Of Our Fellow Men

Do you ever feel

Like you're the only person alive

Caught in a lie

That you can't trap

That just goes on and on

And on and on for the rest

Of eternity until everything

We know comes to an end

And the universe

Implodes upon itself

Because it's not able

To support the hatred

That we all carry

Upon our shoulders every single day

We all want love

Yet we worship hate and

Pray for death

Under the guise of a

Human concerned for the rest

Of our fellow man

When all we really want

Is just more and more

And more and more for

Ourselves.

This is a decent first poem. I liked it, mainly because that's my primary style of poetry. My problem is your lack of imagery, you basically made one very powerful statement, but you need to make a powerful statement poetic without making your readers feel lost in the dark. Robert Frost is the king at balancing those two elements in my opinion.

This is good, though, and aside from the lack of imagery, your rhythm was technically spot on, so kudos for that. Your beginning grabbed my attention as well, so good job there too.

There was a section of the poem I really enjoyed.

Yet we worship hate and
Pray for death
Under the guise of a
Human concerned for the rest

Another thing, please punctuate your poetry, it gives it such a bigger impact.

Oh, and please write two reviews on another person's work before you post something of your own.

This isn't a bad piece, but I think maybe the pace should be changed a bit. When I was reading it I was fumbling over the lines, trying to read it aloud.

Maybe the punctuation would've cleared things up as well. That's something you ought to take a look at anyway.

theres some nice lines but overall it does lack some imagery to help your ideas flourish. Still, the lines,
"Yet we worship hate and
Pray for death
Under the guise of a
Human concerned for the rest",
work really well together and if the other lines had the same impact and style as the rest of the poem then it would turn out very good

Thanks, to all of you.
I love the criticism.


Jack Frost: I love your quote. Tom Waits is the man.

I think the main points have already been covered.

To think about:
- I'll add to the call for punctuation because it made the poem difficult to read at times. The reader needs to breathe!
- One bit I didn't really understand was:

Caught in a lie

That you can't trap

It doesn't make sense to me, but I could be missing the obvious.
- You could look for an alternative image to 'That we all carry/Upon our shoulders every single day' because the idea is a little over-used. However, I did like the section previous to it ('the universe/Implodes upon itself/Because it's not able/To support the hatred').

The positive:
- The theme.
- You used repetition well.
- I think the best section has already been picked out by previous reviewers.

Hope some of these comments help!

I really enjoyed the fact that it seemed like floating in the dark... like thoughts that come to you as you're falling asleep. I think the style flows well and I didn't have a problem pausing at the end of each line. I really think it's just fine the way it is. But, if I absolutely had to criticize something about it, I would have to say I found the part where you said-

"That just goes on and on
And on and on for the rest"

felt a tiny bit tedious. if it was cut out one "and on" it would be a little bit more compelling. Overall I thought it was really awesome and I think you are definitely a deep and heartfelt writer.