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Our Shadows Dancing • Young Writers Society

Our Shadows Dancing

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I don't really know what this was. I saw some phrase about living shadows, and out came this. It's odd, I know. 2 minute write.



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our shadows danced with us,
turning and twirling as our hair
covered our eyes from their faces.
they breathed as one with us,
each gasp from our lungs,
bringing lives
into darkened bodies,
thrown onto the ground by a
mischeivious sun.

we thought nothing of them
and yet they breathed
and they sang, and they
danced with us, each footstep
never quite meeting the ground,
as it they were already there.

their voices
hid in the echoes of our own,
and yet rang forcefully
through each blade of grass they lay in.

they sang, and they danced,
and they watched the world around us,
voiceless songs sending waves of sound,
changing everything around us.
And yet, caught up in our own songs,
and our dances,
we watched the world without recognizing them,
saw only the sun that cast them from dirt,
and never knew their wonder,
nor their silent songs of the shadows.




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Saw the title and the author, and was immediately intrigued - and you didn't disappoint. It's a simple, fun topic and a simple, fun poem. =]

The imagery is great, even if it's pretty straightforward and not really metaphorical. Not much else to say at the moment (working on a poem of my own). Awesome poem for the short time it was written in; keep writing! =]
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If I have one issue with this poem, it is how you overused "they". In the first stanza, it was clear that "they" are the shadows, but throughout the rest of the poem, you refer to them as "they", and so the fact that "they" refers to the shadows is lost. In short, you have here a case of too many pronouns without a clear antecedent, which results in most of the poem being quite vague because the pronouns are so ambiguous.

This is a pretty easy fix - just make it clear every so often, at least once a stanza should be good, that "they" refers to the shadows.

Other than that, I wasn't a fan of the lack of capitalization and comma use, but it was consistent, and that's more an issue of personal preference than anything.
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This is exactly what I'd expect from fleeting idea, without the benefit of editing. While it's wonderful that you were so inspired, next time, please spend the time to fully revise this before asking us to do review it.
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Persephoneia wrote:our shadows danced with us,
turning and twirling as our hair
covered our eyes from their faces.
they breathed as one with us,
each gasp from our lungs,
bringing lives
into darkened bodies,
thrown onto the ground by a
mischeivious sun.

This struck portions are essentially lines that repeat what was said in the first four lines. You don't need to tell us that we breath with lungs or that the sun causes shadows, unless you're going to do something with it. Otherwise, remember that strength in writing comes from an economy of words.

we thought nothing of them
and yet they breathed We've heard this already. Go somewhere else with this line.
and they sang, and they
danced with us, each footstep
never quite meeting the ground,
as it they were already there. This line is clumsy, as "footstep" is singular, while "they" is plural. It should be "it was". Additionally, the imagery here could be better. I'm not sure what you're trying to convey in saying the shadows don't touch the ground. That doesn't seem correct.

their voices
hid in the echoes of our own,
and yet rang forcefully "A is true/And yet, A is false". Put this whole stanza more artfully.
through each blade of grass they lay in. ??

they sang, and they danced,
and they watched the world around us,
voiceless songs sending waves of sound,
changing everything around us.
And yet, caught up in our own songs,
and our dances,
we watched the world without recognizing them,
saw only the sun that cast them from dirt,
and never knew their wonder,
nor their silent songs of the shadows.

The last stanza needs to tell us something we don't know; bring something new to the table. This last stanza rinses and repeats. Unfortunately, if you never really had a place to go with this poem, perhaps it's best if you bury it. But if you can take something out of the movement of these shadows, say it here, and don't mince words. Perhaps our shadows dance freer than we do. Perhaps our shadows are having more fun. Perhaps our shadows don't truly reflect us. But if your ultimate consideration in this poem is that we don't pay enough attention to our shadows for some unspecified reason, then there's no real need to continue here.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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Well, that was pretty awesome! it played with my imagination. it was like threads of magic spinning around me, which was cool.
Your flow is pretty, and it adds to the poem.
Your spelling and grammar was good, too.

overall, I really enjoyed this. Your a strong poet, and I looked foward to seeing more
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