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kitty15
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An apple pip is those little brown pips that you find in the core of apples. They're sort of like seeds and I love threading them into my poetry because they hold a lot of childhood memories for me. Someone once told me that if you planted one in the garden, it would grow into an apple tree and being a naive child I did and that bitter disappointment when nothing happened has always clung to me. Sorry. A rather long winded explanation just to tell you what an apple pip is.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: |
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There must be more to life than this:
a winter wind and withered kiss
upon these frozen, sun-parched lips;
just orange peel and apple pips. |
I love this! I have a strong feeling for poems with emotion and rhyme. I know how they irk some people; and dont get me wrong, they bother me when there isn't emotion to them. But I really, really liked this one. It brings to mind memories and really opens your eyes to looking at things in another perspective. Keep it up, two thumbs up. I love it. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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This is really lovely Kit. It's so lyrical, and flows beautifully. I love the theme. For some reason it feels different to your other poetry...more mature or poetic or something...neither of those words are right, I can't place it, but it is different. I really love it. The imagery is beautiful and I especially enjoyed;
"a winter wind and withered kiss
upon these frozen, sun-parched lips;
just orange peel and apple pips."
The repetition of the "i" sound in that second line is brilliant.
I also like the sibilance of;
"seldom summer".
My only quibble is about;
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We're nothing more than drops and blips;"
I think it sounds a tad forced and disrupts the otherwise perfect flow.
Overall this is really beautiful and I love the tone.
Hope this helps.
Jas |
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I really like this but I don't have anything to complain about. This was beautiful yet the humor painted the right thoughts, which I never seem to find in some poems. Your lines were weird but yet different, refreshing. I don't think you should change anything. This was great!
My favorite line was
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 I'm terribly sorry, but i don't think you should do ANYTHING to this. Its absolutely perfect just the way it is, it is whimsical but also carries a subliminal message that I think all of us should take to heart.
"we are just orange peels and apple blips" 
Good work I think i will make it a point to read more of your work! |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:05 am Post subject: |
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I really enjoyed reading this poem. I really like your idea's that you put into this and it truely captures a good image.
The only thing that I would have to say is the second line just seems to have a bit of weird wording. Other then that I really think you did a great job.
Keep up the good work
Cait |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:19 am Post subject: |
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Like everyone else, I really liked this. I had the same question about an apple rip til I saw your answer so now I've learned a new word. 
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I like this line too.
The imagery was awesome.
A lot of people already pointed this out but the wording on this line was a little wierd:
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a winter wind and withered kiss
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I don't really see the connection between the two of them.
Anyway, it was awesome.
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