Hi Halycon! Here by request!
So what I think is that this poem got better toward the end. The beginning stanza was a little... boring, even, because even though it was technically decent, I just always get thrown off when one says "summer" talking about summer. In poetry, I mean. It's just so gratuitous to me. You have the whole world of poetry in front of you and the ability to choose any word from the vast English language (or any language you write your poetry in) to describe summer in, and you go with... summer? Don't worry, though, because this is not the worst I've seen by any means. It's just... something to think about.
designed to scare, to make us care
about our actions and consequence.
Consequences, maybe? I also don't think very highly of the sudden rhyme there.
Well, that's just one nit-pick and this is not much of a critique, because in general I really liked this poem and your imagery. The two last stanzas are my favourite. The word "charcoal" is lovely, by the way. I've always liked it. Well done, keep writing!
Demeter
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