The Puppeteer

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I am Fear.
I’m the mastermind
behind the nightmares.
I’m the reason
society will fall.
I’m the driving force
of human conflict,
and the foothold
of a dictator.

I pull on your strings
and bestow my will,
make you shiver
and scream at nothing.
Your “choices”,
your “decisions”,
are only delusions
of self control.

You can block me out.
You can cover me up.
You can say I’m not here.
You can be ignorant.
For no matter what you do,
puppet,
I will never leave.
Last edited by sarahjane97 on Thu May 19, 2011 12:29 am, edited 1 time in total.




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Wow I really liked this. Loved all of it. Honestly I don't have anything to critique.. Am not good with grammar so I can't fix that much so I say nicely well written. I particularly like how you described the choices and the trying to block it out. It shows how people truly try to block things out and how they try to believe their choices weren't because of fear. Nicely well done and I loved it. Really can't find anything really wrong with this so sorry I have no help with that. Keep up the good job and Happy Writing. Hope to see more soon and Buenas Suerte. Sayonara!
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This is a beautifully written poem. It flowed nicely, and I enjoyed reading it. I don't have a lot of criticism, so here's my commentary.

I am Fear. I like how fear is capitalized.
I’m the mastermind
behind the nightmares.
I’m the reason
society will fall.
I’m the driving force
of human conflict,
and the foothold
of a dictator.
I love how this stanza flows with the sentence structure.

I pull on your strings
and bestow my will; There's something funny about this line. Perhaps "bestow" isn't the best word to be used here. I would experiment with other words. Also, the semi colon should be just a comma.
make you shiver A comma could go here, grammatically speaking, but it kind of depends on how you want the poem to flow.
and scream at nothing.
Your “choices”,
your “decisions”,
are only delusions
of self control. I like these last few lines, very creepy, and the use of quotation marks.

You can block me out.
You can cover me up.
You can say I’m not here.
You can be ignorant.
For no matter what you do,
puppet, I love how puppet is italicized and in its own line. Very effective.
I will never leave. A good, blunt, ending. Nicely tied off.


Well done!
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"Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing."
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this was so beautifully written that I have nothing whatsoever to critique!! I am extremely jealous of your poetry skills and have been since our 6 grade English class together but that's not the point. BRAVO!!!!
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Fabulously creepy! I always like this kind of poetry! Perfect for little kids. MUAHAHAHAHA! Seriously though, good job. Pat yourself on the back, and have a good day.
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I got the chills... Bravo once more!!!!! :)
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Awesome job! I really enjoyed this. Sorry I don't have anything productive to comment on!
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