Beckon.

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Hey yws! Long time no post for me, I've recently joined my college's writers club! (I'm in college now.. Does that mean I'm still young? D:) And realized I should probably start writing again soon. Anyways, I just wrote this down off the shot of some instant motivation. Hope you guys have all been doing well!

Beckon, Destiny’s distance is draggin’ me downward.
Beckon, Rachael’s rejection left me realizing all my regrets.
Beckon, Elizabeth’s equilibrium is embodied in a sword.
Beckon, Haley’s half-witted smile has me hindering, and mixing her cassettes.

Beckon, I’ve made it to another winter.
Beckon, I’ve lived this long without you.
Beckon, I’ve learned that I have all I need.
Beckon, But I'll still cry, and I'll still plead.
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Go ahead and rip this apart with some reviews. I won't mind.

Beckon.
We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, it's to create something that will.
[Chuck Palahniuk]




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Tiresome alliteration, meaningless names, and redundant repetition...

You asked for it. :p For those reasons alone I'd suggest going back to the drawing board, so to speak. It's good that you're writing again though, and getting involved at school, which, I assure you, doesn't render your youth null and void.

EDIT: I've seen your other poetry, so I know you can do better than this. :)
"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." — Einstein




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:) Yeah I know, I didn't go back to do anything. It was poetry vomit to get myself back in the cycle of writing again! Thanks Ink:D!
We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, it's to create something that will.
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I didn't really like this, it sounded like you were trying a little too hard to leave a resonant message. But nothing for me, I'm afraid. As the other reviewer said, the alliteration was a little pointless, and if I'm going to be blunt; annoying. I don't understand, who are these characters? What have they to do with what you're writing. It's difficult to portray more than one character effectively in a poem, and lots of liens with lots of names just confuses the reader. I know you did it for alliteration; I'd just ask why?

A tip;
Lose the gimmicks, alliteration is fine if it flows naturally, but forcing things like that just don't feel right to a reader.

Really, it's not horrible. It's okay, but there are some really great poems on this site, the majority of which don't use any needless alliteration. I'm going to be honest and say I didn't even understand your message due to the fact that I didn't want to read it. Entice the reader, invoke their wonder. Then blow their mind.

~JCK.
The most wondrous sight I've ever seen is the sight of the sun in the sky.We are some of the lucky few who are allowed to exist; does that not make it all worth it?

a chance to understand?



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