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Re: A Mental Breakdown Over a Safety Pin
Hey! Thank you for your thoughts. I am going to leave the connections purposefully vague because it is a poem about a mental breakdown, after all, and it's meant to ...
Aug 17, 2020 -
Re: The Runner
I have no idea what that's like, but have you ever tried picking a photo and describing what you see in it as the backdrop to a poem? Not sure ...
Aug 9, 2020 -
Re: blurry cracks
The "dig down" part was supposed to format differently. More of a diagonal than a straight down.
Aug 9, 2020 -
Re: Amsterdam, after the show
Thank you so much
Aug 6, 2020 -
Re: houseguests
Hey there! I didn%u2019t see this til now. I appreciate your more specific critique! I am using enjambment in my poem, which doesn%u2019t necessarily break the lines with punctuation. I ...
Aug 2, 2020 -
Re: Wednesdays
Obviously everything is subjective. But if that%u2019s how you wanted the metaphor to be conveyed, perhaps try adding a direction. The image isn%u2019t clear enough. It also melds into the ...
Aug 2, 2020 -
Re: a.c.a.b.
Thank you! About your first note, it kind of shifts focus. There are several videos out there of policemen just knocking over peaceful protesters and leaving them, so I wanted ...
Aug 1, 2020 -
Re: the luxury of lungs
I did just read your wall post. While I enjoyed the motif because it was consistent, I do think it would be very interesting if you chose to rewrite it ...
Jul 31, 2020 -
Re: houseguests
@whatchamacallit, is this better?
Jul 28, 2020 -
Re: houseguests
Thank you! I appreciate this!
Jul 28, 2020 -
Re: Portrait of a corpse
That depends on the pronunciation of the word. If you're using a plural possessive, say darkness' , then there is an extra syllable. If you're saying "the boy's" then it's ...
Jul 28, 2020 -
Re: houseguests
Can you be more specific? What exactly made the poem feel like it doesn't end? Why was it confusing when I used the house metaphor? Why weren't the last two ...
Jul 28, 2020 -
Re: houseguests
Thank you for your thoughts! The way you interpreted this is interesting. I did not mean to have a poem so devoid of emotion; in fact, it's bursting with it. ...
Jul 28, 2020 -
Re: out of the woods
Thanks! This is super helpful!
Jul 24, 2020 -
Re: Nocturnal Birds
Thank you for your thoughts! I think I have an idea for revising that last stanza that will also bring the goddess more into the poem. I'll tag you in ...
Jul 15, 2020
