Dont look away

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Don't look away.
Don't hide from me.
I want to be near you.
I can hear you breath,
say something to me.
I hear your chest heave,
don't be scared of me.
Don't shie away,
when our eyes meet.
Don't hide your face,
when I see a tear.
Don't cry my beautiful,
I wont tell your fears.
Don't run away,
I know them now.
Fear consumes you,
but nothing has got out.
don't cry from the past,
my past is bad to,
were common like that,
its kinda scary that way,
but please,oh please,
don't look away
Last edited by MsBamaMeagan on Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Without even reading your post, I can already tell that it's wayyy to repetitive. You may want to fix that. Also you have a typo in your second to last line. I put it in bold and it's not too major, it's just a bit annoying. Also, the posting box thingy, has a spell checker, it's always good to consult it before posting. =]

MsBamaMeagan wrote:Don't look away,
don't hide from me,
don't look away,
I can hear you breath,
your chest heaves,
don't be scared of me,
when our eyes meet,
don't look away,
when I see a tear,
I wont tell your fears,
I know them now,
nothing has got out,
don't cry from the past,
my past is bad to,
don't look away,
were common like that ,
its kinda scary that way,
but please,oh please,
don't look away

I took out most of them. I left a few that could be used there, more effectivly. Also, you may want to try to rephrase stuff, like you shouldn't turn away or something of the sort. And you may want to try using more imagery and images within your poetry.

And I do like the ideas and some of the emotion I got from this.
Good luck, keep writing.
Silented1.
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I didn't notice but you joined yesterday, so welcome! =]
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Hey there! Welcome to YWS!

I think I'll have to agree with silented1 about the repetition. There are some cases in which I think it works to the benefit of the author, but in your case, it does not. You seem to do it over excessively while forgetting about punctuation. You should punctuate normally in a poem; I don't know why everything seems think that you should put a comma after every line. Keep these things in mind when you revise, and again, welcome to YWS!

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Nice, you did take out most of it's repetitiveness, phrasing wise. But you still used the word, Don't, a lot, and that does make the read less enjoyable. You added a touch of fear and how it acts on the owner. Nice, it's a good start to add multiple levels to your story from single or short lines.

Again, you should edit the phrases in this poem. Here is an example.
my past is bad to,
were common like that,
its kinda scary that way,
but please,oh please,
don't look away
. This is a lot of plain language and it doesn't give too much of a poetic quality to your poem.

But you did make some improvements that I did enjoy. =]]
Good luck, keep writing.

Silented1.

PS, don't shie away?
I think it's shy, Not shie.
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MsBamaMeagan wrote:Don't look away.
Don't hide from me.
I want to be near you.
I can hear you breath,
say something to me.
I hear your chest heave,
don't be scared of me.
Don't shie away,
when our eyes meet.
Don't hide your face,
when I see a tear.
Don't cry my beautiful,
I wont won't tell your fears. Maybe it's just me, but I don't think this line makes much sense. I think I know what you were trying to say, but I had to really think about it.
Don't run away,
I know them now.
Fear consumes you,
but nothing has got out.
don't cry from the past,
my past is bad to, too
were I think you meant "we're common like that,
its it's kinda scary that way,
but please,oh please, oh please,
don't look away .



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I thought it was great--I loved the structure and the phrasing.
The only thing is that some of the lines didn't really make sense. I marked the biggest one I noticed, but there were other places where I felt like you had just run out of things to say. I'm not a poet, so I don't really have the right to tell you what you're doing "wrong," I'm just telling you how I saw from the perspective of an ignorant reader. :D

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