Confession

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Starting a poem with the phrase "dead body" is certainly a way to draw people in. The bit: "Know that a stranger can disappear into a mid-sized city" seemed a little off; "mid-sized" seemed more specific than the rest of the description. I liked the comparison of "unmade beds" to "shallow graves" at the end. Thumbs up in all, but I've liked others better.




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nice. you've got some awesome similes in here, it really makes the poem. i found the shifting focus a little off-putting, the way the object is sort of unclear...in the first stanza for example, it's the man who draws maps, then you seem to be speaking to the reader. it's really a minor point. this is a powerful work
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Who cares about the details? Poerty is not all about details...So is this something of your life? that You experienced? It sucks!
What if I loved you, would you care? What if I left one day, would you care? What if I never came back, would you care? What if I died, would you care?



The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
— Edward Hirsch