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Yu Lan Senior Member
since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462New Zealand 
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Television Ten o’clock at night alone in the house of her parents… Footsteps… breathing! White knuckles squeeze grey as she shrinks in her chair, afraid to check the locks. Heh, my English teacher didn't understand the connection between the title and the poem.. is he just dopey, or is it really that unclear..?? -Lynne It's nice to share - kiss someone when you have a cold. |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
the personna was watching a horror show on tv? good to see your stuff, Lynne  |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I got it!!  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Smiling..this reminded me of something. During Hurricane Andrew, I lost power in my home. I turned on the radio to hear an interview with a man who had also lost power and was talking to a radio journalist. When asked what he was doing at that moment, I had to laugh at his reply that he was sitting in his hallway reading "The Exorcist" by candlelight. Grin, now how masochistic is THAT? Enjoyed your poem, Yu Lan. Good to see you here! |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
It's as clear as it need be... you are a wiz with titles, Yu.  I always love your titles!This poem's simple, and that's fine... there wasn't a lot of advanced technique present. But I understand and appreciate that it's the simplicity of the poem, combined with that of the title, that gives the desired effect. I could take this entire poem symbolically, couldn't I...?  What we see in what wins our attention seeps into the background, to the point where we are deluded. Some fantasy that we enact or experience, or in the case of television, observe, might become so distinct to us that we associate it to our surroundings... we make real the things of fiction.Television is a great title for this poem, because it's the example being explored. It also puts the appropriate scene into the reader's mind when they begin the poem. I pictured a girl sitting there over her buttered popcorn, staring into the television nervously. Great work, Yu... I'm glad to be reading from you again... Lots of love, ~Allan |
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Yu Lan Senior Member
since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462New Zealand |
Woops, I just ran my message onto the end of the poem, that was brilliant..  Faterider.. um, not quite.. it is more like the others said, like that because she has watched television so often, and seen horrible things happening to people in their own homes, in the dark, alone, she is scared, relating it to her own situation. ^_^ Thank you all heapsly.  love and Christmas wishes, -Lynne It's nice to share - kiss someone when you have a cold. |
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jamesjiao Member
since 2000-04-12
Posts 268Backwaters of Avalon |
Wow, not bad. Dont see you making an appearance in this forum often now, Yu. Cg. - James |
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Yu Lan Senior Member
since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462New Zealand |
Thanks James.. I know..  I don't get much chance to come here as often now.. heh, feel kinda on the sidelines now 'coz I haven't been here for so long! ^_^It's nice to share - kiss someone when you have a cold. |
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