hiya here to review :3
here's how i interpreted the poem:
from what i cant tell, you compared people to cockroaches and then used the fear of insects to show humanity's fear of itself. i really like the idea! reminds me of that kafka story, metamorphosis.
my only real criticisms are with language, i think the transition here:
under their doors and floors.
They used to lock their doors
could be a little smoother. i think the flow of the first and third stanzas on their own are good, but the second one feels a little disruptive. this makes the poem as a whole a little unecessarily hard to read i feel.
i enjoyed the last stanza's imagery, the implication of the shattered mirror really drives home humanity's desperate fear of seeing itself.
worshipping the blind light
of unlit candles.
these lines also have a very poignant effect. i think you used the sense of sight super well in that stanza, all the lines have the idea of 'unseeing' through the absence of light.
thanks for sharing your poem :]
Points: 233
Reviews: 12
Donate