Untold Past

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It cuts my flesh like broken glass
If only, If only, I could find my past
Then I would be able to look into the future
Possibly make a destiny untold last
Won't you help me seek this journey I've longed at last?
I made find it filled with joy, I may find it filled with sorrow
But I just won't know untill my 'morrow.




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Hey there Baby!

I can see you've got a bit of a rhyme scheme going: AABACC? It's not very standard, though. Also, your last three lines are very long in comparison to the first few. However, I have a larger point: Why are you rhyming? Do you really need it? In my opinion, rhyming just limits what you're trying to say; it doesn't allow you to full express yourself. I'm the kind of person of the opinion that rhyming should be left after you fully understand the other parts of writing poetry. So why not throw out the rhyming and just write?

The only real imagery I saw here was in the first line, and even that had me a little confused.

"It cuts..."

What cuts? "It" is completely vague. Why not assert what is cutting you? I'm assume it's the past, so why not say "The past cuts"? But then, I don't understand why the past is cutting you. I get a little lost as to the whole I don't know my past/I don't know my future. I love the idea you're trying to back that if one doesn't know their past they will not find their future (albeit cliché) but it wasn't very well formed. I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to get at.

My suggestion would be to really think about what you're trying to write about. What do you want to tell the reader? How do you want them to feel? A lot of new writers might not believe it, but to me poetry's purpose is to effect the reader, not to do anything for the writer. So try looking at your message with the reader in mind. How can you share this situation with the reader better?

Best of luck!
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I may find it filled with joy

Before you post your writing anywhere public, it's always a good idea to go through your work again and check it for mistakes. In writing, and in poetry especially, you need to make and maintain a good impression to your readers. Every little mistake you make risks ruining that good impression, which means that you're more likely to lose your reader as they get tired of the mistakes and decide to read something else.

One of the most important ways to make a good impression on your readers is to use proper spelling and grammar. Although poetry is a different form than prose, it generally follows all the same rules of grammar, including those of punctuation and capitalization. Right now, the punctuation of your poem is incorrect, which not only does not create a good first impression, it makes this poem more difficult to read than it could be.

Another thing to look out for is the form of the poem. Right now, there is no distinct form as it looks like you were trying to rhyme, but there's no clear pattern to it. Rhymes rely upon patterns to work, so because there isn't a clear pattern, the rhyme falls apart.

One last thing you should keep in mind when writing poetry is imagery. How you describe things in a poem is often the most memorable aspect of it, but if the imagery is not interesting or memorable, the poem is not interesting or memorable as a result. Using creative and unique imagery is the simplest way to make your poem stand out, and the easiest way to come up with unique imagery is to describe something in a way that you've never heard it described before but makes perfect sense to you and show your readers this so that they can go "Oh! I've never thought of it that way, but it makes perfect sense!" Right now, your poem is lacking in uniqueness.
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Overall, it is a good poem, but it needs just a little work. For example in this line
I made find it filled with joy, I may find it filled with sorrow
is "made" supposed to be "may"? Also, what Suzanne said about not having to rhyme is true. Some of the best poetry doesn't rhyme at all. One of my personal favorite ways to write a poem is to choose a small portion of a picture or an object, and then you become that object. You simply write everything that comes to mind without worrying about spelling or punctuation. It is a great way to learn to just relax and let things flow.



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