It's really only fitting I review this, all things considered
But I also wanted to thank you for the wonderful reviews you left me.
Hey you!
Yeah you sitting at this computer.
You're awesome!
So I'm sad to say I immediately dislikes this opening. I'm not exactly opposed to poems that talk to the reader, but there is an eloquent way to do it. There's a way to talk to us quietly with good words and a soft manner that makes the spirit just rise and instead of thinking that the speaker is annoying for yelling at me through the screen, I think about how I'm relating to the narrator and how you're encouraging me to think these things about myself, not just forcing them on me. Does that make sense I babble sometimes...
I really think you can find a better word than awesome. Not that you have to say all these words but here's an example of what the above paragraph is trying to say: "Listen to me, don't turn away, because you are special. Deep down inside I know you've got that fire, that passion, that knowledge of your place in this world. And maybe people have put you down, but I'm here to bring that small voice deep in your gut back out so you remember that it's telling you, you matter, you make a difference" Well I wrote that on the spot so don't judge me, but do you get it? It's a way to connect.
You provided shelter for a million words.
I like this line.
But the rest of the poem applies to what I said in that big long mess of a paragraph. Make it more eloquent, less forceful. I also have one more thing. I really really dislike all caps in poems. It just doesn't fit. It's so...texty. Teeny, childish? I don't know the word. I just feel like it's a no.
Okay that's it. I like the idea, and I think poems that talk to readers have the potential to be really great, but just try it employ the suggestions I made. If you do change anything, it'd be cool to read an updated version. Until then.
Au revoir.
Team Rouge.
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