What's Not to Love?

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okay, first off I would like to say that this is not the more "complete" version of "what's not to love?", because I’m using a computer that has an older version of it.
Anyway, I’ve been told that this is just a list of "questions", and if you feel that way too, that's okay. Just please, please give me your opinion ^-^ )



what’s not to love?

What creature that has made itself ready for the hardships of love
Is not commendable to merit affection from another?

And what man that has repented
Is too shameful to deserve respect from others?

What fish is not made for the waters of the earth?
What bird is not made for the cloudbanks of heaven?
What stallion is not fit to graze in the swaying blades of the meadow?
What blossom is too withered to be placed on a tomb?
What lock is not meant to have its own key?

What pounding heart is not precious enough for tides of blood?

What lit flame is too faint to smolder an ounce of
light?
What breeze of airstream is too frail to
Breathe?
What channel of the water-brook is to inept to issue a
Current?
Or for what motivation should a friendless seeker find no console or
Contentment?

Every broken-down life form should be justified for refurbishment
And all lonesome individuals should gain company,

Shouldn’t they?

Or for what is drowning that does not have the license to swim?
What is sightless that does not warrant observing?
What is deaf that does not have the right to perceive sound?
What is voiceless and mute that should be banned from verbalizing words?

Even after midnight, I have not found one sympathetic essence that is not deserving of forgiveness.
One tolerant spirit that should not obtain its reward of patience.
Not a single organism that God has placed on this earth should go without being cherished,

Or should it?

Are lilies more appealing than roses?
Is sapphire lovelier than amethyst?
Is citrus more fragrant than the vapors of lavender?

Are

Not

All

Things

Beautiful?

A sparrow is beautiful. Its silky sleek feathers, its round watchful eyes. . .
Is a dove not beautiful too, though?
When they are both aligned side by side, whom do you favor the most?
The dove is pleasant to the eye, but in the end they are both divine miracles.
They are both assets to be marveled,
Both sensational phenomenon to gaze upon in wonderment.

Why love one and despise the other?
Why advise one to flee but the other to linger?
Why harm one and create a tonic for another?

Why

Raise

One

Up

And thrust the other down
As if it is not as good as its brother?


No,


Not one creature placed on this earth was meant to be an extra.


What heart that beats like crashes of thunder,
That blazes brighter than heavenly flames,
That pierces like ice of the winter tundra,
That harmonizes with the drafting wind of the forest trees,
That collides like powerful ocean waves into the mighty marble stone of the shore:

What man in our midst that we have surrounded
From the sunlight hours of his lonely birth, to the quake of his midnight, should be under a stable surge horror and sorrow because of another?

Because of

You.

Because of




Me.



Should he not, just as all of us long for, be allowed an armored affection?
A shielded love?
And a safeguard that is defended by the most durable of unsheathed blades?




I ask,



What’s not to love?
Last edited by Charade on Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:17 am, edited 4 times in total.
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That being said, I want to point out that I do, in fact, know that Every Single Word Is Cap(ed). lol I know, I know. I like it like that, though.
Hehe, I'm glad you do know. :P Even so, I would advise you to change it. It reads strangely because my mind tries to put emphasis on every single word, since they all have capitalised beginnings. I think it would be a lot better without all the caps. If you disagree don't worry though.

Anyway, I've been told that this is just a list of "questions", and if you feel that way too, that's okay. Just please, please give me your opinion ^-^ )
There is not actually anything wrong with 'a list of questions', so long as you can pull it off. This I felt, was too long a list. The questions actually made it interesting, for about the first half, after that I got bored because it was just more of the same.

What Creature That Has Made Itself Ready For The Patience Of Love
What does this mean? Maybe I'm missing something but this line doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. It sounds pretty, but does it actually mean anything?

Okay, so, I liked your questions. I think they add a lot of interest and the reader can kind of predict your impending answer. However, some of them I didn't like, because I wanted to give answers:

What Bird Is Not Made For The Cloudbanks Of Heaven? Penguins!

What Blossom Is Too Withered To Be Placed On A Tomb? A dead one?

What Flame Is Too Faint To
Smolder?
What Breeze Of Airstream Is Too Frail To
Bluster?
What Channel Of The Water-Brook Is To Inept To Issue A Streaming
Current?
To all of these I guess the answer would be 'a lot of them'.


Or For What Motivation Should A Lonely Seeker Find No Comfort Or
Contentment?
Again, what does this mean. You are intent on using big words, but it is not adding anything to your poem. Actually, I would say it's detracting. Is there some reason why you're choosing big words and archaic sounding phrasing? If you have a reason, then fine, but right now it just looks like you're trying to show off your vocabulary. If you're going to do that, at least make sure that you're making sense.

Are Lilies More Appealing Than Roses?
Is Sapphire Lovelier Than Amethyst?
Is Citrus More Fragrant Than The Vapors Of Lavender?
This is a nice concept. I like it. I think you could have done even more with this. For example, instead of taking two nice things and saying they're both as good as each other, take one 'nice' thing and one 'not nice' thing. Compare a lily to a dandelion, or a sapphire to a lump of coal. You keep saying that all things are beautiful, but you only seem to be mentioning things which people already acknowledge as beautiful. Argue beauty for things which are considered ugly and I think your poem will have a bit more depth.

Are.

Not.

All.

Things.

Beautiful?
Could you do without the periods? I think spacing them out is enough to give each word emphasis.


All in all I really like your ideas. I'm not sure you're expressing them in the best way though. Maybe you could try writing a simpler version of this poem? Just say what you want to say without worrying about fancy language and see what you come up with.

I hope you find this helpful!

- pigeon
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Thanks so much for your reply ^-^
I thought I should clarify a few things real fast:
“What Creature That Has Made Itself Ready For The Patience Of Love. . . .”

