Ahoy!

3 posts
User avatar
Gender Female
Points 1040
Reviews 11
Walking toward the big cliff's edge,
not able to turn back.
Then I was plummeting towards death, but
he smiled and cut me some slack.

I was dropped into a big sailboat,
headed far from here.
As long as we were sailing away,
I would go anywhere.

The crew was great and filled with chuckles,
I guess you would call it great fun.
That is, of course, until our ship hit a rock
and we crashed underneath the setting sun.

I remember falling, and seeing Death,
his smile looking rather grim.
There he was again, while I dropped in darkness.
It's true, then, you can not escape him.
Last edited by flyinginvisible on Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:22 am, edited 1 time in total.
"We're the new face of failure. Prettier, younger, but not any better off."




User avatar
Gender Female
Points 10456
Reviews 95
So this poem is really cute, but the rhythm's just barely off. here are some words that *may* help (: they're in red italics.
flyinginvisible wrote:Walking toward the big cliff's edge,
not able to turn back.
Then I was falling, falling, falling towards death, but the repetition cuts off the rhythm. I'd suggest using something else? plummeting is a good word.
he smiled and cut me some slack.

I was dropped into a big sailboat,
headed far from here.
As long as we were sailing away,
I was ready to go anywhere.this doesn't rhyme, and doesn't fit the rhythm.

The crew was great and filled with chuckles,
I guess you would call it great fun.
That is, of course, until our ship hit a rock
and we crashed underneath the setting sun.

I remember falling, and seeing Death,
his smile looking rather grim.

There he was again, while I dropped in darkness.
It's true, then. You can never escape him.
rhythm. again (:


Basically, from the end on the rhythm gets kind of wacky. I don't want to change it though, because it's your poem and not mine! Message me if you have any questions!

Love,
Fixed
:smt027

PS: I LOVE your personification of death! (:
The hardest mountain to climb will have the greatest view. Everything at a different angle: memories serve as double vision, a view from the valleys as well as the precipice. But everything that goes up must come down.The descent from the peak will be twice as graceful & three times as difficult




User avatar
Gender Female
Points 1040
Reviews 11
Thanks a lot! I made some changes, taking your suggestions.
Thank you for the help.
"We're the new face of failure. Prettier, younger, but not any better off."



"You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it."
— We Bought A Zoo