such creative love imagery! You just keep on "playing" with words, and I'll keep reading them. If I "tear it into tiny pieces" it will be so it's easier to cut and re-paste and re-submit it as if I wrote it myself. LOL, just kidding. I'm really not a pirate. I appreciate the unique, fresh  imagery.

Startime
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7 posted 2001-12-01 09:07 PM


This poem made me feel like I was drifting through someones life that has been filled with chaos and pain...amazing how I felt that many lessons were learned the hard way yet they all came together in the weaving of a life. I loved the way this poem made me think and feel. Very well done. **hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

[This message has been edited by Startime (edited 12-01-2001).]

Dusk Treader
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8 posted 2001-12-02 03:11 PM


Wow, I've never received so many responses on a poem before  

Krista - Thank you my dear, I do see your point with the first verse, and I'll try to make the connection a little more visible. And those two lines especially, were written with you in mind  

EagleScorpion - Thank you for your response. I'm glad you found it enjoyable  

Karilea - I got it, I'll keep writing until my pen is taken from me!

Sharon - Thank you!   Keep your eyes open for that love poem, LOL

Sven - Wow! Many thanks for your indepth review. I see the problem with the tenses, and I'll change that. Again my deepest thanks.

Midnite Sun - I'll keep playing with my words, I'm glad you think the imagery is unique, that certainly makes me happy  

Startime - It seems that my poem evoked exactly the images I wanted too. I'm glad that you enjoyed it  

"A hard, cold wisom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil" - Robert Heinlein

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