I’m pointing out that people aren’t just ready to meet their “true love”, so to speak, at any given point in their life. You, as a human being, sometimes have to grow up and change into a person that is compatible and ready to meet the needs of your spouse. Love is a battle, I was conveying my believes, which are that you must be patient, along with many other things, when caring for someone. But it goes further then that, I'm sorry I can't explain through text Lol I probably explained that bad! Haha
(And I also, after writing it, looked at this verse: Love is patience, love is kind. Its in the Bible.)
I'm not saying it right, but I "WILL" cahnge it.

Anyway, it continues by saying: “Is Not Commendable To Merit Affection From Another?”
Altogether: “What Creature That Has Made Itself Ready For The Patience Of Love
Is Not Commendable To Merit Affection From Another?”
It makes sense to me, but if it’s confusing, then I’ll think of rewording it ^-^
I mean this in the politest of ways, because I’m grateful that you took time to read from me ^-^, but I think you may have missed the point a little regarding these passages:
“What Bird Is Not Made For The Cloudbanks Of Heaven?”
“What Blossom Is Too Withered To Be Placed On A Tomb?”
I think the depth of what I was saying was misconceived. I’m not speaking literally. I’m merely using things like flowers and birds as substitute figures for human beings. Why should someone be shunned because of her/his feathers (bird) or petals (flower), when we’re all the same species?
And I was saying the exact thing with this verse:
“What Flame Is Too Faint To
Smolder?
What Breeze Of Airstream Is Too Frail To
Bluster?
What Channel Of The Water-Brook Is To Inept To Issue A Streaming
Current?”

And also, I apologize if you don’t like my style of writing, but this is the way I speak when I write. I’m sorry ^-^
And no, I’m not using “big words” to show off my “vocabulary”, but its okay that you misunderstood. I don’t dwell on miscommunications much.
And to reply to your post: “You keep saying that all things are beautiful, but you only seem to be mentioning things which people already acknowledge as beautiful. Argue beauty for things which are considered ugly and I think your poem will have a bit more depth.”
I do, in fact, do that. Later on with the dove and sparrow.

Does chocolate not spell just as good as dog-crap?
Are pimples as beasutiful as smooth skin?
lol I know that's not quite wha you meant, but still, I do believe that I put a good deal of depth in this.
All this aside, I do put a lot of thought into what I write. I don’t use words that sound like they would “fit well there”, I write from my heart and I consider what I’m saying. But thank you anyways. ^-^
Thanks for reading ^-^ And I took your advice on the periods. lol Plus with the Caping Each And Every Word The The Freaking Page haha thanks
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Hello!
So, this truly was a whole bunch of questions... but personally I don't find anything wrong with that. Poetry can be written in many ways and even though your lines end with question marks you still write in a poetic way, using your own kinds of structure and punctuation. Your questions is very thought-provakative and even they are quite vivid and full of imagery. Like you put every object in an enviroment... flowers on a tomb, birds in the skies and locks with keys. That's what I like about this and later you describe each of these objects even more. Two birds, and the beauty of each of them seperately and together flying. I do though, agree with the previous reviewer that it got a bit too long, I was hooked in the beginning but it felt as if there wasn't any changes and that got a bit dull.
What I think you should do, my opinion entirely, is shorten it down while still keeping it interesting. Also, create more contrasts... the speaker above said the same thing - you keep referring to things of beauty and the thing with the dove and sparrow isn't that extreme. You need to go deeper!
As to your "big words" I'm not bothered at all by that, my english is a bit limited but I love reading sentence with complex and advances... So, no thumbs down there!

EH so... I'll give this, all together, 3/5 spiders but if you shortened it down It could rise to 4/5... it's not that the content of your latter lines are no good... it's just that it makes the reader tired and a bit bored after a while and it lowers the(or mine at least) overall impression ^^

Good Luck & Keep Writing

// Demoness
"Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice." - Robert Frost




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Wow, while reading this whole poem I felt like it was a super deep meaningful poem and I felt like I was missing most of it... Still, what I was able to capture of this poem was great. I really liked it. I just have a few comments, or at least I did. Now comes the hard part of remembering what they were so I can tell you. :)
'Even after midnight, I have not found one sympathetic essence that is not deserving offorgiveness.
One tolerant spirit that should not obtain its reward of patience.'
The dove is pleasant to the eye, but in the end they are both divine miracles.
They are both assets to be marveled,
Both sensational phenomenon to gaze upon in wonderment.
Not one creature placed on this earth was meant to be an extra.
It kind of bugs me that these aren't in question form. Any reason for that? Since you wrote almost everything in questions, it seems like you shouldn't have any answers unless they are all at the end answering the whole poem. Then again, I could be crazy.
For what is drowning that does not have the license to swim?
What is sightless that does not warrant observing?
What is deaf that does not have the right to perceive sound?
What is voiceless and mute that should be banned from verbalizing words?
This part is a little confusing to me, though I feel like if I stopped and thought about it, it would all make more sense. However, at the moment thinking deeply doesn't sound at all appealing. Sometimes you just need to be a tiny bit more clear and easy to follow.
I think that's all I have to say... :D I did really like this though, it impressed me.
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Thanks so much ^-^
Lol Those parts "were" questions as well, but I was told by several people that "Its just a list of questions!" So I changed it.
Something that some poeple don't understadn is that, I'm really taling about human beings, not plants and animals. And this part:
[quote]What lit flame is too faint to smolder an ounce of
light?
What breeze of airstream is too frail to
Breathe?
What channel of the water-brook is to inept to issue a
Current?
quote]

I was speaking of human personality.

Thank you for your review ^-^ It means a lot.
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